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Vladimir Jovanović (basketball)

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Vladimir Jovanović
Igokea
PositionHead coach
LeagueABA League
Basketball Champions League
Personal information
Born (1984-03-15) 15 March 1984 (age 40)
Mladenovac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As coach:
2012–2016FMP (assistant)
2016–2017Crvena zvezda U-16
2017–2020FMP
2021–2022Cibona
2022Crvena zvezda
2023–presentIgokea
Medals
Men's basketball
Head coach for  Serbia
U20 European Championship Division B
Gold medal – first place 2022 Georgia Team

Vladimir Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Јовановић; born 15 March 1984) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He currently serves as the head coach for Igokea of the ABA League.

Coaching career

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FMP (2012–2020)

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Jovanović was an assistant coach for the FMP as a part of coaching staff of coaches Milan Gurović and Slobodan Klipa from 2012 to 2016.[1][2] During the 2016–17 season, he worked with the Crvena zvezda under-16 team and won the national championship.[3]

On 27 July 2017, Jovanović returns to FMP as the head coach.[1][3][4] He made his Adriatic League debut as the head coach on 29 September in a 74–67 road loss to Cedevita.[5] Jovanović got his first taste of the NBA through Summer League coaching stint in the 2018 season with the Los Angeles Clippers.[6][7] In July 2020, he signed a two-year extension with FMP.[8] On 14 December 2020, Jovanović and FMP have parted ways on mutual consent, following a 2–6 record on the start of the 2020–21 ABA season.[9][10][2]

Cibona (2021–2022)

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On 2 February 2021, Croatian team Cibona hired Jovanović as their new head coach.[11][12] He is the first Cibona's head coach from Serbia after Dragan Šakota in 1990.[13] On 8 January 2022, Cibona and Jovanović parted ways on mutual consent, following a 83–73 loss to Zabok. He finished his stint in Zagreb with a 39–25 record.[14][15][16]

Crvena zvezda (2022)

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On 8 July 2022, Crvena zvezda hired Jovanović as their new head coach.[17][18] On 13 November 2022, he parted ways with the club.[19][20] Under his guidance, Crvena zvezda recorded one win and six losses in the EuroLeague and had a 4–1 record in ABA play.[21]

National team coaching career

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Jovanović was an assistant coach for the Serbia U18 national team at the 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship in Turkey.

On 5 December 2019, Jovanović was named an assistant coach for the Serbia national team under Igor Kokoškov.[22] In September 2021, he left the National team as the assistant coach.

In December 2021, the Basketball Federation of Serbia named him the new head coach of the Serbia national under-20 team.[23] His team won a gold medal at the 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B in Tbilisi, Georgia with an undefeated record at 7–0.[24][25]

Coaching record

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Legend
G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

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Team Year G W L W–L% Result
Crvena zvezda 2022–23 7 1 6 .143 Parted ways
Career 7 1 6 .143

Personal life

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Jovanović and his wife Jelena has two children, a son Vasilije and daughter Lenka (born 2020).[26]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vladimir Jovanović novi trener FMP". b92.net. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Razišli se FMP i Vlada Jovanović". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "FMP imenovao trenera i doveo nekadašnjeg centra Partizana". novosti.rs. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Vladimir Jovanović novi trener FMP-a". rts.rs. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Cedevita Zagreb 74 - 67 FMP Beograd". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Jovanović sa Klipersima". novosti.rs. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Još jedan srpski trener u Letnjoj ligi – Jovanović u Klipersima". b92.net. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  8. ^ "FMP rešio pitanje trenera do 2022". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  9. ^ "FMP and head coach Jovanović parted ways". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  10. ^ "FMP smenio trenera posle debakla od Zvezde". b92.net. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Vladimir Jovanović i službeno novi trener Cibone". sportnet.rtl.hr. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  12. ^ "SRPSKI STRUČNJAK SJEO JE NA KLUPU CIBONE: Vladimir Jovanović vodit će Vukove". net.hr. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  13. ^ "ZVANIČNO: Vladimir Jovanović novi trener Cibone". novosti.rs. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Oštar rez u Draženovu domu: Trener Cibone napušta klub, odluka pala dan nakon senzacionalnog debakla!". sportske.jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Cibona and coach Jovanović parted ways on mutual consent". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Kraj epizode u Hrvatskoj: Rastali se Cibona i Jovanović". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Vlada Jovanović novi trener Crvene zvezde!". b92.net. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Zvanično: Vladimir Jovanović novi trener Crvene zvezde". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Vlado veliko hvala i srećno!". kkcrvenazvezda.rs. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Crvena zvezda mts part ways with coach Jovanović". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Zvezda parts ways with Coach Jovanovic". Euroleague Basketball. 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  22. ^ "SK: Milojević i Jovanović pomoćnici Kokoškovu!". sportklub.rs. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  23. ^ "KSS postavio nove selektore". b92.net. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Jovanovićevi Orlići šampioni B divizije, naredne godine ponovo u najjačem rangu". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Serbia at 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  26. ^ "Cibonin trener: U Zagreb ću preseliti i obitelj iz Srbije, u Hrvatskoj želim duže ostati". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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