MTV Wolfenbüttel (basketball)

MTV Herzöge Wolfenbüttel
Leagues ProB
Founded 1956
History 1956–2002 MTV Wolfenbüttel
2002–08 Wolfenbüttel Dukes
2008–12 Herzöge Wolfenbüttel
2012–present MTV Herzöge Wolfenbüttel
Arena Lindenhalle
Location Wolfenbüttel, Germany Germany
Team colors White & red
         
Head coach Demetrius Ward
Championships 2 German Cups
Website www.herzoege-wolfenbuettel.de
Uniforms

MTV Wolfenbüttel was a basketball club based in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. The basketball club established in 1956 within the multi-sports club MTV Wolfenbüttel (Männerturnverein Wolfenbüttel / in English: Men's gymnastics club Wolfenbüttel). In 2002, the clubs license was passed to Wolfenbüttel Dukes, and, in July 2008 to today's club as Herzöge Wolfenbüttel. In 2012 Herzöge Wolfenbüttel merged with MTV Wolfenbüttel again.

In 2015, MTV Herzöge Wolfenbüttel entered into a cooperation with SG Braunschweig. Starting with the 2015–16 ProB season, both clubs will field a joined team which will play in Wolfenbüttel and serve as a farm team to Basketball Bundesliga club Basketball Löwen Braunschweig.[1]

Honours

German Cup

  • Winners (2): 1971–72, 1981–82

Notable players

  • Germany Marco Grimaldi
  • Germany Michael Fleischmann
  • United States Evan Harris
  • Netherlands Peter Van Rij
  • United States Lamar Morina
  • United States Will Brand
  • United States Al (Hans) DeWitt
  • United States Bob Bartholomew
  • Canada Mike Jackel

Notable coaches

  • Romania Mihai Albu

References

  1. ↑ Kooperation mit Basketball Löwen und SG Braunschweig (in German), accessed: 22 May 2015.


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