Mirko Culic

Mirko Culic
portrait
Date of birth	5th February 1963
place of birth	Kragujevac , Yugoslavia
size	1.88 m
position	Pass trainer (since 1999)
societies
as a player 1982–1987 1987–1991 1991–1993 1993–1998 as a coach 1999 1999–2001 2001–2005 2006–2008 since 2008	Bosna Sarajevo OK Partizan Belgrade Moerser SCC Berlin California State University, Fullerton Volley Cats Berlin SCC Berlin evivo Düren Netzhoppers Koenigs Wusterhausen
National team
260 times	Yugoslavia
successes
as a player in 1987, 1990, 1991 1990, 1991 1992 1993, 1994, 1996 as a coach 2003, 2004	Yugoslavian champion Yugoslavian cup winner German champion German cup winner German champion
As of January 7, 2013

Mirko Culic (born February 5, 1963 in Kragujevac , Yugoslavia ) is a former volleyball player and current German volleyball trainer.

Career

Mirko Culic was active as a player in the 1980s for Bosna Sarajevo and OK Partizan Belgrade and played 260 international matches for Yugoslavia . In 1991 the player switched to the German Bundesliga club Moerser SC . In 1993 he was hired by the SCC Berlin . In the capital he stood on the field for five years. As a player, Culic won four championships and six cup competitions.

The native Serb also began his career as a coach for the women of the Volley Cats in Berlin . Previously, he had mentored a college team while in the United States . From 2001 he trained the men of the SCC. With the Charlottenburgers he won the German championship in 2003 and 2004. In 2005 he was dismissed after losing the semi-final against evivo Düren in Berlin. A year later he succeeded Bernd Werscheck in Düren and led evivo to the third runner-up in a row in the 2006/07 season. In 2008 he reached the final of the DVV Cup with the club . Nevertheless, his contract was not extended. Culic switched to the Netzhoppers Königs Wusterhausen in order to be closer to his adopted home Berlin. In the 2008/09 season, the Brandenburgers lost to Generali Haching in the playoff semi-finals with the new coach . The following three Bundesliga seasons each ended in the quarter-finals.

Web links

• Profile at the Netzhoppers
• Ranking lists: 1993 (PDF file; 3.46 MB) - 1994 (PDF file; 1.99 MB) - 1995 (PDF file; 92 kB) - 1996 ( Memento of March 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF -File; 67 kB) - 1997 (PDF file; 110 kB) - 1998 ( memento from March 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 134 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} vita. Berliner Morgenpost , January 28, 2004, accessed on May 17, 2013 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Klaus Nüsser: Mirko Culic now conducts the CJD women. Berliner Zeitung , July 1, 1999, accessed on May 17, 2013 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Christian Ewers: The cats should be silent. Berliner Zeitung , October 11, 1999, accessed on May 17, 2013 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Maps Doneck: Life in the Airplane. Der Tagesspiegel , February 21, 2003, accessed March 30, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Ernst Podeswa: Trainer Culic has to leave the SCC. Der Tagesspiegel, May 1, 2005, accessed on March 30, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Culic follows Werscheck. Schwäbische Zeitung , April 18, 2008, accessed on May 17, 2013 . 
7. ↑ Mirko Culic and evivo düren go their separate ways. (No longer available online.) DVL, March 4, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 30, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
8. ↑ Mirko Culic wants to wake up the Netzhoppers. Schwäbische Zeitung , September 19, 2008, accessed on March 30, 2012 .