Ante Nazor
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 30, 1978 Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Position | Head coach |
| Coaching career | 2008–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2008–2009 | Croatia youth (assistant) |
| 2010–2015 | Croatia youth |
| 2012–2013 | Zadar |
| 2013–2014 | Split |
| 2014–2016 | Zadar |
| 2016–2017 | MZT Skopje |
| 2017–2018 | Cibona |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Ante Nazor (born 30 November 1978) is a Croatian basketball coach who last served as head coach of Cibona.
Coaching career
Nazor started his coaching career in his early twenties as coach of the Split youth teams.
He spent two Olympic cycles coaching the Croatia national basketball team youth selections. First as assistant coach to Vlado Vanjak at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship earning the bronze medal. After that he assisted Boro Kurtović at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship earning the bronze medal again. Next year he became head coach and continued winning medals: gold at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, bronze at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, silver at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, bronze at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and silver at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.[1]
He coached Zadar during the 2012-13 season, then again during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 season.[2]
On 30 November 2016 he was named the head coach of MZT Skopje Aerodrom. He helped the team avoid relegation from ABA League and win the Macedonian League which was his first club trophy.
On November 13, 2017, he was named head coach of Cibona.[3][4] At the end of the season in which Cibona lost in the finals of the National Cup and Championship from their city rivals Cedevita, in June 2018 Nazor and Cibona failed to renew their contract.[5]
References
- ^ Burazin, Davor (14 September 2017). "Ante Nazor prvikandidat za našeg novog izbornika?" [Ante Nazor first candidate for the national head coach?]. Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Zagreb.
- ^ "Ante Nazor: Od tri sezone Zadar mi duguje jednu". zadarskilist.hr. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Ante Nazor is the new head coach of Cibona". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ Ante Nazor s MZT-om iznenadio Budućnost, Podgoričanima drugi poraz u Skoplju Retrieved on 11 December 2016
- ^ "CIBONA SMIJENILA TRENERA Ante Nazor i zagrebački klub nisu uspjeli dogovoriti nastavak suradnje" [CIBONA DISMISSES COACH Ante Nazor and the Zagreb club did not succeed in arranging continuation of their cooperation]. sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 6 June 2018.