Ante Nazor

Ante Nazor (born 30 November 1978) is a Croatian professional basketball coach who is the head coach for ZTE of the Hungarian League.

Ante Nazor
ZTE
PositionHead coach
LeagueHungarian League
Personal information
Born (1978-11-30) 30 November 1978
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Coaching career2008–present
Career history
As coach:
2008–2009Croatia (youth; assistant)
2010–2015Croatia (youth)
2012–2013Zadar
2013–2014Split
2014–2016Zadar
2016–2017MZT Skopje
2017–2018Cibona
2018–2019Zadar
2020–presentZTE
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Croatia
FIBA U-19 World Cup
2015 GreeceU-19 Team
FIBA U-17 World Cup
2012 LithuaniaU-17 Team
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
2013 LatviaU-18 Team
2014 TurkeyU-18 Team
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
2011 Czech RepublicU-16 Team

Coaching career

Nazor started his coaching career in his early twenties as coach of the Split youth teams.

He spent two Olympic cycles coaching the Croatia national basketball team youth selections. First as assistant coach to Vlado Vanjak at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship earning the bronze medal. After that he assisted Boro Kurtović at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship earning the bronze medal again. Next year he became head coach and continued winning medals: gold at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, bronze at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, silver at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, bronze at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and silver at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.[1]

He coached Zadar during the 2012–13 season, then again during the 2014–15 and 2015–16 season.[2]

On November 30, 2016, he was named the head coach of MZT Skopje Aerodrom. He helped the team avoid relegation from the ABA League and win the Macedonian League which was his first club trophy.

On November 13, 2017, he was named the head coach of Cibona.[3][4]

At the end of the season in which Cibona lost in the finals of the National Cup and Championship from their city rivals Cedevita, in June 2018 Nazor and Cibona failed to renew their contract.[5]

On October 24, 2018, he became the head coach of Zadar for the third time in his career.[6] After a fairly successful season in which the club avoided relegation from the ABA League First Division and made it the semi-finals of the 2018–19 Croatian League and 2019 Croatian Cup, in June 2019 Nazor signed a new two-year contract with Zadar.[7] On October 19, 2019, he was sacked by the club, following the poor performance in the ABA League (0–3).[8]

In January 2020, Nazor signed for ZTE of the Hungarian League.[9]

References
  1. Burazin, Davor (14 September 2017). "Ante Nazor prvi kandidat za našeg novog izbornika?" [Ante Nazor first candidate for the national head coach?]. Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Zagreb.
  2. "Ante Nazor: Od tri sezone Zadar mi duguje jednu" (in Croatian). zadarskilist.hr. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. "Ante Nazor is the new head coach of Cibona". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. "Ante Nazor s MZT-om iznenadio Budućnost, Podgoričanima drugi poraz u Skoplju" (in Croatian). sportnet.rtl.hr. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  5. "CIBONA SMIJENILA TRENERA Ante Nazor i zagrebački klub nisu uspjeli dogovoriti nastavak suradnje" [CIBONA DISMISSES COACH Ante Nazor and the Zagreb club did not succeed in arranging continuation of their cooperation]. sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 6 June 2018.
  6. "Ante Nazor returns to Zadar". www.aba-liga.com. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  7. "Ante Nazor će i sljedeće dvije sezone voditi Zadar" [Ante Nazor will head Zadar for another two seasons]. germanijak.hr (in Croatian). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  8. "SLUŽBENO Ante Nazor više nije trener Zadra". kkzadar.hr (in Croatian). 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  9. "Nazor ima novi klub, poslodavce oduševio pristupom i košarkaškom kulturom". basketball.hr (in Croatian). 17 January 2020.
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