Selçuk Ernak

Selçuk Ernak — Biography

Burak Selçuk Ernak, known as Selçuk Ernak, is a former professional basketball player and an experienced coach in Turkish basketball. He stands out as the coach who took Sakarya BB to the Basketbol Süper Ligi for the first time in the club's history, coached in the EuroLeague with Darüşşafaka, and was voted best coach in Poland. He has been head coach of Trabzonspor since July 2025.

His coaching breakthrough came in 2016-17 with Sakarya BB. He left Sakarya on 1 December 2018 and signed a two-year contract with Darüşşafaka on 12 December; because the club also played in the EuroLeague, the job gave him his first experience of that competition. In October 2023 he joined Türk Telekom, who finished the 2023-24 regular season eighth; he left at the end of the season and Erdem Can replaced him. On 28 June 2024 he took charge of the Polish league side Anwil Włocławek, and in spring 2025 he received the most votes for the league's best coach award.

On 4 July 2025 he agreed to coach Trabzonspor, newly in the Basketbol Süper Ligi. In September 2025 he said the decision had been easy for him and that the team's goal was Europe, and he took the team into the play-offs. In April 2026 he said he would like to see the club in the EuroLeague in the long term, and in June 2026 he brought his former player Troy Caupain to Trabzonspor.