Ante Nazor

Ante Nazor (born 30 November 1978) is a Croatian professional basketball coach currently serving as the head coach and general manager of all club's youth selections at Omiš Čagalj Tours of the Croatian second-tier First Men's Basketball League.

Ante Nazor
Omiš
PositionHead coach
LeagueFirst Men's Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1978-11-30) 30 November 1978
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Coaching career2008–present
Career history
As coach:
2008–2009Posušje
2008–2009Croatia (youth; assistant)
2009–2010Čapljina Lasta
2010–2015Croatia (youth)
2010–2011Omiš
2012–2013Zadar
2013–2014Split
2014–2016Zadar
2016–2017MZT Skopje
2017–2018Cibona
2018–2019Zadar
2020ZTE
2021–2022KB Prishtina
2022–presentOmiš
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Croatia
FIBA U-19 World Cup
Silver medal – second place2015 GreeceU-19 Team
FIBA U-17 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2012 LithuaniaU-17 Team
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Silver medal – second place2013 LatviaU-18 Team
Bronze medal – third place2014 TurkeyU-18 Team
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place2011 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 men's 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 which 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 30 November 2016, he was named head coach of MZT Skopje Aerodrom. He helped the team avoid relegation from the ABA League and win the Macedonian League title which was his first club trophy.

On 13 November 2017, he was named 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 24 October 2018, he became 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 19 October 2019, he was sacked by the club following the series of poor performance in the opening of the new ABA League season (0–3).[8]

In January 2020, Nazor signed for ZTE of the Hungarian League as head coach.[9] After a series of bad results, in December 2020, Nazor left ZTE.[10]

On 28 June 2021, Nazor was appointed head coach of KB Prishtina of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.[11]

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). Zadarski list. 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". sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). 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 novosti (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] (in Croatian). germanijak.hr. 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.
  10. "Hrvatski stručnjak ostao bez posla". crosarka.com (in Croatian). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  11. "ZYRTARE: Ante Nazor është trajneri i ri i KB Prishtina" (in Albanian). lajmi.net. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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