Miroslav Nikolić

Miroslav "Muta" Nikolić (Serbian: Мирослав Николић; born January 8, 1956) is a Serbian professional basketball coach.

Miroslav Nikolić
Vojvodina
PositionCoordinator
LeagueBasketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (1956-01-08) January 8, 1956
Kragujevac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Career information
NBA draft1978 / Undrafted
Playing career1974–1990
Coaching career1990–2018
Career history
As coach:
1990–1991Maribor
1991–1992Infos-RTM Belgrade
1992–1993KK Goša
1993–1994Radnički Kragujevac
1994–1996BFC Beočin
1996–1998Partizan
1996–1998FR Yugoslavia (assistant)
1998–2000Budućnost
2001Crvena zvezda
2001–2002Radnički Belgrade
2002Crvena zvezda
2002–2003NIS Vojvodina
2003–2004Apollon Patras
2004–2005Budućnost
2005–2008Hemofarm
2006Serbia and Montenegro U20
2007Serbia U19
2008–2009Avtodor Saratov
2009–2014Radnički Kragujevac
2014–2019Serbia (assistant)
2016–2017Dynamic
2017Partizan
2017–2018Dynamic
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
Medals
Men's basketball
Head Coach for  Serbia
U19 World Championship
2007 SerbiaTeam
Head Coach for  Serbia and Montenegro
U20 European Championship
2006 TurkeyTeam

Early life

Nikolić played professional basketball for KK Goša from Smederevska Palanka, IMT, Maribor and Radnički Kragujevac.[1]

Coaching career

Nikolić started his coaching career in 1990. He coached Maribor, IMT Beograd, BFC Beočin, Partizan, Budućnost, Crvena zvezda, NIS Vojvodina, Apollon Patras, Hemofarm, Avtodor Saratov, Radnički Kragujevac and Dynamic.[2]

National team

In 2006, Nikolić was the head coach of the Serbia and Montenegro under-20 national team, with whom he won a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Turkey. In 2007, he was the head coach of the Serbia under-19 national team, with whom he won a gold medal at the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Serbia.

Nikolić was an assistant coach of Željko Obradović in the national team of Yugoslavia, with whom he won silver at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and, two golds later, at the 1997 European Championship in Spain and 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece. He also has two silver medals from the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro when he was in the coaching staff of Aleksandar Đorđević.[3]

Administrative career

In July 2018, Nikolić became a sporting director for Dynamic BG, where he previously had served as the head coach.[4] He left the spot in May 2019.

Career achievements

Assistant coach of National team
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gollark: Jamming public communication stuff is I think illegal here in the UK.
gollark: I mean, except by making the entire school a Faraday cage.
gollark: They'll never succeed in separating teenagers from stuff on the internet.

See also

References
  1. "Basketaški snovi cementnog grada: legenda o BFC Beočinu". vice.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. Miroslav Nikolić
  3. Muta Nikolić asistent Đorđeviću
  4. "BLICSPORT SAZNAJE Muta Nikolić sportski menadžer Dinamika, Đokić novi trener Dorćolaca". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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