Matthias Zollner (born 9 May 1981) is a German professional basketball coach who most recently served as head coach of Alba Fehérvár.
 Zollner as the Austrian national team coach in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 May 1981 |
| Nationality | German |
| Position | Head coach |
| Coaching career | 2004–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2004–2009 | TSV Dachau Spurs |
| 2009–2012 | Munich Basket |
| 2013 | Germany (assistant) |
| 2013–2016 | Güssing Knights |
| 2017–2018 | Austria |
| 2018 | Prishtina |
| 2018–2020 | Egis Körmend |
| 2020–2021 | GTK Gliwice |
| 2021–2023 | Alba Fehérvár |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Coaching career
editFrom 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.[1]
In the 2013–14 season, Zollner led the UBC Güssing Knights to its first Austrian title, despite being ranked by experts to be 7th before the start of the season.[2] Individually, he won the ÖBL Coach of the Year award.
During the 2014-15 season, Zollner led the UBC Güssing Knights in their maiden Eurochallenge campaign to a sensational top 16 participation. The first for an Austrian team ever. In March 2015 Zollner and his UBC Güssing Knights captured the Austrian Cup title for the first time in club history.[3]
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.[4] In February 2016, Zollner left the club because of its financial problems.[5]
On 18 August 2018, he signed a contract with Z-Mobile Prishtina of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.[6] Less than two months later he was let go by the team.[7]
On 26 May 2020, Zollner signed with GTK Gliwice in Poland[8] and parted company with the team after the conclusion of the 2020-21 season.[9] He was appointed the new head coach of Hungarian side Alba Fehérvár on November 19, 2021.[10] Zollner was sacked in February 2023.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Matthias Zollner | Germany | EuroBasket 2013". Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Die Sensation ist perfekt: Die Knights sind Meister". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "This domain has been registered for a customer by nicsell". Oebl.at. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "This domain has been registered for a customer by nicsell". Oebl.at. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Interperformances.com
- ^ "Sigal Prishtina me trajner gjerman".
- ^ "Matthias Zollner nuk është më trajner i KB Prishtinës". lajmi.net. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ Wk (26 May 2020). "Matthias Zollner trenerem GTK". Koszykówka - Polska Liga Koszykówki.
- ^ "GTK Gliwice. Młody i chce się rozwijać". Dziennik Sport (in Polish). 30 April 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Edzőváltás az Albánál, Matthias Zollner a kosarasok új mestere". Székesfehérvár Városportál (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Férfi kosár NB I: 19 éve vagyok profi edző, nem lepődök meg semmin – Zollner". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 8 February 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.