Nenad Trunić ( sr-cyr, Ненад Трунић; born 6 February 1968) is a Serbian

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, as well as

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and former player.

Playing career

Professional career

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, Trunić played for Sloboda Dita,

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, Crvena zvezda, Radnički Beograd, OKK Beograd,

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, FV Lugano,

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, Albacomp,

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, Klosterneuburg, and Radnički Kragujevac.

National team career

In August 1985, Trunić was a member of the Yugoslav cadet team that won the gold medal at the European Championship for Cadets in

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, Bulgaria. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 4.2 points per game.

Post-playing career

During the

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, Trunić was an international scout for the Sacramento Kings in charge for the

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. During the late-2000s, Trunić was a member of the Basketball Federation of Serbia Experts Council with

Božidar Maljković Božidar "Boža" Maljković ( sr-cyr, Божидар Божа Маљковић; born 20 April 1952) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and current president of the Olympic Committee of Serbia. He is one of the most successful bask ...

Dušan Ivković Dušan "Duda" Ivković ( sr-cyrl, Душан "Дуда" Ивковић; 29 October 1943 – 16 September 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He served as head coach of the senior Serbian national basketball team from 20 ...

, Svetislav Pešić, and

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. Trunić has been a

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Coaching Clinics since 2011, and at the FIBA Europe Coaching Certificate Program since 2013. During the late-2010s, Trunić was an advisor of the

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and youth system coordinator at the

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National team coaching career

In 2009, Trunić was the head coach of the Serbia men's national under-16 team that won a bronze medal at the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in

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, Lithuania. In 2017, Trunić was the head coach of the Serbia men's national under-17 team at the

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, Germany. His team finished 5th with a 4–4 record. In November 2021, Trunić was named an assistant coach for the Serbia national team under Svetislav Pešić.

Academic career

Trunić earned his bachelor's degree in basketball in 1992, his master's degree in 2004, both from the University of Belgrade. He earned a

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in Belgrade in 2006, with the

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'' Forecasting and strategy for creating top basketball players''. Between 2004 and 2014, Trunić was as a professor at the Belgrade School of Sports and Health Studies, as a lead lecturer for courses: Theory and Methodology of Basketball, Basics of Sports Training, Pedagogical Practice in Basketball, Methodology of Techniques and Tactics in Youth System Training in Sports. At the same school, he was the head of the study program Sports Coach and a mentor of a large number of graduate theses in basketball and sports training theory. Also, from 2006 to 2010, he was a professor at the Borislav Stanković Basketball Academy under the Megatrend University. Since 2014, Trunić has been working as a professor at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Management at

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in Belgrade, as a lead lecturer for courses: Basketball, Training Technology in Sports, Identification and Development of Talents in Sports, and Prioritization of Training in Sports. In the 2016–17 school year, he was the dean of the same faculty.

Books

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References

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