Matthias Zollner

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Zollner in November 2017

Matthias Josef Zollner (born May 9, 1981 ) is a German basketball coach.

career

Zollner comes from Dachau and is a trained physiotherapist. Until 2009 he coached the TSV Dachau men's team in the first regional league. From 2009 to 2012 he was the coach of München Basket (also the first regional league), at the same time he worked in the field of coach training for the European basketball association FIBA ​​Europe . In 2013 he was signed by the Austrian Bundesliga club UBC Güssing and led the team to the Austrian championship titles in 2014 and 2015 (2015 also cup winners). In the 2014/15 season, Güssing was among the best 16 teams in the European club competition EuroChallenge under Zollner's direction . In the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons he was named “Coach of the Year” in the Bundesliga. In February 2016, the financially troubled Güssinger parted ways with Zollner for cost reasons. The club's license was revoked in April 2016. Subsequently, he temporarily appeared as an expert on basketball broadcasts on the Austrian television broadcaster Sky and became the managing director of a company in Frankfurt am Main , which, among other things, offers consulting and marketing services for sports clubs, associations and athletes.

In August 2018 he accepted the position as head coach of KB Pristina in Kosovo . He led the team to win the Supercup, after a total of five competitive games, four of which were won, there was a separation between Zollner and the club after a 44-day term in office at the beginning of October 2018. At the end of November 2018, he took up the post of head coach of the Hungarian first division club Egis Körmend . He led the team to victory in the Alpe Adria Cup in the 2018/19 season .

At the end of May 2020, Zollner was introduced as the new coach of the Polish first division club GTK Gliwice.

National team

In 2012, Zollner was Svetislav Pesic's assistant coach on the staff of the German senior national team.

At the beginning of October 2017, he took over the position of head coach of the Austrian senior national team. On April 25, 2018, the Austrian Basketball Association announced the premature separation from Zollner. This was done by mutual agreement, it said in a statement by the association.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matthias Zollner is living his dream . In: https://www.merkur.de . June 13, 2012 ( merkur.de [accessed February 26, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Knights-Coach Zollner: “We played an incredible season” | Sky Sport Austria . In: Sky Sport Austria . ( skysportaustria.at [accessed on February 26, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Güssing wins the cup for the first time . ( kurier.at [accessed on February 26, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Standings | EuroChallenge (2015) | FIBA Europe. Retrieved February 26, 2017 .
  5. ↑ AWARDS. Retrieved on February 26, 2017 (German).
  6. ↑ mirad.odobasic: Basketball: Trainer Zollner and two US legionaries left Master Güssing Knights . ( kurier.at [accessed on February 26, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Oberösterreichische Nachrichten: Basketball: Güssing's license is withdrawn . ( nachrichten.at [accessed on February 26, 2017]).
  8. ↑ sky.de: Sky Sport Austria. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Company profile exzeed GmbH in Frankfurt am Main https://www.firminform.de/unternehmen/exzeed-GmbH-Frankfurt-am-Main #firminform. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Zyrtare: KB Prishtina emëron trajner të skuadrës gjermanin Matthias Zollner . In: Telegrafi . August 18, 2018 ( telegrafi.com [accessed August 18, 2018]).
  11. ↑ boldUnderline. llc: Largohet pas 44 ditëve. Retrieved November 13, 2018 (Albanian).
  12. ^ Matthias Zollner az Egis Körmend új vezetőedzője. Retrieved May 5, 2019 (Hungarian).
  13. ↑ Körmend is the new champion - Alpe Adria Cup. Retrieved May 26, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Mamy nowego trenera! Zollner poprowadzi GTK - Updates. Retrieved May 26, 2020 (Polish).
  15. ↑ Menz, Mutapcic, Zollner and Lindner assist Svetislav Pesic "German Basketball Federation. Retrieved February 26, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Matthias Zollner becomes the new team boss of the national basketball team | Sky Sport Austria . In: Sky Sport Austria . ( skysportaustria.at [accessed on August 18, 2018]).
  17. ^ Zollner no longer Austrian basketball team boss. Retrieved April 25, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Zollner, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zollner, Matthias Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German basketball coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1981