Vlada Jovanović

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Vlada Jovanović
Jovanović 2023.
Personal information
Born (1973-07-04) 4 July 1973 (age 50)
Čačak, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Career information
NBA draft1995: undrafted
Playing career1991–1997
PositionHead coach
Coaching career1997–present
Career history
As coach:
2005–2010Partizan (assistant)
2010–2012Partizan
2012Donetsk
2014Igokea
2016–2018Lokomotiv Kuban (youth)
2018Lokomotiv Kuban (assistant)
2018–2019Lokomotiv Kuban
2019–2020Shenzhen Aviators (assistant)
2020–2022Mega Basket
2022–2023Budućnost
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Head Coach for  Serbia
U18 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Slovakia U18 Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 France U18 Team

Vladimir "Vlada" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир "Влада" Јовановић; born 4 July 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who last served as head coach for Budućnost of the ABA League and the Montenegrin League.

Early career[edit]

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[edit]

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 assistant coach to head coach Duško Vujošević. During his tenure as the Partizan assistant coach, he won five Serbian Championships (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010), four Adriatic League titles (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010), and three National Cup titles (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 title, Radivoj Korać Cup and NLB League trophy.[1] In his second season as head coach Jovanović won the Serbian Championship title 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.[2] He got fired in March 2019.[3]

On 1 June 2020, Jovanović became a head coach for Mega Bemax of the ABA League and the Basketball League of Serbia.[4] He left the club in June 2022.[5][6]

On 13 July 2022, Budućnost hired Jovanović as their new head coach.[7][8]

National teams coaching career[edit]

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 assistant coach for the Montenegro national team.

Career achievements[edit]

As head coach
As assistant coach

Coaching record[edit]

Legend
G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Team Year G W L W–L% Result
Partizan 2010–11 16 6 10 .375 Eliminated in Top 16 Stage
2011–12 10 4 6 .400 Eliminated in group play
Career 26 10 16 .385

Personal life[edit]

His son Mateja (born 2000)[9] and daughter Marta (born 2002) are basketball players.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jovanović novi trener Partizana
  2. ^ "Jovanović prvi pomoćnik Obradoviću". rs.n1info.com. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Vlada Jovanović dobio otkaz u Lokomotivi". b92.net. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Dejan Milojević ends his mission in Mega, Vladimir Jovanović to replace him". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Rastali se Jovanović i Mega Mozzart, Barać pred promocijom". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Jovanović na rastanku: Ponosan jer je mnogo igrača iz Mege Mozzart otišlo na viši nivo". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Vlade Jovanović novi trener Budućnosti". b92.net. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Zvanično: Vlade Jovanović vodi Budućnost". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Košarkaški klub Mega Bemax — Mateja Jovanović". www.bcmegabasket.net.

External links[edit]

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