Career
He is the current head coach and chairman of the He started his senior club career with "Tallinn Kalev" team (British Columbia Tallinna Kalev) in 1978 and after 1982-1983 season he became a basketball coach. Andres Sõber has been noted as one of the most successful youth coaches in Estonia. After retiring from professional basketball, he became to held basketball trainings for boys in Mustamäe district of Tallinn.
During the time, he was the first coach of the only Estonian to play in the National Basketball Association, Martin Müürsepp.
After 8 years of working with youngsters, Andres Sõber spent 2 years making a living at the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute. He then moved to Finland, where he first served as a youth coach again, but soon became to conduct several Korisliiga teams.
Eventually Sõber came back to Estonia, having been in Finland for 10 years, to coach TTÜ A. Le Coq. In 2005 Tallinna Kalev and another minor Estonian team, KK Rakvere announced their bankruptcy and Andres Sõber was looking for new challenges.
He considered coaching youth again, but then decided to establish new brand in Estonian basketball, Despite financial problems and struggling to reach play-offs in the domestic league, they managed to get decent results and put bigger teams under pressure.
The most important idea of the team was the symbiosis of the best local players, young players and some support from abroad. They reached the finals, where they lost the series 4-2 to TÜ/Rock, despite leading 2-0 after two away games. The following year most of the team changed, as key players earned better contracts to bigger clubs.
In 2012, head coach of the Estonia national basketball team, Tiit Sokk, included Andres Sõber to the national team to become the assistant coach for the EuroBasket 2013 qualifying round.
He is the father-in-law to former NFL football player Dave Ragone.