Aleksandar Matović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Матовић; born 3 January 1978) is a Serbian basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague.
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| Position | Assistant coach | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball League of Serbia ABA League EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 January 1978 Čačak, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Superfund | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | AEK (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Budućnost (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Partizan (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017; 2018 | Partizan (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Partizan (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
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Coaching career
editMatović started his coaching career as a youth coach for Borac Čačak and Partizan. Later, Matović was the head coach of Superfund.[1]
In August 2015, Matović became an assistant coach of AEK under Dragan Šakota.[2][3] In July 2016, he became an assistant coach for Budućnost under Vlado Šćepanović.[4]
Individually through the years, Matović was a player development coach for many NBA players, such as Klay Thompson, Mychel Thompson, Goran Dragić, Zoran Dragić, Semih Erden, Sasha Vujačić, Andris Biedriņš, and Vladimir Radmanović.[2]
Partizan (2017–present)
editIn summer 2017, Matović became an assistant coach for Partizan NIS under Miroslav Nikolić.[5][6] In mid-December 2017, Matović was the interim head coach for Partizan following departure of coach Nikolić.[7] On 13 December, he coached the Partizan team in a 83–67 loss to RETAbet Bilbao Basket.[8] On the next day, Matović joined staff of Nenad Čanak who was hired as the new Partizan head coach.[9]
In October 2018, Matović was named the interim head coach for Partizan following departure of coach Čanak.[10] On 31 October, Matović had a 77–72 loss to Turk Telecom.[11][12] Matović finished his second stint as the interim head coach with one lost when new head coach Andrea Trinchieri was hired on 1 November, joining his coaching staff as assistant.[13][6]
On 8 March 2021, Partizan NIS hired Matović as their new head coach for the rest of the 2020–21 season.[14][15] Two days later, he made his official debut in a 75–70 loss to Metropolitans 92.[16][17] Following this lost, Partizan was eliminated in the Top 16 stage of the 2020–21 EuroCup season.[18] He left the head coach position in June 2021, following arrival of the new head coach Željko Obradović.[19] In August, he was named back as an assistant coach for Partizan under Obradović.[20]
National teams
editIn June 2021, Matović was added to the coaching staff of Serbia men's national team under Igor Kokoškov as a player development coach.[21][22]
Career achievements
edit- As assistant coach
- Serbian Cup winner: 3 (with Partizan: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20)
- ABA Super Cup winner: 1 (with Partizan: 2019)
- Adriatic League champion: 1 (with Partizan: 2022–23)
Coaching record
editEuroCup
edit| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partizan | 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Interim head coach |
| Partizan | 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| Partizan | 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Eliminated in Top 16 stage |
| Career | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "PET NA PET – Aleksandar Aco Matović: Moji košarkaški uzori bili su Saša Danilović i Dominikanac Sibilio". kablarnet.rs. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ a b "AEK Athens B.C. announces Aleksandar Matovic". aekbc.gr. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "AEK pravi tim za titulu". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Aleksandar Matović asistira Šćepanoviću". vijesti.me. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "PARTIZAN POTVRDIO: Saša Filipovski nije više trener, Aleksandar Matović predvodi ekipu". kurir.rs. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ a b "PARTIZAN JE SAD U NJEGOVIM RUKAMA: Godinama trenira Bogdana Bogdanovića, razvijao niz velikih asova!". mondo.rs. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Miroslav Nikolić is no longer head coach of Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Partizan NIS Belgrade 67 -- RETAbet Bilbao Basket 83". eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Nenad Čanak is the new head coach of Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Definitivno - Matović vodi Partizan u Ankari". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Turk Telekom Ankara 77 -- Partizan NIS Belgrade 72". eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "PARTIZAN - TURK TELEKOM Matović posle poraza u Ankari: Mekano smo ušli u meč, birali smo loša rešenja". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Andrea Trinchieri signs as Partizan's first foreign head coach". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Zvanično: Filipovski bivši, Mijatović uz Matovića do kraja sezone". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Sporazmni raskid saradnje sa Sašom Filipovskim, prvi tim do kraja sezone predvodi Aleksandar Matović". kkpartizan.rs. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Matović pred ključni duel Partizana u Evrokupu: Pogled u prvi korak". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Partizan NIS Belgrade 70 -- Boulogne Metropolitans 92 75". eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Kraj puta, ispade Partizan iz Evrokupa". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "ZVANIČNO: Partizan potvrdio, vratio se Žoc!". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Zvanično: Partizan objavio članove stručnog štaba". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Aleksandar Matović priključen pripremama reprezentacije Srbije". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "MATOVIĆ U REPREZENTACIJI SRBIJE: Trener Partizana dobio posebno zaduženje". novosti.rs. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
External links
edit- Aleksandar Matović at euroleaguebasketball.net
- Aleksandar Matović at eurobasket.com
- Aleksandar Matović at aba-liga.com