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His first job as a head coach was in [[KK Spartak Subotica|Spartak Subotica]] in the 2017–18 season. On 14 December 2017, Čanak was named as the head coach of Partizan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nenad Čanak is the new head coach of Partizan NIS|url=http://www.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=39384|publisher=aba-liga.com|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> He resigned as the head coach of Partizan in October 2018. |
His first job as a head coach was in [[KK Spartak Subotica|Spartak Subotica]] in the 2017–18 season. On 14 December 2017, Čanak was named as the head coach of Partizan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nenad Čanak is the new head coach of Partizan NIS|url=http://www.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=39384|publisher=aba-liga.com|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> He resigned as the head coach of Partizan in October 2018. |
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On 1 November 2018, Čanak became the head coach for [[BC Lietkabelis|Lietkabelis Panevėžys]] of the [[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|Lithuanian Basketball League]] (LKL).<ref>{{cite web |title=G.Kadžiulį prie komandos vairo keičia N.Čanakas |url=http://www.kklietkabelis.lt/g-kadziuli-prie-komandos-vairo-keicia-n-canakas/ |website=kklietkabelis.lt |accessdate=1 November 2018|language=lt}}</ref> |
On 1 November 2018, Čanak became the head coach for [[BC Lietkabelis|Lietkabelis Panevėžys]] of the [[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|Lithuanian Basketball League]] (LKL).<ref>{{cite web |title=G.Kadžiulį prie komandos vairo keičia N.Čanakas |url=http://www.kklietkabelis.lt/g-kadziuli-prie-komandos-vairo-keicia-n-canakas/ |website=kklietkabelis.lt |accessdate=1 November 2018|language=lt}}</ref> With Lietkabelis, Čanak became the most successful coach ever for the team - taking over a largely under-achieving team, Čanak went on to win bronze medals in the Lithuanian Basketball League in 2020, 2021 and 2023, along with a shocking finals appearance in 2022, finishing with silver. Lietkabelis also managed to reach the finals of the [[King Mindaugas Cup]], the national Cup tournament, in 2021 and 2022, taking silver, and won the bronze medals in 2020 and 2023, as well as helping Lietkabelis reach the first ever playoff competitions in club history, by reaching the playoffs of the [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]], in 2022 and 2023. |
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On 19 June 2023, Čanak signed with [[Türk Telekom B.K.|Türk Telekom]] of the [[Basketbol Süper Ligi]] (BSL).<ref>{{cite web |title= Nenad Canak officially takes over Turk Telekom|url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/eurocup/1518957/nenad-canak-officially-takes-over-turk-telekom/|website=Eurohoops|date=19 June 2023|accessdate=19 June 2023}}</ref> On 24 October, he parted ways with the club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Turk Telekom parts ways with Nenad Canak|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/turk-telekom-bk-parts-ways-with-nenad-canak/|website=[[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]]|date=24 October 2023|accessdate=27 October 2023}}</ref> |
On 19 June 2023, Čanak signed with [[Türk Telekom B.K.|Türk Telekom]] of the [[Basketbol Süper Ligi]] (BSL).<ref>{{cite web |title= Nenad Canak officially takes over Turk Telekom|url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/eurocup/1518957/nenad-canak-officially-takes-over-turk-telekom/|website=Eurohoops|date=19 June 2023|accessdate=19 June 2023}}</ref> On 24 October, he parted ways with the club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Turk Telekom parts ways with Nenad Canak|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/turk-telekom-bk-parts-ways-with-nenad-canak/|website=[[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]]|date=24 October 2023|accessdate=27 October 2023}}</ref> |
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On 27 October 2023, Čanak returned to [[BC Lietkabelis|Lietkabelis Panevėžys]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nenad Canak returns to Lietkabelis|url=https://basketnews.com/news-196500-nenad-canak-returns-to-lietkabelis.html|website=basketnews.com|date=27 October 2023|accessdate=27 October 2023}}</ref> |
On 27 October 2023, Čanak returned to [[BC Lietkabelis|Lietkabelis Panevėžys]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nenad Canak returns to Lietkabelis|url=https://basketnews.com/news-196500-nenad-canak-returns-to-lietkabelis.html|website=basketnews.com|date=27 October 2023|accessdate=27 October 2023}}</ref> With Lietkabelis, Čanak again finished with bronze medals in the Lithuanian Basketball League in 2024, and won silver in the [[King Mindaugas Cup]]. |
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==Coaching record== |
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | LKL EuroCup | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | April 24, 1976 Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1998: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1993–2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 13, 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Kikinda | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Spartak Subotica | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | NIS Vojvodina | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Makedonikos | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Alba Berlin | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
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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 Partizan making his debut in the 1993–94 season. After that in the period between 1995 and 1999 Čanak was in the lines of the Serbian club Spartak Subotica. Then he came back again to wear the jersey of Partizan until 2003, demonstrating very good skills and participating in three tournaments – the YUBA League, the Adriatic League and the Euroleague. In 2002 he made a double-double, winning both the national championship and the Cup of FR Yugoslavia.
