Sergey Shlyapnikov

Sergey Konstantinovich Shlyapnikov (Russian: Сергей Константинович Шляпников; born 7 May 1961) is a Russian volleyball coach who coached the Russia men's national volleyball team at the 2015 European Games in Baku where the team won a bronze medal.

For his success the International Olympic Committee awarded him the title "World's Best Boys' Coach".

In U21 European Championships Shlyapnikov made his team winning in 2000, 2004, 2010 and 2014.

Then he also coached the national team at the 2015 European Games, winning bronze there.

Since 2015 to 2016 he worked for Italian basketball team, Avellino but he returned in Russia after the won of European.