Nenad Čanak (basketball)
Lukoil Academic | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Khimik | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Gryfony Symferopil | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Tamiš | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | PVSK Panthers | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | AEK Larnaca | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Železničar Inđija | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Mega Basket (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Serbia U20 (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Partizan (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Spartak Subotica | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Türk Telekom | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
As head coach:
As player:
| |||||||||||||||
Medals
| |||||||||||||||
Nenad Čanak (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Чанак; born April 24, 1976) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup.
Professional career
Čanak started his career in
The career of the forward continued in
In the summer of 2005, Čanak signed a contract with ALBA Berlin. During his first season in Germany he scored an average of 9,3 points, 3,2 rebounds and 1,3 assists in 43 games of the
In the 2007–08 season he played with Bulgarian club
In 2009, he played in Ukraine with Khimik and Gryfony Symferopil. In the 2009–10 season he had a short stint with Tamiš before he moved to the Hungarian team PVSK Panthers. In the 2010–11 season he played in Cyprus with AEK Larnaca and his last team was Železničar Inđija in 2011–12.[1]
Coaching career
From 2012 to 2016, Čanak worked as an assistant coach of Dejan Milojević in Mega Basket. In the 2016–17 season he served as an assistant coach of Aleksandar Džikić in Partizan, and actually made his debut as a head coach in Džikic's absence, including leading the team to the 2017 Serbian Cup final.
His first job as a head coach was in Spartak Subotica in the 2017–18 season. On 14 December 2017, Čanak was named as the head coach of Partizan.[2] He resigned as the head coach of Partizan in October 2018.
On 1 November 2018, Čanak became the head coach for Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[3]
On 19 June 2023, Čanak signed with Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[4] On 24 October, he parted ways with the club.[5]
On 27 October 2023, Čanak returned to Lietkabelis Panevėžys.[6]
Coaching record
| Legend | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win-loss % | ||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
EuroCup
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partizan | 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Eliminated in regular season |
| 2018–19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | Parted ways | |
| Lietkabelis | 2020–21 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .200 | Eliminated in regular season |
| 2021–22 | 17 | 9 | 8 | .529 | Eliminated in eighthfinals | |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 10 | 9 | .526 | Eliminated in eighthfinals | |
| Türk Telekom | 2023–24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Parted ways |
| Career | 55 | 23 | 32 | .418 | ||
Domestic Leagues
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spartak | 2017–18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | Parted ways |
| Partizan (KLS) | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | Lost in semifinals | |
| Partizan | 2017–18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5th place |
| Partizan | 2018–19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | Parted ways |
| Lietkabelis | 2018–19 | 41 | 23 | 18 | .561 | Lost in 3rd place series |
| Lietkabelis | 2019–20 | 24 | 16 | 8 | .667 | 3rd place[a] |
| Lietkabelis | 2020–21 | 46 | 28 | 18 | .609 | Won in 3rd place series |
| Lietkabelis | 2021–22 | 42 | 30 | 12 | .714 | Lost 2022 Lithuanian League Finals |
| Lietkabelis | 2022–23 | 45 | 29 | 16 | .644 | Won in 3rd place series |
| Türk Telekom | 2023–24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .429 | Parted ways |
| Career | 243 | 154 | 89 | .634 | ||
- ^ Season stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic
See also
References
- ^ "Čanak se vratio u srpsku košarku" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Nenad Čanak is the new head coach of Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "G.Kadžiulį prie komandos vairo keičia N.Čanakas". kklietkabelis.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Nenad Canak officially takes over Turk Telekom". Eurohoops. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Turk Telekom parts ways with Nenad Canak". EuroCup. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Nenad Canak returns to Lietkabelis". basketnews.com. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
External links
- Nenad Čanak at euroleague.net
- Nenad Čanak at eurobasket.com
- Nenad Čanak at eurocupbasketball.com (coach)