Neno Ašćerić Explained

Neno Ašćerić
Position:Head coach
Height M:1.99
League:LNB Pro B
Team:ALM Évreux
Birth Date:29 August 1965
Birth Place:Šašinci, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Austrian
Draft Year:1987
Career Start:1983
Career End:2006
Career Position:Small forward
Career Number:5
Coach Start:2006
Years1:1983–1985
Team1:Sloboda Šašinci
Years2:1985–1987
Team2:Srem Sremska Mitrovica
Years3:1987–1988
Team3:Bačka Palanka
Years4:1988–1989
Team4:Novi Sad
Years5:1989–1998
Team5:UKJ SUBA Sankt Pölten
Years6:1998–2000
Team6:PSG Racing
Years7:2000
Team7:Crvena zvezda
Years9:2000–2003
Team9:Le Mans Sarthe
Years10:2003–2004
Team10:Hyères-Toulon
Years11:2005–2006
Team11:JA Vichy
Years13:2006
Team13:UBC Sankt Pölten
Cyears1:2006–2007
Cteam1:UBC Sankt Pölten (assistant)
Cyears2:2007
Cteam2:Bourg Basket
Cyears3:2007–2008
Cteam3:Saint-Quentin
Cyears4:2008–2013
Cteam4:Austria
Cyears5:2008–2009
Cteam5:Lechugueros de León
Cyears6:2010–2012
Cteam6:Oberwart Gunners
Cyears7:2012
Cteam7:Oettinger Rockets
Cyears8:2012–2013
Cteam8:Szolnoki Olaj
Cyears9:2014
Cteam9:Zepter Vienna
Cyears10:2015–2017
Cteam10:Lille Métropole
Cyears11:2017–2020
Cteam11:Hermine Nantes
Cyears12:2020–present
Cteam12:ALM Évreux
Highlights:As a player

As a coach

Nedeljko "Neno" Ašćerić (Serbian: Недељко "Нено" Ашћерић; born August 29, 1965) is a Serbian–Austrian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for ALM Évreux of the French Pro B League.

Playing career

Ašćerić began his career in Yugoslavia, where he worked for several clubs from the second division from 1985–1989. In 1989 he moved to the UKJ SUBA Sankt Pölten of the Austrian Bundesliga. There he spent his most successful time of his playing career. Between 1993 and 1998, he won five National Championship titles and three National Cups. In 1997, he was honored as the Bundesliga Player of the Year.

In 1998, Ašćerić moved to PSG Racing in France. In the following years he played and Crvena zvezda of the YUBA League for several French clubs (Le Mans Sarthe, Hyères-Toulon and JA Vichy). At the age of 41, Ašćerić ended his career as a player at UBC Sankt Pölten in the fall of 2006 following a brief interlude as a playing assistant coach.[1]

Ašćerić represented Austrian national basketball team internationally.

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career Ašćerić coached the Bourg Basket of French league LNB Pro A and the Saint-Quentin of the Pro B. In December 2008, he took over the Mexican club Lechugueros de León, where he won 16 of 22 games and led the team into the playoffs.

In 2008, he became a head coach of the Austrian national basketball team. In February 2010, he also took over the post of head coach of the Austrian Bundesliga club Oberwart Gunners, with whom he won the Austrian champions in the 2010–11 season and celebrated his first title as a coach. Despite an ongoing contract, he resigned from his post in Oberwart after drop out in the Play–off quarterfinals during the 2011–12 season.

At the end of November 2012, Ašćerić became the new head coach of the Oettinger Rockets in the German ProA (2nd tier).[2] He took over the team in 14th place after the previous head coach Marko Simić resigned from office, but remained barely a week before he asked again for dissolution of the contract. In December 2012, he then signed a contract with Hungarian team Szolnoki Olaj, who also played in the Adriatic League. In January 2013, Ašćerić was replaced by Werner Sallomon as a head coach of the Austrian national team. After a moderate start to the 2013–14 season in the Hungarian Championship and in the Adriatic League Ašćerić ended his contract in Hungary after almost exactly a year in December 2013.[3] In the beginning of February 2014, he succeeded Darko Russo and become a head coach of the Austrian defending champion Zepter Vienna.

In January 2015, he became a head coach of the French ProB team Lille Métropole.[4] He remained in office until the end of the 2016–17 season and then moved within the league to the Hermine Nantes.[5]

Career achievements

Player
Coach
Individual

Personal life

His son Luka (born 1997) is a professional basketball player. He coached Luka during his stings with Lille Métropole and Hyères-Toulon.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ÖBV-Teamchef Asceric neuer Coach in Oberwart. derstandard.at. 14 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Ein „Winner-Typ“ für die Rockets. big-gotha.de. 14 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Szolnoki Part Ways With Coach Asceric. fibaeurope.com. 14 April 2018.
  4. Web site: Basket-ball/Pro B: «Génial de travailler» avec Neno Asceric. aisnenouvelle.fr. 14 April 2018.
  5. Web site: Neno Asceric, l’entraîneur de Lille signe à Nantes. lavoixdunord.fr. 14 April 2018.