Veselin Matić

Veselin Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Матић; born July 21, 1960) also known by his nickname Toza, is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of India.

Veselin Matić
Matic courtside at OKK Beograd's basketball game
Personal information
Born (1960-07-21) July 21, 1960
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Career information
NBA draft1982 / Undrafted
Playing career1980–1988
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
Coaching career1988–present
Career history
As player:
1980–1988OKK Beograd
As coach:
1988–1990OKK Beograd
1989–1990SFR Yugoslavia (assistant)
1990–1993BG Karlsruhe
1993–1994Crvena zvezda (assistant)
1994KK Crvena zvezda
1994–1996Partizan (assistant)
1997–1998USC Freiburg
1998FR Yugoslavia (scout)
1998–2000Polonia Warszawa
2000–2001Köln 99ers
2000–2002FR Yugoslavia (assistant)
2004–2006Poland
2006–2008Kalev/Cramo
2008–2009Sagesse
2009–2011Iran
2012–2014Al Ahly
2013Libya
2015–2016Lebanon
2017–2019Syria
2019–presentIndia
Career highlights and awards
As a head coach:
As assistant coach
Individual
Medals
Men's Basketball
Head Coach for  India
South Asian Games
2019 NepalTeam
Head Coach for  Lebanon
West Asian Championship
2015 AnmanTeam
Head Coach for  Iran
West Asian Championship
2010 DuhokTeam
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouTeam
Asia Cup
2009 ChinaTeam
Assistant Coach for  FR Yugoslavia
World Championship
2002 IndianapolisTeam
European Championship
2001 TurkeyTeam
Scout for  FR Yugoslavia
World Championship
1998 AthensTeam
Head Coach for  FR Yugoslavia
European Championship for Cadets
1997 BelgiumU16 Team

Personal life

His son, Andrija Matić, is also a basketball player who played for American University[1] and plays now for Keiser University.[2]

Coaching career

Work with NBA players

Matić has had worked with multiple NBA players in his career. He worked with Boris Diaw, Vladimir Radmanović, Željko Rebrača, Peja Stojaković, Predrag Drobnjak, Marko Jarić, Marcin Gortat, Hamed Hadadi, Samaki Walker and Loren Woods.

Coaching clinics and camps

Matić held coaching clinics in over 30 countries in the world, including countries like Serbia, Lithuania, Poland, Korea, Japan or Egypt. Matić worked in multiple basketball camps around the world. When he was younger he worked in the Adidas Eurocamp (1996–99), but has now been part of FIBA's YUBAC, where he has been the Camp head coach since 2004. At YUBAC he has helped out in multiple Areas including Pro Camp, Shooting Camp and Basic Camp.[3]

Work with FIBA (2012–present)

Matić is an official FIBA scout for the FIBA Men world championships. He attended the U17 FIBA World Championship in Kaunas (2012), Lithuania, the U19 FIBA World Championship in Prague (2013), Czech Republik, the U17 FIBA World Championship in Dubai (2014), UAE, the U19 FIBA World Championship in Heraklion (2015), Grece, the U17 FIBA World Championship in Saragossa (2016), Spain and the FIBA Senior World Championship in Saragossa (2016). In 2017, he also worked on the basketball 3 level coaching manual made by FIBA.

National team highlights
  • European under-16 Champion (1997)
  • World Champion (1998, Scout)
  • European Champion (2001, Assistant)
  • World Champion (2002, Assistant)
  • Asian Champion (2009)
  • 3x3 Asia Indoor Champion (2009)
  • World Championship Participation (2010)
  • Asia Games Bronze Medalist (2010)
  • Iran's first Win at International Competition- vs. Tunisia (2010)
  • West Asian Champion (2015)
  • Qualification Pre Olympic Qualifying Tournament Tournament (2015)
  • 1st round World Championship Qualifiers (2017)
  • 2nd round World Championship Qualifiers (2018)
  • Asian Games 6th Place (2018)
  • South Asian Games Champion (2019)

See also

References
  1. Andrija Matic Profile
  2. "Andrija Matic - 2018-19 - Keiser University". kuseahawks.com. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  3. "Coaches". YUBAC Basketball Camp. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
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