Miroslav Nikolić

Miroslav "Muta" Nikolić (Serbian: Мирослав Николић; born 8 January 1956) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.

Miroslav Nikolić
Personal information
Born (1956-01-08) 8 January 1956
Kragujevac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Career information
NBA draft1978: undrafted
Playing career1974–1990
PositionHead coach
Number5, 12
Coaching career1990–present
Career history
As coach:
1990–1991Maribor
1991–1992Dynamic
1992–1993KK Goša
1993–1994Radnički Kragujevac
1994–1996BFC Beočin
1996–1998Partizan
1998–2000Budućnost
2001KK Crvena zvezda
2001–2002Radnički Belgrade
2002Crvena zvezda
2002–2003NIS Vojvodina
2003–2004Apollon Patras
2004–2005Budućnost
2005–2008Hemofarm
2008–2009Avtodor Saratov
2009EKA AEL
2009–2014Radnički Kragujevac
2016–2017Dynamic
2017Partizan
2017–2018Dynamic
2020–2022Vojvodina
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
Medals
Men's basketball
Head Coach for  Serbia
U19 World Championship
Gold medal – first place2007 SerbiaTeam
Head Coach for  Serbia and Montenegro
U20 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 TurkeyTeam

Playing career

Nikolić played professional basketball for KK Goša from Smederevska Palanka, OKK Beograd, Vršac, IMT, Maribor and Radnički Kragujevac.[1][2]

Coaching career

Nikolić started his coaching career in 1990. He coached Maribor, Radnički Kragujevac (est. 1950), IMT Beograd, BFC Beočin, Partizan, Budućnost, Crvena zvezda, NIS Vojvodina, Apollon Patras, Hemofarm, Avtodor Saratov, Radnički Kragujevac (est. 2009) and Dynamic.[3]

National team coaching career

Nikolić was an assistant coach of Yugoslavia national team under Željko Obradović between 1996 and 1998. He won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and, two gold medals later, at the 1997 European Championship in Spain and the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece.[2]

In 2006, Nikolić was the head coach of the Serbia and Montenegro under-20 national team, with whom he won a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Turkey. In 2007, he was the head coach of the Serbia under-19 national team, with whom he won a gold medal at the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Serbia.[2]

In 2009, he was appointed as head coach of EuroChallenge powerhouse, Proteas EKA AEL. He was brought on late in the season in what was to be AEL's most recent attempt to be crowned with the imminently approaching 2008–09 EuroChallenge, as the club had already qualified for that season's Final Four in Bologna. Ultimately the Serb was unable to bring glory to the Cypriot club, as AEL lost to Virtus Bologna by 83–69 in the semi-finals. AEL subsequently went on to also lose the consolation final to Triumph Lyubertsy by 94–82.[4]

Between 2014 and 2019, Nikolić was an assistant coach of Serbia national team under Aleksandar Đorđević. He also has two silver medals from the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[5]

Administrative career

In July 2018, Nikolić became a sporting director for Dynamic BG, where he previously had served as the head coach.[6] He left the spot in May 2019.

Career achievements
As head coach
As national team assistant coach

See also

References
  1. "Basketaški snovi cementnog grada: legenda o BFC Beočinu". vice.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. "Miroslav Nikolić – Muta" (PDF). okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. Miroslav Nikolić
  4. FIBA Europe. "Proteas EKA AEL dismiss Raca and appoint Nikolic".
  5. Muta Nikolić asistent Đorđeviću
  6. "BLICSPORT SAZNAJE Muta Nikolić sportski menadžer Dinamika, Đokić novi trener Dorćolaca". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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