Lauri Hakala

Lauri Hakala
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1982-08-23) 23 August 1982
Lauri Hakala with ACH Volley Ljubljana.

Lauri Hakala (born 23 August 1982) is a Finnish male volleyball coach. He had a long volleyball and beach volleyball career before becoming a coach. Since his playing career ended in 2011, Hakala has coached in four countries including The United States, Russia, Slovenia and Finland. In 2015 he was the head coach of the Finland men's national volleyball team at the 2015 European Games in Baku. Currently Hakala coaches a professional men's team LEKA Volley in Kuopio, Finland.[1][2][3]

Career

Lauri Hakala played for youth sports club Pieksämäen Tsemppi through his junior years.[4] From 2004 to 2007 Hakala played at the University of Hawai'i. In 2006 he was elected All-American.[5][6] After playing professionally in Europe for a few years, Hakala was also chosen to the roster of Finnish National Team, but had to stop playing due to knee injuries.[7][8]

Shortly after retiring from playing, Hakala moved to California, where he worked for one year at Pepperdine University under Marv Dunphy, former USA head coach and 1988 Olympic champion. For the following 2012-2013 season Hakala moved to Russia and served as a voluntary assistant on Dinamo Kazan's women's team. In 2013-2014 he worked as an assistant coach in Slovenia for both ACH Volley Ljubljana and the Slovenian Men's National Team under head coach Luka Slabe. Both Dinamo Kazan and ACH Volley Ljubljana played in the European Champions League.[9][10][11][12][13]

In spring 2014 Hakala became the head coach of LEKA Volley, in Kuopio Finland .[14] In 2015 he signed a two-year extension ending in 2017 with LEKA Volley.[15] In addition to playing and coaching, Hakala served on the board of administration of the Finnish Volleyball Association for two years between 2009-2011. He also writes a monthly blog on coaching.[16][17]

Other

Hakala grew up in Pieksämäki. His brothers Anssi Hakala and Juhani Hakala are also volleyball players. In 2015-2016 season both Anssi (Lentopalloseura Etta), and Juhani (LEKA Volley) play in the Finnish Championship.[18][19]

Teams as a Coach

References

  1. ↑ "Team Roster – Finland". baku2015.com. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.lekavolley.fi/uutiset/lauri-hakala-on-leka-volleyn-valmentaja-seuraavat-kaksi-vuotta
  3. ↑ http://www.lekavolley.fi/joukkue/nayta/lauri-hakala
  4. ↑ http://pieksamaentsemppi-fi-bin.directo.fi/@Bin/f156c5907b593369aab9b17cc7b83220/1457256676/application/pdf/186041/Tsemppi_2015_nettiin.pdf
  5. ↑ http://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10126
  6. ↑ http://www.avca.org/articles/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=1569&menuID=246
  7. ↑ http://www.kaleva.fi/urheilu/ettan-hakala-mukaan-maajoukkueryhmaan/416699/
  8. ↑ http://www.iltasanomat.fi/lentopallo/art-1288418719519.html
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ http://www.lentopalloliitto.fi/?x814898=12279956
  11. ↑ http://www.ach-volley.si/slabe-z-novim-pomocnikom--01-07-2013.html
  12. ↑ http://www.siol.net/sportal/drugi_sporti/odbojka/2013/07/prva_okrepitev_achja_slabetu_bo_pomagal_hakala.aspx
  13. ↑ http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=14147
  14. ↑ http://yle.fi/urheilu/lauri_hakala_on_leka_volleyn_paavalmentaja/7265656
  15. ↑ http://www.lekavolley.fi/uutiset/lauri-hakala-on-leka-volleyn-valmentaja-seuraavat-kaksi-vuotta
  16. ↑ http://www.lentopalloliitto.fi/?x814978=13200214
  17. ↑ http://hakalaoncoaching.wordpress.com/category/coaching/
  18. ↑ http://www.mestaruusliiga.fi/liiga/miehet/joukkueet.html
  19. ↑ http://pieksamaentsemppi-fi-bin.directo.fi/@Bin/f156c5907b593369aab9b17cc7b83220/1457256676/application/pdf/186041/Tsemppi_2015_nettiin.pdf


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