Dragan Vaščanin ( sr-cyr, Драган Вашчанин; born 22 December 1971) is a Serbian professional

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Coaching career

In the early 2000s, Vaščanin was an assistant for

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and Budućnost. In summer 2004, Vaščanin became a head coach for the Bosnian club Hercegovac Bileća. In August 2005, Vaščanin became a head coach for

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. He got fired in December 2005. Two weeks later, he was named a head coach for

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. Vaščanin was a head coach of the Serbia men's under-16 team at the

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in Greece and the

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in Italy. He won the gold medal at the 2007 Championship. In the late 2000s, Vaščanin coached Nova Gorica (Slovenia), Radnički Basket, and

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Middle East

In summer 2011, Vaščanin was named a youth coach of Bahraini club Manama Club. In summer 2012, Vaščanin became a head coach, as well as a youth coach, for

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of the Kuwaiti Division I League. On 31 July 2016, he became a head coach for Al-Nweidrat of the

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. In August 2018, Vaščanin signed for Al-Sharjah of the

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as an assistant coach and a youth teams coordinator.

Career achievements

* Cup of Serbia winner: 1 (with Atlas Belgrade: 2005–06) * Yugoslavian Junior League champion: 1 (with Beovuk Juniors: 1995–96) * Kuwait U18 League champion: 2 (with BC Kuwait U18 team: 2013, 2014) * Kuwait U20 League champion: 1 (with BC Kuwait U20 team: 2015)

References

External links

Profile
at mybasketballagent.com
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at eurobasket.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vascanin, Dragan 1971 births Living people KK Beopetrol/Atlas Beograd coaches KK Crvena zvezda (youth) coaches KK Napredak Kruševac coaches KK Srem coaches KK Crnokosa coaches KK FMP coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bahrain Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate basketball people in Kuwait Serbian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro Serbian expatriate basketball people in Slovenia Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United Arab Emirates Serbian men's basketball coaches