Ivica Skelin

Ivica Skelin
Split
Position	Head coach
League	ABA League; Croatian League
Personal information
Born	19 September 1973; Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Coaching career	2001–present
Career history
As coach:
2001–2004	Verviers-Pepinster (assistant)
2005–2006	Split
2006–2008	Verviers-Pepinster
2008–2010	Leuven Bears
2010–2011	Verviers-Pepinster
2011–2012	Spirou Charleroi (assistant)
2011–2014	Croatia (assistant)
2012–2015	GasTerra Flames / Donar
2015–2018	Split
2016–2017	Croatia (assistant)
2017–2018	Croatia
2018–2019	New Heroes Den Bosch
2019–present	Split
Career highlights and awards
	As head coach Dutch League champion (2014); 2× Dutch Cup winner (2014, 2015); Dutch Supercup winner (2014); 2× DBL Coach of the Year (2014, 2015);

Ivica Skelin (born 19 September 1973) is a Croatian professional basketball coach for Split of the ABA League and the Croatian League.

Coaching career

Early years

Skelin started his club coaching career with Verviers-Pepinster in Belgium as an assistant coach in 2001, at which position he served till 2004, after that he coached youth teams for the Belgian club.

In 2005, Skelin became the head coach for his hometown club KK Split. He coached the team one year, after that he went back to Verviers-Pepinster, this time as the head coach serving for two seasons.

From 2008 to 2010, he was the head coach for the Leuven Bears, also from Belgium. In 2010 he returned to Verviers-Pepinster once again for one season as the head coach.

Netherlands

After being an assistant coach with the Belgian club Spirou in the 2010–11 season, Skelin became the head coach for the Dutch club GasTerra Flames of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) in December 2012. Skelin was signed as a replacement for coach Hakim Salem, fired due to disappointing results.[1] After the season, he signed an extension for two more years with the club.[2] In the 2013–14 season, Skelin won the double, both the DBL and NBB Cup, with the Flames.

Split

Skelin signed as the head coach of his hometown club in November 2015.[3] On 29 May 2018, his contract expired, so he has left the club and was replaced by Vladimir Anzulović.

Croatia national team

From 2011 to 2014, and from 2016 to 2017, Skelin has served as an assistant coach for the senior Croatia national team under head coaches Josip Vranković, Jasmin Repeša and Aleksandar Petrović, along Dražen Anzulović.

On 15 September 2017, following unsuccessful Eurobasket and the departure of Petrović, Skelin was named the head coach for the senior Croatia national team.[4] He was sacked by the Croatian Basketball Federation in March 2018.

Return to the Netherlands

On 4 September 2018, Skelin returned to the Netherlands by signing a one-year contract with the New Heroes Den Bosch.[5] Under him, the Heroes finished third in the regular season and were eliminated in the semifinals by the later champions Landstede. His contract was not renewed after the season.

Return to Split

On 8 December 2019, following the departure of Ante Grgurević, Skelin was appointed the head coach for Split, for the third time in his head coaching career.[6] Under him, the club has reached the 2019–20 ABA League Second Division play-offs alongside Borac Čačak, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Sutjeska.

Coaching record

Dutch Basketball League

Including regular season games.

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Result
GasTerra Flames	2012–13	36	26	10	.722	Eliminated in semi-finals
GasTerra Flames	2013–14	36	32	4	.889	Champions
Donar	2014–15	28	21	7	.750	Eliminated in finals
Career		100	79	21	.790

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References

"GasTerra Flames krijgt Ivica Skelin als coach [GasTerra Flames gets Ivica Skelin as head coach]" (in Dutch). Veendammer.nl.
"Ivica Skelin twee jaar langer bij Flames [Ivica Skelin two years longer with Flames]" (in Dutch). Oogtv.nl. 2013-06-07.
"Ivica Skelin na klupi 'žutih' umjesto Ivice Burića" (in Croatian). Slobodnadalmacija.hr. 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
"Ivica Skelin becomes Croatia's new head coach". Eurohoops.net. 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
Noord, RTV (3 September 2018). "Ivica Skelin gaat bij Den Bosch aan de slag". RTV Noord (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
"PROMJENA NA GRIPAMA: Smijenjen Ante Grgurević, novi trener Ivica Skelin!". dalmatinskiportal.hr (in Croatian). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

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[1] "GasTerra Flames krijgt Ivica Skelin als coach [GasTerra Flames gets Ivica Skelin as head coach]" (in Dutch). Veendammer.nl.

[2] "Ivica Skelin twee jaar langer bij Flames [Ivica Skelin two years longer with Flames]" (in Dutch). Oogtv.nl. 2013-06-07.

[3] "Ivica Skelin na klupi 'žutih' umjesto Ivice Burića" (in Croatian). Slobodnadalmacija.hr. 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2017-10-19.

[4] "Ivica Skelin becomes Croatia's new head coach". Eurohoops.net. 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-10-19.

[Noord_2018-5] Noord, RTV (3 September 2018). "Ivica Skelin gaat bij Den Bosch aan de slag". RTV Noord (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 September 2018.

[6] "PROMJENA NA GRIPAMA: Smijenjen Ante Grgurević, novi trener Ivica Skelin!". dalmatinskiportal.hr (in Croatian). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.