Vlada Jovanović
Vladimir "Vlada" Jovanović (Serbian: Владимир "Влада" Јовановић; born 4 July 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Mega Soccerbet of the ABA League and the Basketball League of Serbia.
Contents
- 1 Early career
- 2 Coaching career
- 2.1 National teams coaching career
- 3 Personal life
- 4 Coaching record
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Early career
Jovanović finished primary and high school in Čačak. He graduated from the junior college for coaches in Belgrade in 1999. He is a final year student at the Sports Academy in a basketball study group. During his playing career he was a first-team member of Borac Čačak and Železničar Čačak.
Coaching career
Jovanović started his coaching career in 1997. He was a coach of youth teams of Borac Čačak, Zemun and Partizan Belgrade. In 2005, he was added to the Partizan coaching staff as the first *istant coach to head coach Duško Vujošević. During his tenure as the Partizan *istant coach, he won five Serbian Championships (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010), four Adriatic League *les (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010), and three National Cup *les (2008, 2009, and 2010).
On 28 June 2010, the Partizan managing board promoted him to the club's head coach. In his first season as head coach Jovanović won Serbian Championship *le, Radivoj Korać Cup and NLB League trophy. In his second season as head coach Jovanović won the Serbian Championship *le and Radivoj Korać Cup. After winning Serbian Championship, he didn't renew his contract with Partizan Belgrade and signed with Donetsk as the new head coach.
In August 2018, Jovanović joined a coaching staff of the Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban. He got fired in March 2019.
On 1 June 2020, Jovanović became a head coach for Mega Bemax of the ABA League and the Basketball League of Serbia.
National teams coaching career
Jovanović was also a head coach of Serbia under-18 team and has won the gold medal at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in France. In summer 2010, he coached the same team at the European Championship in Lithuania where they finished fourth. In July 2011, Jovanović was originally supposed to head the Serbian u-19 team at the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Latvia, however, the job went to Dejan Mijatović who led the team to the final where they lost to Lithuania.
In 2014, Jovanović was an *istant coach for the Montenegro national team.
Personal life
His son Mateja (born 2000) and daughter are basketball players.
Coaching record
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only compe*ion in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic compe*ion, and regional compe*ion if applicable.
See also
- List of Radivoj Korać Cup-winning head coaches
References
External links
- Vlada Jovanović at euroleague.net