Slaven Rimac

Slaven Rimac (born December 19, 1974) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who last served as the head coach for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian League.

Slaven Rimac
Personal information
Born (1974-12-19) December 19, 1974
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height6 ft 4.75 in (1.95 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1996 / Undrafted
Playing career1989–2012
PositionShooting guard
Coaching career2013–present
Career history
As player:
1989–1990Dubrava
1990–1998Cibona
1998–2000Tofaş
2000–2001Joventut
2001–2002Olimpia Milano
2002–2004Cibona
2004–2005Makedonikos
2005–2006AEK Athens
2006–2007Azovmash Mariupol
2007Paris Basket Racing
2007–2008Cedevita
2008Le Havre
2008–2012Pau-Orthez
As coach:
2012–2014Croatia (assistant)
2013Cibona (assistant)
2013–2015Cibona
2017–2018Cedevita (assistant)
2018–2019Cedevita
2019–2020Cedevita Olimpija
Career highlights and awards
As player

As head coach

His mother, Ružica, brother Davor, and an aunt, Kornelija Meglaj, were all professional basketball players.

Playing career

Rimac led the 1996–97 EuroLeague in free throws shooting percentage 93.1%. He retired from professional basketball in May 2012, as a member of the French club EB Pau-Orthez.[1]

National team career

Rimac was a member of the senior Croatia national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and at EuroBasket 1997.

Coaching career

Cibona (2013–2015)

On November 14, 2013, following the departure of Neven Spahija, Rimac was appointed head coach of Cibona.[2] He led the club to celebrated winning the 2013–14 ABA League championship, despite the huge financial problems that the club was facing at the time.[3] As the champion of the ABA League, Cibona gained a direct spot in the following EuroLeague season, but the club withdrew from it in order to stabilize financially.[4] Eventually, Crvena zvezda, the third placed team in the league, took Cibona's spot in the EuroLeague.[5] He was sacked in Cibona on December 6, 2015, following a series of poor results in the ABA League.[6]

Cedevita (2017–2019)

Between 2017 and 2018, Rimac worked as assistant coach of Cedevita under the coaching staff of Jure Zdovc,[7] while from June to October 2018, he worked as the head coach of the Cedevita second team, that had played in the Croatian League.

On October 25, 2018, following the departure of Sito Alonso who led the first team in the ABA League and the EuroCup, Rimac was appointed his successor as Cedevita head coach.[8]

Following Cedevita's merge with Petrol Olimpija in July 2019, Rimac left his head coach role in the club.[9]

Cedevita Olimpija (2019–2020)

On July 8, 2019, Rimac was named first head coach for Cedevita Olimpija in club's history,[10] but on January 27, 2020, he was replaced by Jurica Golemac.[11]

Career achievements and awards

As player:

As head coach:

References
  1. "Osmerostruki prvak Hrvatske s Cibonom Slaven Rimac završio karijeru". index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. "Smjena u Ciboni: Neven Spahija odlazi, Slaven Rimac novi trener, Amerikanci ostaju". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. "CEDEVITA - CIBONA 59-72 Briljantni Šarić srušio Cedevitu i odveo Cibonu do prvog trofeja u regionalnoj ABA ligi!". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  4. "Zvezda direktno u Evroligi?". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  5. "Cibona odustala, Zvezda u Evroligi!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  6. "Rimac više nije trener Cibone". hr.n1info.com (in Croatian). 6 December 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  7. "Slaven Rimac pojačao stručni stožer Cedevite". kkcedevita.hr (in Croatian). 5 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  8. "Rimac replaced Alonso at Cedevita bench". www.aba-liga.com. 25 October 2018.
  9. "Pričakovano: Rimac novi trener Cedevite Olimpije, Edo Murić prva okrepitev". www.24ur.com (in Slovenian). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  10. "Slaven Rimac novi trener Cedevite Olimpije, prva okrepitev Edo Murić". www.rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  11. "Slaven Rimac nije više trener Cedevite Olimpije". sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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