Domen Zevnik new Krka Head Coach

With Dejan Zevnik's appointment, the club aims to ensure continuity in the work established by former head coach Dejan Jakara, under whom Zevnik served as first assistant coach over the past two seasons.

"Taking over as head coach of Krka's senior team is a great honour and responsibility. I am extremely honoured and proud to have the opportunity to lead my hometown club. I would like to sincerely thank the club's management for their trust and the opportunity they have given me. I am fully aware of the responsibility that comes with this role, and I will do everything in my power to ensure that, through hard work and team spirit, we live up to expectations. I would also like to extend my special thanks to Dejan Jakara, with whom I had the pleasure of working closely over the past two seasons. I am grateful for his trust, mentorship and the opportunity he gave me. During this time, I learned a great deal from him, both professionally and personally. I believe we built an excellent working relationship. I sincerely thank him for everything he has contributed to the club and to me personally, and I wish him every success in the future.
As for us, we want to continue the good work of recent seasons. We have a demanding task ahead, as I believe the ABA League will be even stronger and more competitive this year than in previous seasons. That is exactly why I am excited about this new challenge. I believe we will build a team with strong character and fighting spirit that will proudly represent Krka and Novo Mesto. I am convinced that our fans will recognize our hard work and commitment, just as they showed last season how loud and passionate ŠD Leona Štuklja can be," said Domen Zevnik following his appointment as Krka's new head coach.

Domen Zevnik is a highly respected name in basketball circles both in Slovenia and internationally. His dedication and quality work have not gone unnoticed. Last year, Slovenia's national team head coach Aleksander Sekulić invited him to join the senior national team's coaching staff, where Zevnik helped the team at the European Championship and during the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.

Over the past two seasons, he served as assistant coach to Dejan Jakara at Krka. He is currently preparing Slovenia's U18 national team for the upcoming European Championship, where he will serve as head coach. He was also a member of Slovenia's U20 national team coaching staff that won the silver medal at the 2024 European Championship.

Zevnik has been with Krka since 2017, initially working with the club's youth teams. He successfully led the club's youth development programme, while his first coaching experience came with Krško.

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Domen Zevnik novi trener Krke

Članska ekipa Krke ima novega trenerja. Našo ekipo bo v novo sezono popeljal eden najbolj cenjenih domačih strokovnjakov nove generacije, Domen Zevnik, ki že desetletje soustvarja košarkarsko zgodbo novomeškega kluba.
Z njegovim imenovanjem želi klub zagotoviti kontinuiteto dela, ki jo je vzpostavil dosedanji trener Dejan Jakara, pri katerem je bil Zevnik v zadnjih dveh sezonah prvi pomočnik.

"Prevzem vloge glavnega trenerja članske ekipe Krke mi predstavlja veliko čast in odgovornost. Izjemno sem počaščen in ponosen, da bom lahko vodil svoj domači klub. Upravi kluba se iskreno zahvaljujem za izkazano zaupanje in priložnost. Zavedam se odgovornosti, ki jo ta vloga prinaša, in naredil bom vse, da bomo s predanim delom in ekipnim duhom upravičili pričakovanja. Ob tem bi se rad posebej zahvalil tudi Dejanu Jakari, s katerim sva zadnji dve sezoni odlično sodelovala. Hvaležen sem mu za zaupanje, mentorstvo in priložnost, ki mi jo je ponudil. V tem obdobju sem se od njega veliko naučil, tako strokovno kot tudi osebnostno. Verjamem, da sva skupaj ustvarila odličen delovni odnos. Za vse, kar je prispeval klubu in meni osebno, se mu iskreno zahvaljujem ter mu želim veliko uspeha na nadaljnji poti. Mi pa si želimo nadaljevati dobro delo zadnjih sezon. Pred nami je zahtevna naloga, saj bo ABA liga letos po mojem mnenju še kakovostnejša in zahtevnejša kot v preteklih sezonah. Prav zaradi tega se novega izziva veselim. Verjamem, da bomo uspeli sestaviti karakterno in borbeno ekipo, ki bo ponosno predstavljala Krko in Novo mesto. Prepričan sem, da bodo trud in željo prepoznali tudi naši navijači, ki so v lanski sezoni večkrat pokazali, kako glasno je lahko v Štuklju," je ob imenovanju povedal Domen Zevnik, novi trener članske ekipe Krke.

Domen Zevnik je cenjeno in spoštovano ime v košarkarskih krogih doma in na tujem. Njegovo predano in kakovostno delo ni ostalo neopaženo: lani ga je v štab članske reprezentance povabil selektor Aleksander Sekulić, Zevnik pa je uspešno pomagal reprezentanci tako na evropskem prvenstvu kot v kvalifikacijah za svetovno prvenstvo. Minuli dve sezoni je bil v Krki pomočnik trenerja Dejana Jakare, v teh dneh pa pripravlja slovensko mladinsko reprezentanco, ki jo bo vodil na evropskem prvenstvu. Bil je tudi član strokovnega štaba reprezentance U20, ki je leta 2024 osvojila srebrno kolajno na evropskem prvenstvu.