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Veselin Matić

Matic courtside at OKK Beograd's basketball game

Personal information

Born

(1960-07-21) July 21, 1960 (age 64)
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia

Nationality

Serbian

Listed height

1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)

Coaching career

1988–present

Career history

As player:

1980–1988

OKK Beograd

As coach:

1988–1990

OKK Beograd

1989–1990

SFR Yugoslavia (assistant)

1990–1993

BG Karlsruhe

1993–1994

Crvena zvezda (assistant)

1994

KK Crvena zvezda

1994–1996

Partizan (assistant)

1997–1998

USC Freiburg

1998

FR Yugoslavia (scout)

1998–2000

Polonia Warszawa

2000–2001

Köln 99ers

2000–2002

FR Yugoslavia (assistant)

2004–2006

2006–2008

2008–2009

2009–2011

2012–2014

2013

2015–2016

2017–2019

2019–2024

Career highlights and awards

As a head coach:

Arab Club Championship winner: 1 (with Al-Ahli Benghazi 2012-13)
Estonian Cup winner: 2 (with Kalev/Cramo: 2006–07, 2007–08)

As assistant coach

FR Yugoslav League champion: 3 (with Crvena zvezda: 1993–94; with Partizan: 1994–95, 1995–96)
Yugoslav Cup winner: 1 (with Partizan: 1994–95)

Individual

Estonian League Coach of the Year: 2007

Medals

Men's Basketball

Head coach for India
SABA Championship
	SABA Championship	Team
South Asian Games
	2019 Nepal	Team
Head coach for Lebanon
West Asian Championship
	2015 Anman	Team
Head coach for Iran
William Jones Cup
	2011 William Jones	Team
West Asian Championship
	2010 Duhok	Team
William Jones Cup
	2010 William Jones	Team
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
William Jones Cup
	2009 William Jones	Team
Asia Cup
	2009 China	Team
Assistant coach for Yugoslavia
World Championship
	2002 Indianapolis	Team
European Championship
	2001 Turkey	Team
Scout for Yugoslavia
World Championship
	1998 Athens	Team
Head coach for Yugoslavia
European Championship for Cadets
	1997 Belgium	U16 Team

Veselin Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Матић; born July 21, 1960) also known by his nickname Toza, is a Serbian professional basketball coach, who last served as the head coach of India men's national basketball team.

Personal life

His son, Andrija Matić, is also a basketball player, who played for American University from 2015–2017 and for Keiser University from 2017–2019.

Coaching career

Work with NBA players

Matić has had worked with multiple NBA players in his career.

Coaching clinics and camps

Matić held coaching clinics in a number of countries in the world. Matić worked in multiple basketball camps around the world. When he was younger he worked in the Adidas Eurocamp (1996–99), but has been part of FIBA's YUBAC, where he has been the Camp head coach since 2004. At YUBAC he has helped out in multiple Areas including Pro Camp, Shooting Camp and Basic Camp.

Work with FIBA (2012–present)

Matić attended the U17 FIBA World Championship in Kaunas (2012), Lithuania, the U19 FIBA World Championship in Prague (2013), Czech Republic, the U17 FIBA World Championship in Dubai (2014), UAE, the U19 FIBA World Championship in Heraklion (2015), Greece, the U17 FIBA World Championship in Saragossa (2016), Spain and the FIBA Senior World Championship in Saragossa (2016).

National team highlights

World Champion (1998, Scout)
European Champion (2001, Assistant)
World Champion (2002, Assistant)

References

Andrija Matic Profile
"Andrija Matic - 2018-19 - Keiser University". kuseahawks.com. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
"Coaches". YUBAC Basketball Camp. Retrieved 2019-07-06.

