Foundation

The club was founded on 26 June 1979 as the basketball team of the Antonianum Gymnasium, with former students playing in the team. The name of the club, "Rasta", is a tribute to reggae music because Bob Marley's Rastaman Vibration was playing when the name was decided.^[1]

Recent years

In the 2012–13 season, Vechta won the German second-tier ProA after beating Gloria Giants Düsseldorf in the finals. This season, they entered their new home arena, the Rasta Dome. After winning the ProA in its first season in the new arena, Vechta was promoted to the first-tier Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). In 2013, the arena, which had an original capacity of 2,000 spectators, was expanded to accommodate 3,140 fans in order to meet minimum size requirements for the Basketball Bundesliga.^[2] However, the team finished last in the 2013–14 season and were immediately relegated back to the ProA. In the 2015–16 season, Rasta once again promoted to the Bundesliga.^[3] Just like the previous BBL adventure, the team would relegate again in its first season back.

Current roster

Rasta Vechta roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. PG 0 Schneider, Siler 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 28 – (1995-08-28)28 August 1995 PG 7 Kayil, Jack 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 17 – (2006-01-27)27 January 2006 C 8 Wolf, Enosch 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 33 – (1990-10-18)18 October 1990 F 9 Ferner, Joschka 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1996-01-05)5 January 1996 SF 10 Culver, J.J. 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 26 – (1997-12-14)14 December 1997 F/C 11 Lodders, Robin 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 29 – (1994-11-30)30 November 1994 C 12 Agee, Tajuan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1997-11-12)12 November 1997 SF 15 Schwieger, Ryan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (1999-05-18)18 May 1999 PF 16 Wolf, Julius 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1993-01-26)26 January 1993 PG 21 Aminu, Joel 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 26 – (1997-04-23)23 April 1997 SF 25 Iwundu, Wes 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1994-12-20)20 December 1994 SF 30 Flanigan, Chip 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1996-04-10)10 April 1996	Head coach Ty Harrelson Assistant coach(es) Miguel Zapata Marius Graf Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 2, 2022

Notable players

• Austin Hollins (born 1991), American basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Ike Iroegbu (born 1995), American-born Nigerian basketball player for the Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Scott Machado, American-Brazilian
• Andrew Smith
• Ish Wainright (born 1994), American-born Ugandan basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association