Nenad Jakovljević

Nenad Jakovljević
Jakovljević in November 2022
Virtus Bologna
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueLBA
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1988-10-30) 30 October 1988 (age 37)
NationalitySerbian / Italian
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
Coaching
2011–2015Virtus Alto Garda (Head Coach Youth Program)
2015Bayern Munich (Student Assistant Coach)
2015–2020Dolomiti Energia Trento (Video Coordinator First Team and Head Coach Youth Program)
2022–2023Crvena zvezda (Assistant Coach)
2023–presentVirtus Bologna (Assistant Coach)
Career highlights
As assistant coach:

Nenad Jakovljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Јаковљевић; born 30 October 1988) is a Serbian / Italian professional basketball coach, currently serves as an Assistant Coach for Virtus Bologna of the EuroLeague and the Lega Basket Serie A and Assistant Coach for the Serbia men's national basketball team.

Coaching career

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Jakovljević the most of his early coaching career in Italy working for youth systems of Virtus Alto Garda (based in Riva del Garda) and Dolomiti Energia Trento.[1][2] In 2015, he had a stint with Bayern Munich working as an assistant coach of Svetislav Pešić.

In August 2022, Crvena zvezda added Jakovljević to their coaching staff as an assistant coach for the 2022–23 season.

In August 2022, Serbia national team head coach Svetislav Pešić added Jakovljević as Assistant Coach to his coaching staff. He was a staff member at EuroBasket 2022, WorldCup 2023, Olympic Games 2024 and EuroBasket 2025.[3]

In December 2023, Jakovljević joined Virtus Bologna, becoming the assistant coach of Luca Banchi.

Personal life

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Jakovljević moved to Trento, Italy at age 17. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Trento in 2013 and earned his master's degree in sports marketing and management from the Ca' Foscari University of Venice in 2015.

References

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  1. ^ "One Team workshop in Vitoria starts road to Final Four". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Nenad Jakovljevic, la promessa dell'Alto Garda". sportrentino.it. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Holandija – tim na kojem smo oštrili zube". politika.rs. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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