External links

Veselin Matic on Instagram
Veselin Matic on Facebook

v t e KK Crvena zvezda head coaches
Nebojša Popović (1946–1955) Aleksandar Gec (1956–1959) Milan Bjegojević (1960–1970) Đorđe Andrijašević (1970–1971) Bratislav Đorđević (1971–1973) Aleksandar Nikolić (1973–1974) Nemanja Đurić (1974–1976) Strahinja Alagić (1976) Bratislav Đorđević (1976–1979) Dragiša Vučinić # (1979) Mile Protić # (1979) Ranko Žeravica (1979–1986) Vlade Đurović (1986–1988) Zoran Slavnić (1988–1991) Duško Vujošević (1991–1992) Vladislav Lučić (1992–1994) Veselin Matić # (1994) Zoran Slavnić (1994–1995) Mihailo Uvalin # (1995) Borislav Džaković (1995–1996) Mihailo Pavićević (1996–1997) Ranko Žeravica (1997) Tom Ludwig (1997) Vladislav Lučić (1997–1998) Mihailo Pavićević (1998) Borislav Džaković (1998) Jovica Antonić (1998–1999) Momir Milatović # (1999) Vladislav Lučić (1999–2000) Stevan Karadžić (2000–2001) Miroslav Nikolić (2001) Zoran Krečković (2001–2002) Miroslav Nikolić (2002) Aleksandar Trifunović (2002–2003) Zmago Sagadin (2003–2004) Aleksandar Trifunović (2004–2005) Dragan Šakota (2005–2007) Stevan Karadžić (2007–2008) Milan Škobalj # (2008) Svetislav Pešić (2008–2009) Aleksandar Petrović (2009) Aleksandar Trifunović (2009–2010) Mihailo Uvalin (2010–2011) Saša Nikitović (2011) Svetislav Pešić (2011–2012) Milivoje Lazić (2012) Vlada Vukoičić (2012–2013) Dejan Radonjić (2013–2017) Dušan Alimpijević (2017–2018) Milenko Topić # (2018) Milan Tomić (2018–2019) Andrija Gavrilović # (2019) Dragan Šakota (2019–2020) Saša Obradović (2020) Dejan Radonjić (2020–2022) Vladimir Jovanović (2022) Duško Ivanović (2022–2023) Ioannis Sfairopoulos (2023–present) Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

KK Crvena zvezda head coaches

Nebojša Popović (1946–1955)
Aleksandar Gec (1956–1959)
Milan Bjegojević (1960–1970)
Đorđe Andrijašević (1970–1971)
Bratislav Đorđević (1971–1973)
Aleksandar Nikolić (1973–1974)
Nemanja Đurić (1974–1976)
Strahinja Alagić (1976)
Bratislav Đorđević (1976–1979)
Dragiša Vučinić # (1979)
Mile Protić # (1979)
Ranko Žeravica (1979–1986)
Vlade Đurović (1986–1988)
Zoran Slavnić (1988–1991)
Duško Vujošević (1991–1992)
Vladislav Lučić (1992–1994)
Veselin Matić # (1994)
Zoran Slavnić (1994–1995)
Mihailo Uvalin # (1995)
Borislav Džaković (1995–1996)
Mihailo Pavićević (1996–1997)
Ranko Žeravica (1997)
Tom Ludwig (1997)
Vladislav Lučić (1997–1998)
Mihailo Pavićević (1998)
Borislav Džaković (1998)
Jovica Antonić (1998–1999)
Momir Milatović # (1999)
Vladislav Lučić (1999–2000)
Stevan Karadžić (2000–2001)
Miroslav Nikolić (2001)
Zoran Krečković (2001–2002)
Miroslav Nikolić (2002)
Aleksandar Trifunović (2002–2003)
Zmago Sagadin (2003–2004)
Aleksandar Trifunović (2004–2005)
Dragan Šakota (2005–2007)
Stevan Karadžić (2007–2008)
Milan Škobalj # (2008)
Svetislav Pešić (2008–2009)
Aleksandar Petrović (2009)
Aleksandar Trifunović (2009–2010)
Mihailo Uvalin (2010–2011)
Saša Nikitović (2011)
Svetislav Pešić (2011–2012)
Milivoje Lazić (2012)
Vlada Vukoičić (2012–2013)
Dejan Radonjić (2013–2017)
Dušan Alimpijević (2017–2018)
Milenko Topić # (2018)
Milan Tomić (2018–2019)
Andrija Gavrilović # (2019)
Dragan Šakota (2019–2020)
Saša Obradović (2020)
Dejan Radonjić (2020–2022)
Vladimir Jovanović (2022)
Duško Ivanović (2022–2023)
Ioannis Sfairopoulos (2023–present)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e OKK Beograd head coaches
Mioljub Denić (1946–1948) Radomir Putnik (1949) Mihajlo Krnić (1950–1951) Aleksandar Nikolić (1952) Strahinja Alagić (1953) Borislav Stanković (1954–1961) Aleksandar Nikolić (1962–1963) Borislav Stanković (1964–1965) Slobodan Ivković (1966–1967) Todor Lazić (1967–1968) Borivoje Cenić (1968–1969) Borislav Stanković (1969–1970) Borivoje Cenić (1970–1971) Branislav Rajačić (1971) Borivoje Cenić (1971–1972) Todor Lazić (1972–1975) Branislav Rajačić (1975–1979) Slobodan Ivković (1979–1980) Branislav Rajačić (1980) Slobodan Ivković (1980–1981) Petar Marković (1981) Slobodan Ivković (1981–1982) Duško Vujošević (1982–1983) Vojislav Vezović (1983–1984) Dragoljub Pljakić (1984–1986) Životije Ranković (1986–1987) Zdravko Rajačić (1987–1989) Veselin Matić (1989–1990) Marijan Novović (1990–1991) Gordan Todorović (1991–1992) Vojislav Vezović (1992) Rajko Žižić (1992–1994) Gordan Todorović (1994) Igor Kokoškov (1994–1995) Ivan Jeremić (1995) Zoran Prelević (1995–1996) Slobodan Nikolić (1996–1999) Vladimir Jokanović (1999–2001) Predrag Jaćimović (2001–2002) Nenad Vučinić (2002–2003) Jovica Antonić (2003) Luka Pavićević (2003–2004) Dejan Mijatović (2004–2006) Slobodan Nikolić (2006–2007) Marko Ičelić (2007–2011) Vlade Đurović (2011–2012) Srđan Jeković (2012–2013) Vlade Đurović (2013) Milovan Stepandić (2013–2015) Vlade Đurović (2015–2016) Darko Kostić (2016–2018) Branislav Vićentić (2018–2019) Branko Milisavljević (2019–2020) Branislav Ratkovica (2020–2021) Vasilije Budimić (2021–2022) Vule Avdalović (2022–present) Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

