Miroslav Nikolić is the new head coach of Partizan NIS

It is finally official! Miroslav Nikolić has become the new head coach of Partizan NIS as he signed a 3-year contract with the club.

Nikolić was the head coach of Partizan NIS from 1996 to 1998 and he won the national title with this club in the 1996/97 season. After that he worked in Budućnost, Crvena zvezda, Radnički Belgrade, Vojvodina, Apollon, Hemofarm, Avtodor Saratov, Radnički Kragujevac, while in the previous two seasons he was the head coach of Dynamic Belgrade.

Also, it is worth mentioning that Miroslav Nikolić has been a member of Yugoslavia and Serbia coaching staff for years, working together with many famous coaching names including Željko Obradović and Aleksandar Djordjević. While working with national team he won the silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics, gold medal at 1998 FIBA World Championship, silver at the 2014 FIBA World Championship and gold at the 1997 FIBA European Championship.

"We have signed a three-year contract. I think that we will have a good cooperation and that a good atmosphere will be created around Partizan NIS. My idea is to return Partizan NIS to the way it worked during the 1996/97 and 1997/98, while I was here for the first time. I hope that we will sign long-term contracts with couple of young players and that we will once again became the most talented team in the country. Also, my desire is to create 2-3 national team players in the following season and that we continue growing as a team. That plan requires patience, both from the people inside the club and from the fans," said Nikolić.

Partizan NIS will start their preparations for the 2017/18 ABA League season on August 7.

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Miroslav Nikolić se vratio u Partizan

Nakon 19 godina, proslavljeni trener se vratio u redove crno-belih sa kojima je potpisao trogodišnji ugovor.

Miroslav Nikolić je novi-stari trener Partizana! Proslavljeni košarkaški stručnjak, danas je stavio potpis na trogodišnji ugovor sa crno-belima, klubom sa kojim je u sezoni 1996/97 postao prvak SR Jugoslavije. Pre povratka u redove Partizana, Nikolić je radio u KK Dinamik, a pre toga je sa uspehom radio u kragujevačkom Radničkom, KK Budućnost iz Podgorice sa kojom je osvojio dve titule prvaka SRJ, Hemofarmu, Crvenoj zvezdi, Vojvodini, BFC-u iz Beočina, Apolonu i Avtodoru.

Trener Nikolić je bio član stručnog štaba reprezentacije Jugoslavije, a potom i Srbije na brojnim takmičenjima. Radeći sa selektorima Željkom Obradovićem i Sašom Đorđevićem, Miroslav Nikolić je bio deo generacija koje su osvojile srebrne medalje na Olimpijskim igrama u Riju 2016. i Atlanti 1996, zatim titule prvaka Sveta 1998, prvaka Evrope 1997. kao i srebra na Svetskom prvenstvu 2014.

Po potpisivanju ugovora, Miroslav Nikolić je izjavio:

"Danas smo tek stavili potpis na trogodišnji ugovor, mislim da ćemo imati dobru saradnju i da će oko Partizana biti dobra atmosfera. Moja ideja je da vratimo Partizan načinu rada iz '96 i '97 godine kada sam bio trener, da potpisujemo male ugovore, negde gde je realnost s obzirom na tešku situaciju. Nadam se da ćemo dovesti par mladih igrača koji će potpisati ugovore na 3-4 godine i da ćemo opet biti najtalentovanija ekipa u zemlji kao nekad što smo bili", rekao je Nikolić i dodao:

"Želja nam je da kroz sezonu-dve stvorimo dva-tri reprezentativca i da rastemo. Takav koncept zahteva strpljenje svih, i nas u klubu i navijača", zaključio je Nikolić.

Prvi asistent trenera Nikolića biće Nikola Marković, a novi članovi stručnog štaba biće i Aca Matović i kondicioni trener Adam Petrović. Pripreme crno-belih počeće 7. avgusta i pretežno će se odvijati u Beogradu.