Fritz Miklas

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Friedrich "Fritz" Miklas (* 1950 in Vienna ) is an Austrian basketball trainer and former national player.

career

The 1.93 meter tall Miklas, who grew up in an apartment in Schönbrunn Palace , first played basketball at the SK Ministry of Commerce in Vienna , then later at UBSC Vienna, UKJ St. Pölten and BK Klosterneuburg . As a player he was national champion with UBSC Vienna in 1974, 1975 and 1976, then in 1978 with Klosterneuburg. He became an Austrian team player after having participated in the Junior European Championship in Spain with Austria in 1968, and in 1977 he was part of the “wonder team” around Erich Tecka , which made it through from the C to the A group and made it to the European Championship 1977 qualified in Belgium. At the tournament there, Miklas scored an average of 5.1 points per match in seven European Championship appearances. In 1980 he took part with the national team in the elimination round for the Summer Olympics. Between 1969 and 1981 he played 64 international matches for Austria. As a player, he spent a total of 16 years in the Bundesliga and was part of the national team for twelve years. He also played numerous games in the European Cup.

In the game year 1981/82 BK Klosterneuburg trained in the Bundesliga. In 1982 he took over the post of player- coach at UBC Mattersburg , with whom he was promoted to the Bundesliga in his second year in office. In 1986 he went to Innsbruck as a coach and acted as player coach in the Bundesliga. He did the same in 1987/88 in Mattersburg. In a second term in Mattersburg, Miklas was the head coach of the Bundesliga club from 1988 to 1991. In 1993/94 he coached the Basket Flyers Vienna as a coach in the Bundesliga, 1995/96 UKJ Mistelbach. From 1996 Miklas was a coach at the second division WAT Wieden (or the successor club BC Vienna). In 1999 he made the then 25-year-old Raoul Korner his successor, Miklas became his assistant coach and took on managerial duties. From the 2002/03 season he was in charge of the Union Deutsch-Wagram team, which was promoted to the B-Bundesliga in 2004. He stayed there until 2006. From 2007 he looked after UKJ Mistelbach, including in the 2008/09 season in the 2nd Bundesliga. In 2010 he left Mistelbach.

Miklas worked as a youth coach at the Viennese club Basket Flames , and in 2013 he took over the coaching position for the men's Flames team in the 2nd Bundesliga. In December 2014, he handed over the position of head coach to his assistant Roland Schönhofer and from then on worked as his assistant coach. In addition to his duties in the men's area, Miklas was always active in youth work for his respective clubs. He was Bundesliga coach for over 20 years, national coach for four years and junior national coach for six years.

At the association level, Miklas was assistant coach of the national team from 1985 to 1988 and head coach of the selection for a few months in 1988. From 1986 to 1991 he was also head coach of the national youth team.

Miklas promoted numerous future greats in Austrian basketball: trainer Raoul Korner referred to Miklas as his mentor, Martin Weissenböck said in 2013 that he had "been able to take a lot with him" from Miklas. Even Michael Schrittwieser and Stefan Weissenböck  among his proteges. In addition to his activities in basketball, Miklas, whose grandfather Wilhelm was Federal President, studied law and constitutional law, but did not graduate. He worked temporarily as a financial advisor.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Home address: Schönbrunn Palace . In: Manfred Schnurrer & Hanns Vanura (eds.): Austria's basketball history (s) . Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-200-06297-9 , pp. 131-133 .
  2. ↑ a b Basket Flames: Flames trainer Fritz Miklas in W24 Knöppels Sportlounge. September 26, 2013, accessed September 3, 2018 .
  3. ^ Regionalmedien Austria: "Austria's elite comes from basketball" . In: mein district.at . ( mein district.at [accessed on September 3, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Champions Cup 1978-79 (Game details). Retrieved September 3, 2018 .
  5. ^ Friedrich Miklas profile, European Championship for Junior Men 1968 | FIBA.COM . In: FIBA.COM . ( fiba.com [accessed on September 3, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Doors opened, doors installed - derStandard.at. Retrieved September 3, 2018 .
  7. ^ Friedrich Miklas profile, European Championship for Men 1977 | FIBA.COM . In: FIBA.COM . ( fiba.com [accessed on September 3, 2018]).
  8. ^ Fritz Miklas profile, European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 1980 | FIBA.COM . In: FIBA.COM . ( fiba.com [accessed on September 3, 2018]).
  9. ↑ a b c d Regional Media Austria: Sensational trainer castling at the BASKET FLAMES! In: mein district.at . ( mein district.at [accessed on September 3, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Chronicle. Retrieved September 3, 2018 .
  11. ↑ a b Raoul Korner # 1: Mission Sustainability | Basketball heart . In: basketball heart . August 25, 2018 ( basketballherz.de [accessed September 3, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Volkswagen "autograph". January 30, 2007, accessed September 3, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Basketball: Raoul Korner remains coach at BC Vienna - derStandard.at. Retrieved September 3, 2018 .
  14. ↑ http://www.nbbv.at/fileadmin/pdfs/verband/vereine/DeutschWagram-Union-Vereinsgeschichte.pdf
  15. ↑ This site requires a frames-compliant browser .: Next top game of the 2. Basketball Bundesliga in Mistelbach. Retrieved September 3, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Basket Flames: Coach rage! | Basket Flames . In: Basket Flames . December 18, 2014 ( basketflames.at [accessed September 3, 2018]).
  17. ↑ Weissenböck is head coach with immediate effect . ( noen.at [accessed on September 3, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Miklas, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miklas, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian basketball coach and player
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna