Neven Spahija

Neven Spahija
Atlanta Hawks
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	November 6, 1962 (age 62); Šibenik, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Coaching career	1986–present
Career history
As coach:
1986–1987	Elemes Šibenik (assistant)
1994–1996	Zrinjevac Zagreb (assistant)
1996–1997	Gradine Pula
1999–2000	Union Olimpija (assistant)
2000–2001	Cibona Zagreb
2001–2005	Croatia
2001–2003	Krka Novo Mesto
2003	Avtodor Saratov
2004–2005	Roseto Sharks
2005–2006	Lietuvos rytas
2006–2007	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2007–2008	Tau Cerámica
2008–2010	Valencia Basket
2010–2012	Fenerbahçe Ülker
2013	Cibona Zagreb
2014–present	Atlanta Hawks (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	Eurocup champion (2010); 2× A-1 Liga champion (2000–2001); 2× Krešimir Ćosić Cup champion (2000–2001); 1. A SKL champion (2003); LKL champion (2006); BBL champion (2006); Israeli Super League champion (2007); Liga ACB champion (2008); Spanish Supercup champion (2007); TBL champion (2011); Turkish Cup champion (2011);

Neven Spahija (born 6 November 1962) is a Croatian professional basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Career

Previously started his career with Gradine Pula from Croatia and Olimpija Ljubljana from Slovenia by assistant career. He started his head coach career with KK Cibona from Croatia where he won his first League Championship in 2001 then he worked with KK Krka Novo Mesto from Slovenia, Avtodor Saratov from Russia, BC Lietuvos rytas from Lithuania, Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel, Tau Baskonia and Valencia Basket Club from Spain. From 2010 to 2012 he was head coach of Fenerbahçe Ülker^[1] from Turkey. In June 2013, he was named the head coach of Cibona Zagreb for the next four years.^[2] In November 2013, he parted ways with Cibona.^[3]

On 4 August 2014, Spahija was hired by the Atlanta Hawks to be their assistant coach.^[4]

Spahija also led the Croatia men's national basketball team from 2001-2005 and participated at the 2003 EuroBasket and 2005 EuroBasket.

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[1] Spahija set for Fenerbahce Ulker

[2] Cibona name Neven Spahija head coach

[3] Neven Spahija, Cibona part ways

[4] Hawks Name Neven Spahija Assistant Coach

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v t e Atlanta Hawks roster
0 Barlow (TW) 1 Johnson 2 Wallace (TW) 3 Lundy (TW) 4 Bufkin 5 Daniels 8 Roddy 10 Risacher 11 Young 12 Hunter 13 Bogdanović 15 Capela 17 Okongwu 18 Gueye 22 Nance 24 Mathews 27 Krejčí 41 Zeller
Head coach: Snyder Assistant coaches: Bailey Brey Donaldson Klei Kokoškov Lang Lumpkin Onwukamuche Schmidt Udoh Watkinson

Career

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