Veselin Matić

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Veselin Matić

Matic courtside at OKK Beograd's basketball game
Personal information
Born	(1960-07-21) July 21, 1960 (age 61) Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Career information
NBA draft	1982 / Undrafted
Playing career	1980–1988
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Coaching career	1988–present
Career history
As player:
1980–1988	OKK Beograd
As coach:
1988–1990	OKK Beograd
1989–1990	SFR Yugoslavia (assistant)
1990–1993	BG Karlsruhe
1993–1994	Crvena zvezda (assistant)
1994	KK Crvena zvezda
1994–1996	Partizan (assistant)
1997–1998
1998	FR Yugoslavia (scout)
1998–2000	Polonia Warszawa
2000–2001	Köln 99ers
2000–2002	FR Yugoslavia (assistant)
2004–2006	Poland
2006–2008	Kalev/Cramo
2008–2009	Sagesse
2009–2011	Iran
2012–2014	Al Ahly
2013	Libya
2015–2016	Lebanon
2017–2019	Syria
2019–present	India
Career highlights and awards
As a head coach: Arab Club Championship winner: 1 (with Al-Ahli Benghazi 2012-13) Estonian Cup winner: 2 (with Kalev/Cramo: 2006–07, 2007–08) As assistant coach FR Yugoslav League champion: 3 (with Crvena zvezda: 1993–94; with Partizan: 1994–95, 1995–96) Yugoslav Cup winner: 1 (with Partizan: 1994–95) Individual Estonian League Coach of the Year: 2007
Medals Men's Basketball Head Coach for  India SABA Championship SABA Championship Team South Asian Games 2019 Nepal Team Head Coach for  Lebanon West Asian Championship 2015 Anman Team Head Coach for  Iran West Asian Championship 2010 Duhok Team Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team Asia Cup 2009 China Team Assistant Coach for  FR Yugoslavia World Championship 2002 Indianapolis Team European Championship 2001 Turkey Team Scout for  FR Yugoslavia World Championship 1998 Athens Team Head Coach for  FR Yugoslavia European Championship for Cadets 1997 Belgium U16 Team

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 men's national basketball team.

Personal life[]

His son, , 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[]

• List of Red Star Belgrade basketball coaches

References[]

External links[]

• Veselin Matic on Instagram
• Veselin Matic on Facebook