Matthias Zollner (born 9 May 1981) is a German professional

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coach who serves as head coach of Alba Fehérvár.

Coaching career

From 2004 to 2009 Zollner coached his hometown club TSV Dachau 1865 "Spurs". In 2009 he took over Munich's most traditional basketball club Munich Basket formerly known as Lotus Munich. Coach Zollner guided Basket's team for 3 seasons before being nominated as an assistant coach for the German national basketball team. In 2013, Zollner was an assistant coach on the German national basketball team. In the 2013–14 season, Zollner led the

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to its first Austrian title, despite being ranked by experts to be 7th before the start of the season. Individually, he won the ÖBL Coach of the Year award. During the 2014-15 season, Zollner led the

in their maiden

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campaign to a sensational top 16 participation. The first for an Austrian team ever. In March 2015 Zollner and his

captured the Austrian Cup title for the first time in club history. Also Coach Zollner won the ÖBL Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year. He became the first coach ever to win the award back to back. In February 2016, Zollner left the club because of its financial problems. On 18 August 2018, he signed a contract with Z-Mobile Prishtina of the

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. Less than two months later he left this post. On 26 May 2020, Zollner signed with

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in Poland and parted company with the team after the conclusion of the 2020-21 season. He was appointed the new head coach of Hungarian side Alba Fehérvár on November 19, 2021.

References

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