The career of the forward continued in NIS Vojvodina (2003–2004) and in the Greek Makedonikos (2004–2005). He has registered participation in all club tournaments in Europe – FIBA Europe League with Vojvodina, and ULEB Cup with Makedonikos and Alba Berlin.
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 Bundesliga and an average of 8,3 points, 4,1 rebounds in 10 games in the ULEB Cup competition. In April 2007, Čanak suffered an injury and had been recovering in the next two months. In the 2006–07 season he took part in 11 games of ULEB and made an average of 5,6 points and 2,0 rebounds per game, while in the Bundesliga he had 33 games with 4,8 points per game. While wearing the jersey of Alba Berlin, he won the German Cup in 2006.
In the 2007–08 season he played with Bulgarian club Lukoil Academic. Čanak helped Lukoil to reach the ULEB Cup Last 16 and record an unprecedented undefeated domestic season, sweeping through the Bulgarian Cup, regular season and playoffs for a 44–0 record. Čanak averaged 8.1 points and 3.8 rebounds off the bench in 10 ULEB Cup appearances and 12.4 points and 4 rebounds per game in the Bulgarian League.
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 (LKL).[3] With Lietkabelis, Čanak became the most successful coach ever for the team - taking over a largely under-achieving team, Čanak went on to win bronze medals in the Lithuanian Basketball League in 2020, 2021 and 2023, along with a shocking finals appearance in 2022, finishing with silver. Lietkabelis also managed to reach the finals of the King Mindaugas Cup, the national Cup tournament, in 2021 and 2022, taking silver, and won the bronze medals in 2020 and 2023, as well as helping Lietkabelis reach the first ever playoff competitions in club history, by reaching the playoffs of the EuroCup, in 2022 and 2023.
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] With Lietkabelis, Čanak again finished with bronze medals in the Lithuanian Basketball League in 2024, and won silver in the King Mindaugas Cup.
Coaching record
| Legend | |||||||||
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| 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 |
| Lietkabelis | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | Eliminated in regular season | |
| Career | 69 | 29 | 40 | .420 | ||
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)
- 1976 births
- Living people
- AEK Larnaca B.C. players
- Alba Berlin players
- Basketball players from Zagreb
- BC Khimik players
- BC Lietkabelis coaches
- Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- KK Partizan coaches
- KK Partizan players
- KK Spartak Subotica coaches
- KK Spartak Subotica players
- KK Tamiš players
- KK Vojvodina Srbijagas players
- KK Železničar Inđija players
- Makedonikos B.C. players
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Serbia and Montenegro
- Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
- OKK Kikinda players
- PBC Academic players
- Power forwards
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Serbia and Montenegro men's basketball players
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Hungary
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbs of Croatia
- Yugoslav Wars refugees