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Marijan Novovic
Basketball Coach
Belgrade
10. February 1947.
Serbian
married
two (sixteen and eighteen years old)
English, French, Italian
EDUCATION
GRADUATED BASKETBELL COACH 1973 (License - National League - 1975)
FACULTY OF PHYSICAL CULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE
TWO YEARS COLLEGE DEGREE 1980
FIBA EXPERT - promoted 1994
PLAYING CAREER AND PLAYING EXPERIENCE
- Basketball Club “OKK BEOGRAD” – Belgrade, Yugoslavia
- Basketball Club “STRONBEK” – Bruxelle, Belgium
I played basketball for 13 years in one of the most famous basketball clubs in Yugoslavia
“OKK BEOGRAD”. “OKK BEOGRAD” is first division club and in the mentioned period
it was three times first basketball club in ex-Yugoslavia and two times winner of CUP.
Also two times this basketball club was in the semi finals of the Championship Cup. I was
selected in the Junior Basketball team of the Republic of Serbia. After completing my
career in the “OKK BEOGRAD” I played one season as professional player in Belgium in
basketball club “STRONBEK”.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Like professional coach I worked from 1975.
I was the head coach for many clubs in Serbia and in the other countries:
1974/75 “Racing” – Paris, France (ass. coach)
1975/77 “Sloboda” - Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina
1977/78 “Maribor” – Maribor, Slovenia
1980/85 NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM OF GABON (selector & coach)
1985/87 “Radnicki” – Beograd
1987/88 “Proleter”- Zrenjanin, Serbia
1988/89 “Kolubara” – Beograd
1990/92 “OKK Beograd” – Beograd
1992/93 “Facilizing” – Caserta, Italy
1993/94 “Salerno” – Salerno, Italy
1998/99 “Red Star” (women) - Beograd
2001
NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM OF PR KOREA (under 22)
2001/03 NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM OF TUNIS (selector & coach)
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All the clubs I conducted had been in the first division, except in Italy. I always based my
work on philosophy of creating the players and the clubs which will have a good game and
good results for years.
In my career I had been coach to some very famous ex Yugoslav basketball players:
Sunara, Zizic, Radovic, Bodiroga. All these players were for a long time in the Yugoslav
National Team.
PEDAGOGICAL WORK
My knowledge and experience I transmitted for years to my younger colleagues and to
students trough the lectures, clinics and writing works
- HANDBOOK FOR COACHES, KSS 1998
- COLLECTION OF COACHES WORKS, vol.I – vol. II, 1998 – 2000
In addition to my taking part at many of Clinics in Yugoslavia, I gave lectures also abroad:
- INEP (Institute Nationale d’education phisique), Libreville, Gabon
(1982 - 1985, subject: Basketball for students)
- FIP (Federatione Italiana di Pallacanestro), Salerno, Italy
(Corso per allenatori – Salerno 1993/94, Caserta 1994/95)
- Rangun – Myanmar, 1996
Sports cooperation between Yugoslavia and Myanmar
(Initial and medium Clinic for coaches)
- New Delhi – India, July 2005
International Clinic for Basketball Coaches
I conducted the following Olympic Solidarity Coaches Clinics:
SAANA – JEMEN, 1995
BRATISLAWA – SLOVAKIA, 1997
TBILISI – GEORGIA, 1998
KHARTUM – SUDAN, 1999
YAUNDE – CAMERUN, 2002
THIMPHY – BHUTAN, 2005
N’DJAMENA – CHAD, 2006
KIGALI – RWANDA, 2006, 2007 – Coaches clinics, development program and preparation of
National basketball team for African championships
DHAKA – BANGLADESH, 2008
ASMARA – ERITREA, 2008
ABIDJAN – IVORY COAST, 2009, Coaches clinics and development program
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From 1995-2000 I worked at Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS) as special adviser for
development and advancement of coaches' work. From 1996-2000 I was the head chief of
Basketball Training Center where are selected and prepared all the categories of young players
for different international competitions. A great number of medals continuously confirm proper
work and strategy of Federation. Since 2004 I’ve been working in coaching staff OKK Beograd.
Contact address:
Cvijiceva 52
11 000 Beograd
Serbia
tel: 381 11 24 22 693
381 63 86 83 415
fax: 381 11 322 89 68
e-mail: mnovovic@yubc.net
FIBA expert
Marijan Novovic