Marin Sedlaček

Marin Sedlaček
Philadelphia 76ers
Position Scout
League NBA
Personal information
Born 1959 (age 59)
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Career information
College University of Belgrade
Coaching career 1979–2003
Career history
As coach:
1979–1987 Crvena zvezda (youth)
1988–1991 Crvena zvezda (assistant)
1992–1994 Alvik
1995–1996 Hemofarm
1999 Partizan (assistant)
2003–2010 Memphis Grizzlies (scout)
2010–present Philadelphia 76ers (scout)

Marin Sedlaček (Serbian Cyrillic: Марин Седлачек; born 1959) is a Serbian basketball coach and scout. He is currently working as an international scout for the Philadelphia 76ers[1] of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Professional career

Marin was briefly a member of Crvena zvezda's basketball team in the '70s and started his coaching career at the age of 20.[2] He graduated as basketball coach from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education at the University of Belgrade in 1984. In 1982 he spent six months in John Wooden's basketball program at UCLA. He coached Crvena zvezda's junior teams for a decade and won several junior national championships.

He coached at the FIBA Academy in Pula from 1987 to 1990. He also worked as head coach of then emerging Hemofarm and Swedish club Alvik, and as assistant coach of Crvena zvezda under Moka Slavnić. He was also assistant coach in Partizan under Vladislav Lučić.

He was director of Basketball Without Borders camps for Europe (2001–13) and the Americas (2005–07), assistant coach of the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit (1998–2018), and director of Nike Euro Camp (1997–99). He has been a FIBA instructor since 1989, and has conducted over 50 clinics worldwide in that role. Since 2003, he has been an international scout for NBA teams Memphis Grizzlies and Philadelphia 76ers.[3]

When in Belgrade, he frequently appears as a pundit for basketball broadcasts at the Radio Television of Serbia.

References

  1. ↑ "Philadelphia 76ers Front Office Directory". NBA (nba.com).
  2. ↑ "Interview with the Camp Director Marin Sedlacek". NBA (nba.com). 7 July 2006.
  3. ↑ "Treba verovati u ovaj tim" (in Serbian). Politika (politika.rs). 8 September 2011.
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