The head coach: Murat Ozyer
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 Few professional coaches work for their boyhood schools, but that's the case with Murat Ozyer of Galatasaray Cafe Crown. Ozyer is a graduate of Galatasaray Lycee, the Istanbul school from which his club takes its name. Ozyer was 11 years old when he discovered basketball at the school and six years later, in 1983, began coaching there. It was a very long road from the steps of Galatasaray Lycee to the silver medal he won as Turkey's assistant coach at the 2001 European Basketball Championships. He had remained part of the Galatasaray system for 10 years, stopping to train for a season at an American university. In 1996, he joined Ulker as an assistant coach and stayed there for another decade. In 2006, Ozyer took over as head coach midway through the season and promptly guided the club to the Turkish League title. Ozyer went back to his roots last season and quickly guided Galatasaray to the domestic playoff semifinals. That set up the current breakthrough campaign, which has landed Galatasaray in the Final Eight to pursue a ULEB Cup title!
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