Veselin Matić

Veselin Matić
Personal information
Born (1960-07-21) July 21, 1960
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Career information
NBA draft 1982 / Undrafted
Playing career 1980–1988
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
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 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 Poland
2006–2008 Kalev/Cramo
2008–2009 Sagesse
2009–2011 Iran
2015–2016 Lebanon
2017–present Syria
Medals
Men's Basketball
Assistant Coach for  Yugoslavia
World Cup
2002 USATeam
EuroBasket
2001 TurkeyTeam
Head Coach for  Iran
Asia Cup
2009 ChinaTeam
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouTeam

Veselin Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Матић; born July 21, 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of Syria men's national basketball team. He was the head coach of the Iranian national team from 2009 to 2012.[1]

Coaching career

Work with NBA players

Matić has had worked with multiple NBA players in his career. He worked with Boris Diaw, Vladimir Radmanović, Željko Rebrača, Peja Stojaković, Predrag Drobnjak, Marko Jarić, Marcin Gortat, Hamed Hadadi, Samaki Walker and Loren Woods.

Coaching clinics and camps

Matić held coaching clinics in over 30 countries in the world, including countries like Serbia, Lithuania, Poland, Korea, Japan or Egypt. Matić worked in multiple basketball camps around the world. When he was younger he worked in the Adidas Eurocamp (1996–99), but has now 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 is an official FIBA scout for the FIBA Men world championships. He attended the U17 FIBA World Championship in Kaunas (2012), Lithuania, the U19 FIBA World Championship in Prague (2013), Czech Republik, the U17 FIBA World Championship in Dubai (2014), UAE, the U19 FIBA World Championship in Heraklion (2015), Grece, the U17 FIBA World Championship in Saragossa (2016), Spain and the FIBA Senior World Championship in Saragossa (2016). In 2017, he also worked on the basketball 3 level coaching manual made by FIBA.

Personal life

His son, Andrija, is also basketball player who played for American University.[2]

Career achievements and awards

As head coach
As assistant coach
Individual

National team highlights

  • Serbia and Montenegro European under-16 Champion (1997)
  • Serbia and Montenegro World Champion (1998, Scout)
  • Serbia and Montenegro European Champion (2001, Assistant)
  • Serbia and Montenegro World Champion (2002, Assistant)
  • Iran Asian Champion (2009)
  • Iran 3x3 Asia Indoor Champion (2009)
  • Iran World Championship Participation (2010)
  • Iran Asia Games Bronze Medalist (2010)
  • Iran Iran's first Win at International Competition- vs. Tunisia (2010)
  • Lebanon West Asian Champion (2015)
  • Lebanon Qualification Pre Olympic Qualifying Tournament Tournament (2015)
  • Syria 1st round World Championship Qualifiers (2017)
  • Syria 2nd round World Championship Qualifiers (2018)
  • Syria Asian Games 6th Place (2018)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Matic excited by Istanbul cup
  2. ↑ Andrija Matic Profile
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