Alar Varrak
{{Short description|Estonian basketball player and coach}}
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|name= Alar Varrak
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|team = TTÜ KK
|position = Head coach
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|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1982|4|20|mf=y}}
|birth_place= Jõgeva, Estonia
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|career_start = 1999
|career_end = 2005
|career_position = Point guard
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|coach_start = 2006
| years1 = 1999–2002 | team1 = Tallinna Kalev
| years2 = 2002–2003 | team2 = Ehitustööriist/Kalev
| years3 = 2003–2004 | team3 = Tallinna Kalev
| years4 = 2004–2005 | team4 = Audentese Ülikool
| cyears1 = 2006–2007 | cteam1 = Noortekoondis/Audentes (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2007–2008 | cteam2 = Noortekoondis/Triobet
| cyears3 = 2007–2008 | cteam3 = Triobet/Dalkia (assistant)
| cyears4 = 2008–2017 | cteam4 = Estonia (assistant)
| cyears5 = 2008–2012 | cteam5 = Kalev/Cramo (assistant)
| cyears6 = 2012–2017 | cteam6 = Kalev/Cramo
| cyears7 = 2018 | cteam7 = Dzūkija Alytus
| cyears8 = 2018–2019 | cteam8 = Estonia (assistant)
| cyears9 = 2019 | cteam9 = Ural Yekaterinburg
| cyears10 = 2020–2021 | cteam10 = Kalev/Cramo (assistant)
| cyears11 = 2021–present | cteam11 = TalTech
|highlights=
As player:
- Korvpalli Meistriliiga champion (2002)
- Estonian Basketball Cup winner (2001)
As coach:
- 3× KML Coach of the Year (2013, 2014, 2016)
- 7× Korvpalli Meistriliiga champion (2009, 2011–2014, 2016, 2017)
- 4× Estonian Basketball Cup winner (2008, 2015, 2016, 2020)
- I Liiga champion (2007)
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}}
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{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Europe U-20 Championship Division B}}
{{MedalBronze| 2022 Georgia | U20 Team}}
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Alar Varrak (born 20 April 1982) is an Estonian basketball coach and a former point guard. He is the head coach of TalTech/ALEXELA of in the Estonian–Latvian Basketball League.
Career
Varrak was born in Jõgeva, and spent his short playing career in the Estonian League. In 2008 he became the assistant coach of Kalev/Cramo and succeeded Aivar Kuusmaa as the head coach on 24 November 2012.{{cite web|title=AMETLIK: Kalev/Cramo lõpetas Kuusmaaga koostöö, peatreenerina jätkab Varrak|language=Estonian|accessdate=17 March 2014|publisher=Delfi|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=6251}} Varrak was fired from Kalev/Cramo in November 2017.{{cite web|title=Kalev/Cramo tüüri juurest lahkuv Varrak: klubi tegi õige otsuse|date=22 November 2017|language=Estonian|accessdate=22 November 2017|publisher=ERR Sport|url=http://sport.err.ee/644210/kalev-cramo-tuuri-juurest-lahkuv-varrak-klubi-tegi-oige-otsuse}} In January 2018 he became the head coach of Lithuanian League team Dzūkija Alytus.{{cite web|title=Alar Varrakust sai Leedu klubi peatreener|date=25 January 2018|language=Estonian|accessdate=25 January 2018|publisher=ERR Sport|url=https://sport.err.ee/677233/alar-varrakust-sai-leedu-klubi-peatreener}} He left for health reasons in April. In July 2018 he was elected as the sporting director of the Estonian Basketball Association.{{cite news|title=Kauaaegsest Kalev/Cramo treenerist sai korvpalliliidu spordidirektor|newspaper=Err|date=27 July 2018|language=Estonian|accessdate=27 July 2018|publisher=ERR Sport|url=https://sport.err.ee/849541/kauaaegsest-kalev-cramo-treenerist-sai-korvpalliliidu-spordidirektor}} He resigned from the sporting director position in July 2019 and signed with Russian Basketball Super League 1 team Ural Yekaterinburg.{{cite web|title=Alar Varrakust sai Venemaa klubi peatreener|date=4 July 2019|language=Estonian|accessdate=24 July 2019|publisher=ERR Sport|url=https://sport.err.ee/958182/alar-varrakust-sai-venemaa-klubi-peatreener}} He was fired from the team in November 2019 due to poor results.
Achievements with club
=As player=
;Tallinna Kalev
- Korvpalli Meistriliiga (1): 2001–02
- Estonian Basketball Cup (1): 2001
=As coach=
;Noortekoondis/Audentes
- I Liiga (1): 2007
;Kalev/Cramo
- Korvpalli Meistriliiga (7): 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
- Estonian Basketball Cup (4): 2008, 2015, 2016, 2020
Season by season results as head coach
Abbreviations:
SF; semi finals.
T16; top sixteen.
RS; regular season (group stage).
QR2; qualification round 2.
DNP; did not participate.
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| width="150" rowspan=2|League
!width="150" rowspan=2|Club !width="100" rowspan=2|Season !colspan=2|Domestic Competitions !colspan=2|Regional Competitions !colspan=2|European Competitions |
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| width="70"|Championship
!width="70"|Cup !width="70"|BBL !width="70"|VTB !width="140"|Competition !width="70"|Position |
| rowspan=6|Korvpalli Meistriliiga
!rowspan=6|Kalev/Cramo !2012–13 |style="background:gold"|1st |style="background:#CD7F32"|3rd |style="background:#CD7F32"|3rd |RS |colspan=2|DNP |
| 2013–14
|style="background:gold"|1st |style="background:silver"|2nd |DNP |RS |2 EuroCup |RS |
| 2014–15
|style="background:silver"|2nd |style="background:#CD7F32"|3rd |T16 |9th |colspan=2|DNP |
| 2015–16
|style="background:gold"|1st |style="background:gold"|1st |DNP |14th |3 Europe Cup |RS |
| 2016–17
|style="background:gold"|1st |style="background:gold"|1st |4th |11th |colspan=2|DNP |
| rowspan=2|2017–18
|No comp. |DNP |QR2 |
| Lietuvos krepšinio lyga
|SF |DNP |DNP |colspan=2|DNP |
| Super League 1
!2019–20 |No comp. |DNP |colspan=2|DNP |