Henrik Dettmann

Henrik Dettmann has, over a career of more than 50 years, coached the Finnish and German men's national teams in over four hundred basketball internationals. That makes him a world record holder.

During the decades he has spent as a coach, Dettmann has witnessed the development of the sport and the changing of the world, the circulation of ideas and values. He has drawn his coaching philosophy from everything human and interesting — from the kitchen, from cultures, from the arts.

With a broad gaze, an open heart, and a keen eye, Dettmann has become an internationally respected top coach, whose protégés over the years have included Dirk Nowitzki, Lauri Markkanen, Petteri Koponen, and Hanno Möttölä.

Henrik Dettmann's talks inspire and challenge, stir emotions, and move people. His speaking weaves together the weight of decades and a constant enthusiasm for the new. For some, his sentences are a challenge; for others, an invitation. Which one are you?