Aleksandar Šćepanović
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| Position | Assistant coach | |||||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball Bundesliga | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 December 1982 Rijeka, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1999–2011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward | |||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2013–present | |||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
| As a player: | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | HNK Rijeka | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2007 | KK Kvarner | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | KK Dubrovnik | |||||||||||||||||
| As a coach: | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Kvarner Rijeka (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | KIT SC Gequos Karlsruhe | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | PS Karlsruhe Lions | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Mitteldeutscher BC (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | PS Karlsruhe Lions | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Mitteldeutscher BC (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
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Aleksandar Šćepanović (born 11 December 1982) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who currently serves as an assistant coach for SYNTAINICS MBC in the German Basketball Bundesliga. A versatile guard-forward during his playing days, Šćepanović competed mainly in the Croatian League, before transitioning into a coaching career in Germany.
Playing career
[edit]Šćepanović started his professional career with Kantrida Rijeka in 1999, where he posted strong offensive numbers. He went on to play for KK Kvarner.
His most notable seasons was with KK Dubrovnik, where in 2009–10 he averaged 13.0 points per game while shooting nearly 46% from three-point range.
Coaching career
[edit]Šćepanović began coaching in 2013 as an assistant at Kvarner Rijeka. He then moved to Germany to become head coach of KIT SC Gequos Karlsruhe in the Regionalliga. He led PS Karlsruhe Lions through a series of promotions and deep playoff runs from 2015 to 2017, winning the Regionalliga South-West in 2016 and reaching the ProB finals in 2017.
He served as assistant coach for Mitteldeutscher BC from 2017 to 2021 in the German Basketball Bundesliga, before returning to PS Karlsruhe Lions as head coach. Under his leadership, the team won the German ProA title in 2024 and he was named Eurobasket.com's Coach of the Year.[1]
In May 2025, after six years at the helm, Šćepanović and the PS Karlsruhe Lions mutually agreed to part ways.[2][3]
In June 2025, he returned to SYNTAINICS MBC as an assistant coach for the 2025–26 Basketball Bundesliga season.[4][5]
National team coaching
[edit]Šćepanović was also an assistant coach for the Croatia men's national under-20 basketball team at the 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B in Oradea, Romania, and at the 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship in Chemnitz, Germany. The team earned silver medals in both tournaments.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]Fluent in Croatian, German, and English, Šćepanović is respected for his methodical preparation and player development focus.
References
[edit]- ^ Aleksandar Scepanovic named Eurobasket.com ProA Coach of the Year, Eurobasket.com, 10 May 2024. Accessed 30 July 2025.
- ^ PS Karlsruhe LIONS: „LIONS TRENNEN SICH VON ŠĆEPANOVIĆ“, 5 May 2025. Accessed 30 July 2025.
- ^ Moritz Hirn, "Aus nach sechs Jahren: PS Karlsruhe Lions trennen sich von Meistertrainer Scepanović", Badische Neueste Nachrichten, 5 May 2025. Accessed 30 July 2025.
- ^ “Ein Rückkehrer und ein Neuer: Trainerstab der Wölfe ist komplett”, SYNTAINICS MBC, 11 June 2025. Accessed 30 July 2025.
- ^ Daniel George, “Darum kehrt der frühere Chefcoach Scepanovic als Assistent zum Syntainics MBC zurück”, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 13 June 2025. Accessed 30 July 2025.
- ^ Croatia – FIBA U20 European Championship Division B 2017 Roster, FIBA Europe. Accessed 30 July 2025.
- ^ Croatia – FIBA U20 European Championship 2018 Roster, FIBA Europe. Accessed 30 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Aleksandar Šćepanović at Eurobasket.com
- Coaches profile at PS Karlsruhe Lions official site