Mladen Mihajlović

Mladen Mihajlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Михајловић; born January 11, 1985) is a Serbian strength and conditioning coach and former basketball player. He currently serves as a strength and conditioning coach for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Serie A.

Mladen Mihajlović
Virtus Bologna
PositionStrength and conditioning coach
LeagueLBA
Personal information
Born (1985-01-11) January 11, 1985
Kruševac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Career information
CollegeUniversity of Belgrade
Coaching career2006–present
Career history
As coach:
2006–2008Torlak Aboca (conditioning)
2008–2010Spartak Moscow (women's) (conditioning)
2010–2011Crvena zvezda (conditioning)
2011–2012Târgoviște (women's) (conditioning)
2012–2014Radnički Kragujevac (conditioning)
2012–2013Serbia U18 & U19 (conditioning)
2014Serbia U20 (conditioning)
2015–2019Serbia (conditioning)
2016Partizan (conditioning)
2016–2018Bayern Munich (conditioning)
2019–presentVirtus Bologna (conditioning)
Medals
Men's basketball
Conditioning Coach for  Serbia
Summer Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
2014 GreeceU20 Team
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
2013 Czech RepublicU19 Team
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
2012 Lithuania/LatviaU18 Team

Early life

Mihajlović started his basketball career playing with the youth teams of Torlak and OKK Beograd. Later he moved to the junior team of Partizan.[1] He earned his bachelor's degree in sport sciences from the University of Belgrade in 2011.

Coaching career

Mihajlović was a strength and conditioning coach for the Spartak Moscow women's youth team (Russia) and the Târgoviște women's team (Romania), as well as for the domestic teams Crvena zvezda and Radnički Kragujevac.[2]

From 2012 to 2014, Mihajlović was a member of the coaching staff for the youth national selections of Serbia led by head coach Dejan Mijatović. In 2012, he worked with under-18 team, in 2013 with under-19 team and during 2014 he worked with Serbia under-20 team.

In summer 2015, Mihajlović became a strength and conditioning coach for Serbia men's senior national team.[3] He was a member of coaching staff at the EuroBasket 2015 and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In January 2016, he joined the Partizan coaching staff[1] while Aleksandar Džikić was a head coach. After Serbian coach Aleksandar Đorđević had become the head coach for the Bayern Munich, Mihajlović joined their coaching staff as a strength and conditioning coach.[4]

On March 11, 2019, Mihajlović joined a coaching staff of Virtus Bologna when Đorđević signed as their head coach.[5][6]

Career achievements and awards
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References
  1. "Partizan se pojačao iz reprezentacije!". mondo.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. "Mladen Mihajlović, Kondicioni trener" (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. "Serbia men's senior team in 2015". kss.rs (in Serbian).
  4. "Mladen Mihajlović ide u Bajern". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. "Segafredo Bologna, ufficiale l'esonero di Sacripanti e l'ingaggio di Djordjevic". legabasket.it. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  6. "Djordjević è il nuovo allenatore della Virtus Bologna, esonerato Sacripanti". gazzettadibologna.it. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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