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Jovica Antonić
Personal information
Born (1966-07-13) 13 July 1966 (age 58)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Career information
NBA draft1988: undrafted
Playing career1982–1991
PositionPoint guard
Number5
Coaching career1990–present
Career history
As coach:
1990–1994Mladost Zemun
1994–1995Radnički Belgrade
1996–1997Zemun
1997–1998Sloga (advisor)
1998Crvena zvezda (youth)
1998–1999Crvena zvezda
2000–2001Igokea
2002Spartak Subotica
2003OKK Beograd
2004Crvena zvezda Ladies
2005Lavovi 063
2005–2007Hemofarm Women
2007–2009Serbia Women
2009–2010Ergonom
2010–2011Jagodina
2013–2014Konstantin
2013–presentSerbia (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's Basketball
Head Coach for  Serbia
Europe U20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bulgaria Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Italy Team
Men's Basketball
Assistant Coach for  Serbia
Summer Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
FIBA World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 Spain Team
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2017 Turkey Team

Jovica Antonić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јовица Антонић, born July 13, 1966) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who has been an assistant coach for the Serbia national basketball team since 2013.

Playing career

Antonić played for Partizan (3 games during the 1982–83 season), Jagodina, KK Poliester Priboj and Mladost Zemun.[1]

Coaching career

Men's basketball

In 1991, Antonić began his coaching career in Mladost Zemun. After that, he moved to Radnički Belgrade. In November 1998, Antonić was named the coach of KK Crvena zvezda for the rest of the 1998–99 season. He and Crvena zvezda parted ways on 10 October 1999. The club sat well in domestic league, but fared poorly in EuroLeague 1999–2000 season. Antonić was a head coach of KK Igokea for 2000–01 season where he won Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also, he coached Spartak Subotica,[2] OKK Beograd,[3] Lavovi 063 and Konstantin.

From 2013 to 2019, Antonić was an assistant coach of Aleksandar Đorđević in the Serbia national team, with whom he won three silver medals; the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and the EuroBasket 2017. In January 2020, coach Igor Kokoškov announced that Antonić is an assistant coach in Serbia's new coaching staff.[4]

Women's basketball

Antonić was a head coach of Hemofarm[5] from Vršac where he won the Serbian Basketball League and the Milan Ciga Vasojević Cup in 2006–07 season.

Antonić was a head coach of the Serbia national team and led the ladies at the 2007 EuroBasket Women in Italy and the 2009 EuroBasket Women in Latvia.[5]

Also, Antonić has coached the Serbia Under-20 national team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship for Women in Bulgaria and bronze at 2008 European Championship for Women in Italy.[5]

Career achievements

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jovica Antonić" (PDF). okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ JOVICA ANTONIC JE NOVI TRENER SPARTAKA IZ SUBOTICE
  3. ^ Jovica Antonić na klupi OKK Beograda
  4. ^ "Kokoškov odredio sastav stručnog štaba". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Jovica Antonić, FIBA Europe