Coach and his assistant fight each other during game

Believe it or not, but in Russia, a head coach and his assistant got into a fight with each other in the middle of a game. It happened during a Superleague game (second tier in Russia after the VTB League) between Universitet Surgut and TEMP-SUMZ-UMMC from Revda. The head coach and the assistant coach of…

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Vladimir Antsiferov and Avtodor part ways

Avtodor (VTB League) has parted ways with head coach Vladimir Antsiferov. The Russian specialist has worked with Avtodor since 2011, however after a slow start both teams came to a mutual termination agreement. Avtodor lost three consecutive games in their debut year of the VTB League campaign. Vladimir Antsiferov started his coaching career as an assistant…

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Aleksandar Djordjevic takes over National Team

Aleksandar Djordjevic is the new head coach of the Serbian national team. He replaces Dusan Ivkovic who stepped down after the European Championship this summer. Aleksandar Djordjevic won almost everything as a player for the Yugoslav- and later Serbian national team, and was also very successful with his club teams Partizan, Milano, Bologna, Portland Trailblazers,…

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Karlis Muiznieks new head coach of Khimik

Karlis Muiznieks from Latvia will be the new head coach of Ukrainian team Khimik Yuzny. He replaces Serbian coach Zvezdan Mitrovic who took over as recently as past January. Muiznieks already coached another Ukrainian team this year, Kryvbasbasket. Previously the former National Team player also coached in Poland and his native Latvia.

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Coach Marco van den Berg fired by BBC Bayreuth

Dutch coach Marco van den Berg has been fired by German Bundesliga team BBC Bayreuth. As the ex-coach of the Dutch national team Marco Van den Berg moved to Germany for the 2011/2012 season and had a good start. However, this season Bayreuth is not doing well. They are currently in the 15th place with…

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Coach Aco Petrović resigns from Cedevita

Tonight Croatian team Cedevita Zagreb and Serbian team Partizan Belgrade played a crucial game in the Adriatic League. The winner would have good chances to qualify for the Final Four and keep the hopes alive for Euroleague participation next season. In a very tight game Partizan pulled away with a 77-76 victory. Coach Aco Petrović…

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Lino Lardo to coach in Lebanon

Italian coach Lino Lardo is set to take charge of Amchit from Lebanon’s Division A. Lardo is replacing Alen Abaz who is from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 54-year-old Lardo last coached Acea Virtus Roma from Italy’s Serie A. He left Virtus Roma in January 2012, after coaching only a few games in the regular season.…

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Unics Kazan releases coach Aco Petrovic

Russian club Unics Kazan has fired Serbian coach Aleksandar “Aco” Petrovic. The club was not happy with the results so far. Unics Kazan plays in three different competitions. First of all in the Russian PBL where the club is currently ranked 8th, with a 3-6 record. In the VTB United League Kazan is ranked 4th…

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Zoran Sretenovic new coach at AZS Koszalin

Zoran Sretenovic is the new coach of Polish team AZS Koszalin. The Serbian will replace Croatian Teo Cizmic. Interesting fact; Sretenovic and Cizmic were once team mates at the legendary KK Jugoplastika Split that won the Euroleague three times in a row. Zoran Sretenovic already coached in Poland before. Last season, and the season before,…

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Neven Spahija to coach Chinese national team?

Neven Spahija leaves for China this weekend. He has been invited by the Chinese Basketball Federation to tour the country for two weeks and give clinics. The 50-year-old Croatian coach also confirms that the Chinese want to discuss a “serious project” with him, but stopped short of saying exactly what that was. China does not…

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