declared Frédéric Dusart as he met with members of the press as head coach of the Turkey women’s national basketball team.
The newly appointed bench boss takes charge as the A National Women’s Basketball Team gears up for the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2027 Second Round Qualifiers, where group opponents await in Montenegro, Israel, and Poland, as reported by fanatik.com.tr.
Dusart assumes the role following the departure of Andrea Mazzon, an announcement formally made by the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) via haberturk.com. Alongside his national duties, the French coach maintains his position heading up the club side Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring.
Addressing reporters at the team’s initial gathering, he stressed that the roster must rapidly build new habits following a transition in leadership, noting that internal group cohesion takes precedence over scouting specific adversaries.
Dusart anticipates a compelling contest but insists the sole priority centers on securing a victory rather than becoming distracted by minor details.
That familiarity with Turkish basketball is not entirely new. During his time as an assistant coach for the Belgium national team, Dusart crossed paths with Turkey and developed a working knowledge of several athletes. Despite very limited preparation time ahead of their first practice session, he observed encouraging chemistry across the current roster.
Dusart reached out to Sevgi, Derin, and Gökşen to discuss integration into the national setup. Those players, alongside Elif, arrive with tactical habits already forged under his instruction at Galatasaray.
The coach expressed strong confidence that this core group of familiar athletes will help speed up the wider squad’s adaptation to his overall system and playing philosophy.
The TBF outlined a decorated professional career that stretches back to 2005. Dusart began his coaching journey in 2005 as an assistant at French club ESBVA-LM Villeneuve d’Ascq before stepping up to the head coaching position in 2012.
That tenure yielded a EuroCup Women title and EuroCup Coach of the Year honors in 2015, followed by a French League championship and a Coach of the Year award in 2017. Relocating to Belgian club Castors Braine in September 2019, he collected three Belgian League titles in 2020, 2021, and 2025, paired with Belgian Cups in 2021 and 2025, alongside Belgian Coach of the Year recognitions in 2020, 2021, and 2025.
