Ivan Rudež

Ivan Rudež (born 22 December 1979) is a Croatian professional basketball coach, currently serving as director of Switzerland's national basketball centre (Centre National du Basketball Suisse) in Lausanne.

Ivan Rudež
Rudež in November 2018
Personal information
Born (1979-12-22) 22 December 1979
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
PositionHead coach
Coaching career2006–present
Career history
As coach:
2006–2007Zrinjevac
2007–2010Prievidza
2010–2011Cedevita (assistant)
2011BC Vienna
2011–2012Cibona (assistant)
2012–2016Lions de Genève
2016–2018Slovakia
2018–2020PS Karlsruhe Lions
2020–2021Donar
2022–2023Kaposvári KK
Career highlights and awards

Coaching career

Rudež started as a coach at KK Zrinjevac in 2004, where he coached both U18 and senior teams. In 2007, he went to Slovakia, where he coached BC Prievidza until 2010. After that, Rudež was named an assistant coach of the Croatian club Cedevita.

In the summer of 2011, Rudež took over BC Vienna of the Austrian Bundesliga as the head coach.[1] After compiling a record of three wins and six losses in the Austrian top flight[2] he parted ways with the club in November 2011 and then moved to Cibona where he served as assistant coach to Jasmin Repeša.[3]

In 2012, Rudež signed as the head coach with the Swiss side Lions de Genève, where he worked until 2016. He was awarded Coach of the Year twice, and won two national championships and three national cup titles.

Between 2016 and 2018, Rudež led the Slovakia men's national team.[4]

In November 2018, Rudež accepted the position as the head coach of the PS Karlsruhe Lions in the German second-tier ProA league.[5] He guided the team to the playoffs in 2018–19, where they lost to top-seeded Chemnitz in the quarter-finals.[6] He was sacked in early Februar 2020.[7] At that time, the Karlsruhe team was 15th of 17 teams in the ProA league having won seven of 22 games that season.[8]

On 17 April 2020, Rudež signed a three-year deal with Donar in the Netherlands.[9] On 13 April 2021, he was fired by the club following a 70-96 loss to ZZ Leiden.[10] At that time, the team ranked third in the Dutch Basketball League standings,[11] but had won only three of the previous eight league games.[12]

In June 2022, he was appointed as head coach of Kaposvári KK of the Hungarian league (Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A).[13] In May 2023, Rudež was named director of the national performance centre (Centre National du Basketball Suisse) of the Swiss basketball federation.[14]

In July 2023, he coached the Swiss U18 men's national team at the FIBA European Championship (Division B), finishing 18th out of 22 teams.[15]

Personal life

His younger brother Damjan is a professional basketball player who has played with the Indiana Pacers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

References
  1. "LAOLA1.at - vorschau 1112 vienna". www.laola1.at. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  2. "BC Vienna trennt sich von Coach Rudez - Payton übernimmt". relevant (in German). Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  3. "Repeša preuzeo Cibonu: Želim malog Arapovića u seniorima" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  4. "Dirljiva priča o hrvatskom treneru Ivanu Rudežu: Vrlo zanimljiv čovjek". www.tportal.hr. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. "Mai-Nachfolger steht fest: Lions verpflichten slowakischen Nationaltrainer Ivan Rudež". Baden TV. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  6. "Barmer 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Tabelle ProA" (in German). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  7. "PS Karlsruhe Lions trennt sich von Headcoach Ivan Rudež". 2. Basketball Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  8. "Tabelle ProA". 2. Basketball Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  9. "Coach Ivan Rudež voor drie seizoenen vastgelegd" [Coach Ivan Rudež signed for three seasons] (in Dutch). Donar.nl. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  10. "Donar zet coach Rudez aan de kant: 'Heel teleurstellend' (update)". RTV Noord (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  11. "Basketbalclub Donar uit Groningen stuurt hoofdcoach Ivan Rudež weg. Pete Miller neemt taken waar". Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  12. "Donar zet coach Rudez aan de kant: 'Heel teleurstellend' (update)". www.rtvnoord.nl (in Dutch). 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  13. "Ivan Rudez lett a kaposvári kosarasok új vezetőedzője". sonline.hu. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  14. "Ein neuer Chef für das Nationale Zentrum des Schweizer Basketball". Swiss.basketball (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  15. "Switzerland at the FIBA U18 European Championship 2023, Division B". FIBA. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
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