Vladimir Jovanović (basketball)

Vladimir "Vlada" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир "Влада" Јовановић; born 15 March 1984) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He currently serves as the head coach for Cibona of the ABA League and the Croatian League.

This article is about the coach of Cibona. For the coach of Mega Basket, see Vlada Jovanović. For other uses, see Vladimir Jovanović (disambiguation).
Vladimir Jovanović
Cibona
PositionHead coach
LeagueABA League
Croatian League
Personal information
Born (1984-03-15) 15 March 1984
Mladenovac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As coach:
2012–2016FMP (assistant)
2016–2017Crvena zvezda U-16
2017–2020FMP
2021–presentCibona

Coaching career

FMP (2012–2020)

Jovanović was an assistant coach for the FMP as a part of coaching staff of coaches Milan Gurović and Slobodan Klipa from 2012 to 2016.[1][2] During the 2016–17 season, he worked with the Crvena zvezda under-16 team and won the national championship.[3]

On 27 July 2017, Jovanović returns to FMP as the head coach.[1][3][4] He made his Adriatic League debut as the head coach on 29 September in a 74–67 road loss to Cedevita.[5] Jovanović got his first taste of the NBA through Summer League coaching stint in the 2018 season with the Los Angeles Clippers.[6][7] In July 2020, he signed a two-year extension with FMP.[8] On 14 December 2020, Jovanović and FMP have parted ways on mutual consent, following a 2–6 record on the start of the 2020–21 ABA season.[9][10][2]

Cibona (2021–present)

On 2 February 2021, Croatian team Cibona hired Jovanović as their new head coach.[11][12] He is the first Cibona's head coach from Serbia after Dragan Šakota in 1990.[13]

National team coaching career

Jovanović was an assistant coach for the Serbia U18 national team at the 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship in Turkey.

On 5 December 2019, Jovanović was named an assistant coach for the Serbia national team under Igor Kokoškov.[14] In September 2021, he left the National team as the assistant coach.

In December 2021, the Basketball Federation of Serbia named him the new head coach of the Serbia national under-20 team.[15]

Personal life

Jovanović and his wife Jelena has two children, a son Vasilije and daughter Lenka (born 2020).[16]

References
  1. "Vladimir Jovanović novi trener FMP". b92.net. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. "Razišli se FMP i Vlada Jovanović". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. "FMP imenovao trenera i doveo nekadašnjeg centra Partizana". novosti.rs. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. "Vladimir Jovanović novi trener FMP-a". rts.rs. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. "Cedevita Zagreb 74 - 67 FMP Beograd". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. "Jovanović sa Klipersima". novosti.rs. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  7. "Još jedan srpski trener u Letnjoj ligi – Jovanović u Klipersima". b92.net. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  8. "FMP rešio pitanje trenera do 2022". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  9. "FMP and head coach Jovanović parted ways". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  10. "FMP smenio trenera posle debakla od Zvezde". b92.net. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  11. "Vladimir Jovanović i službeno novi trener Cibone". sportnet.rtl.hr. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  12. "SRPSKI STRUČNJAK SJEO JE NA KLUPU CIBONE: Vladimir Jovanović vodit će Vukove". net.hr. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  13. "ZVANIČNO: Vladimir Jovanović novi trener Cibone". novosti.rs. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  14. "SK: Milojević i Jovanović pomoćnici Kokoškovu!". sportklub.rs. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  15. "KSS postavio nove selektore". b92.net. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  16. "Cibonin trener: U Zagreb ću preseliti i obitelj iz Srbije, u Hrvatskoj želim duže ostati". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.