OKK Beograd head coaches

Mioljub Denić (1946–1948)
Radomir Putnik (1949)
Mihajlo Krnić (1950–1951)
Aleksandar Nikolić (1952)
Strahinja Alagić (1953)
Borislav Stanković (1954–1961)
Aleksandar Nikolić (1962–1963)
Borislav Stanković (1964–1965)
Slobodan Ivković (1966–1967)
Todor Lazić (1967–1968)
Borivoje Cenić (1968–1969)
Borislav Stanković (1969–1970)
Borivoje Cenić (1970–1971)
Branislav Rajačić (1971)
Borivoje Cenić (1971–1972)
Todor Lazić (1972–1975)
Branislav Rajačić (1975–1979)
Slobodan Ivković (1979–1980)
Branislav Rajačić (1980)
Slobodan Ivković (1980–1981)
Petar Marković (1981)
Slobodan Ivković (1981–1982)
Duško Vujošević (1982–1983)
Vojislav Vezović (1983–1984)
Dragoljub Pljakić (1984–1986)
Životije Ranković (1986–1987)
Zdravko Rajačić (1987–1989)
Veselin Matić (1989–1990)
Marijan Novović (1990–1991)
Gordan Todorović (1991–1992)
Vojislav Vezović (1992)
Rajko Žižić (1992–1994)
Gordan Todorović (1994)
Igor Kokoškov (1994–1995)
Ivan Jeremić (1995)
Zoran Prelević (1995–1996)
Slobodan Nikolić (1996–1999)
Vladimir Jokanović (1999–2001)
Predrag Jaćimović (2001–2002)
Nenad Vučinić (2002–2003)
Jovica Antonić (2003)
Luka Pavićević (2003–2004)
Dejan Mijatović (2004–2006)
Slobodan Nikolić (2006–2007)
Marko Ičelić (2007–2011)
Vlade Đurović (2011–2012)
Srđan Jeković (2012–2013)
Vlade Đurović (2013)
Milovan Stepandić (2013–2015)
Vlade Đurović (2015–2016)
Darko Kostić (2016–2018)
Branislav Vićentić (2018–2019)
Branko Milisavljević (2019–2020)
Branislav Ratkovica (2020–2021)
Vasilije Budimić (2021–2022)
Vule Avdalović (2022–present)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e Crvena zvezda 1993–94 YUBA League Champions
4 Dragoljub Vidačić 5 Goran Karadžić 6 Saša Obradović 7 Mileta Lisica 8 Ivica Mavrenski 9 Aleksandar Gilić 10 Rade Milutinović 11 Slobodan Kaličanin 12 Aleksandar Trifunović 13 Aleksandar Zečević 14 Dejan Tomašević 15 Nikola Jovanović Petar Petrović Milan Ćurčić
Head coach: Vladislav Lučić
Assistant coach: Veselin Matić Strength & conditioning coach: Petronije Zimonjić

v t e Iran squad – 2009 FIBA Asia Championship – Gold medal
4 Tajik 5 Amini 6 Davari 7 Kamrani 8 Davoudi 9 Akbari 10 Afagh 11 Sohrabnejad 12 Sahakian 13 Doraghi 14 Nikkhah 15 Haddadi Coach: Matić

Categories:

Personal life

Coaching career

Work with NBA players

Coaching clinics and camps

Work with FIBA (2012–present)

National team highlights

See also

References

External links