Saras Jasikevicius signs Fenerbahce extension

The Lithuanian tactician has committed his future to the reigning champions

Saras Jasikevicius, the coach who delivered Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul’s second EuroLeague title, has signed a three-year contract extension with the club.

Now in his third season on Fenerbahce’s bench, the Lithuanian play-caller has compiled a 58-29 EuroLeague record since taking over in mid-December 2023.

The highlight of that stretch came in 2025, when Jasikevicius guided Fenerbahce to the EuroLeague title. Entering the playoffs as the No. 2 seed, Fenerbahce swept Paris Basketball in the quarterfinals, eliminated Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens in the semifinals at the Final Four and defeated AS Monaco in the championship game.

Jasikevicius was named the 2024-25 EuroLeague Coach of the Year – the first time he has won the award – which was announced prior to the start of the playoffs.

Fenerbahce has reached the Final Four in each of Jasikevicius’s first two seasons in charge, reinforcing the 49-year-old’s reputation as a specialist at advancing to the business end of the competition. He previously led Zalgiris Kaunas to the Final Four in 2018 and Barcelona to three straight appearances from 2021 to 2023. As such, Jasikevicius is the first coach in EuroLeague history to reach five consecutive Final Fours (2021-25).

With Fenerbahce sitting third in the standings at 13-9 heading into Round 21 – with a game in hand – Jasikevicius will again fancy his chances of a deep run, this time with the Final Four set for Athens. It is a familiar setting for him, as he won one of his four EuroLeague titles there as a player with Panathinaikos in 2009.

A member of the EuroLeague All-25 Team and the fourth person to win the competition as both a player and a coach, Jasikevicius lifted the trophy on the court with Barcelona (2003), Maccabi Tel Aviv (2004, 2005) and Panathinaikos (2009). Now, having committed his future to Fenerbahce, he will look to add further silverware from the sideline.