Marin Sedlaček ( sr-cyr, Марин Седлачек; born 9 July 1959) is a Serbian professional

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Basketball career

Sedlaček growing up playing basketball for the Crvena zvezda youth system. Eventually, he started his coaching career at the age of 20. He graduated as basketball coach from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education at the

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in 1984. In 1982, he spent six months in

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's basketball program at

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. He coached the Crvena zvezda youth system for a decade and won several junior national championships. Sedlaček coached at the

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Academy in

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from 1987 to 1990. In 1988, Sedlaček was promoted as an assistant coach for

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, under head coach

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. In

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, he left the Zvezda following a head coach changes. Then he joined Srem. After one season, in 1992, he rejoined Crvena zvezda, now under Vladislav Lučić, as an assistant coach and won a

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title for the 1992–93 season. In 1993, Sedlaček moved to

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due to the

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where he coached

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for two seasons. In 1995, he returned to Yugoslavia becoming the head coach of then emerging Hemofarm. Briefly in 1999, he was also an assistant coach for Partizan under Vladislav Lučić. Between 2003 and 2007, Sedlaček was a youth system coordinator for Crvena zvezda. Sedlaček was a director of

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camps for Europe (2001–2013) and the Americas (2005–2007), assistant coach of the World Select Team at the

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(1998–2018), and director of Nike Euro Camp (1997–1999). He has been a FIBA instructor since 1989, and has conducted over 50 clinics worldwide in that role. Between 2003 and 2019, he was an international

for

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teams

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and

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. When in Belgrade, Sedlaček frequently appears as a

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for basketball broadcasts at the

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Career achievements

;As assistant coach *

champion: 1 (with

: 1992–93) * FR Yugoslav Cup winner: 1 (with Partizan: 1998–99)

References

External links

Profile
at linkedin.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Sedlacek, Marin 1959 births Living people KK Crvena zvezda assistant coaches KK Crvena zvezda (youth) coaches KK Hemofarm coaches KK Srem coaches Philadelphia 76ers scouts Memphis Grizzlies scouts Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian basketball scouts Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United States Serbian expatriate basketball people in Sweden Serbian people of Czech descent NBA scouts from Europe University of Belgrade Faculty of Sport and Physical Education alumni