Dragan Vaščanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Вашчанин; born 22 December 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach.
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 December 1971 SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1994–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| 1994–1998 | Beovuk (youth) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | FMP Železnik (youth) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Srem | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Železnik Workers | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | FMP Železnik (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Budućnost (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Hercegovac Bileća | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Napredak Kruševac | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Atlas | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Serbia U16 team | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Nova Gorica | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Radnički Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Crnokosa | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Crvena zvezda Juniors | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Manama Club (youth) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Al Kuwait (youth) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Al Kuwait | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Al-Nweidrat | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Sharjah (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Al-Riffa | ||||||||||||||
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Coaching career edit
In the early 2000s, Vaščanin was an assistant for FMP Železnik and Budućnost.
In summer 2004, Vaščanin became a head coach for the Bosnian club Hercegovac Bileća. In August 2005, Vaščanin became a head coach for Napredak Kruševac.[1] He got fired in December 2005. Two weeks later, he was named a head coach for Atlas.[2]
Vaščanin was a head coach of the Serbia men's under-16 team at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Greece and the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Italy. He won the gold medal at the 2007 Championship.
In the late 2000s, Vaščanin coached Nova Gorica (Slovenia), Radnički Basket, and Crnokosa.
Middle East edit
In summer 2011, Vaščanin was named a youth coach of Bahraini club Manama Club. In summer 2012, Vaščanin became a head coach, as well as a youth coach, for Al Kuwait of the Kuwaiti Division I League. On 31 July 2016, he became a head coach for Al-Nweidrat of the Bahraini Premier League.[3]
In August 2018, Vaščanin signed for Al-Sharjah of the UAE League as an assistant coach and a youth teams coordinator.[4]
Career achievements edit
- Cup of Serbia winner: 1 (with Atlas Belgrade: 2005–06)
- Yugoslavian Junior League champion: 1 (with Beovuk Juniors: 1995–96)
- Kuwait U18 League champion: 2 (with BC Kuwait U18 team: 2013, 2014)
- Kuwait U20 League champion: 1 (with BC Kuwait U20 team: 2015)
References edit
- ^ "DRAGAN VASCANIN IS THE NEW HEAD COACH IN KRUSEVAC". beoexcell.net. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "DRAGAN VASCANIN IS THE NEW HEAD COACH OF BC ATLAS". beoexcell.net. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Dragan Vascanin (EX Al Kuwait SC) is the new head coach of Nuwaidrat !!". asia-basket.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Vaščanin Bahrein zamenio Ujedinjenim Arapskim Emiratima". basketballsphere.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
External links edit
- Profile at mybasketballagent.com
- Profile at eurobasket.com
- Dragan Vaščanin on Instagram