Matthias Zollner (born 9 May 1981) is a German professional

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coach who most recently served as head coach of

Alba Fehérvár Alba Fehérvár is a Hungarian professional basketball club based in Székesfehérvár that compete Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the premier division of basketball in Hungary. Founded as the successor of Székesfehérvári MDSE, they took the Hungarian c ...

Coaching career

From 2004 to 2009 Zollner coached his hometown club TSV Dachau 1865 "Spurs". In 2009 he took over Munich's most traditional basketball club Munich Basket formerly known as Lotus Munich. Coach Zollner guided Basket's team for 3 seasons before being nominated as an assistant coach for the

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. In 2013, Zollner was an assistant coach on the

. In the 2013–14 season, Zollner led the

UBC Güssing Knights UBC Magnofit Güssing Knights is a professional basketball club based in Güssing, Austria. The team played in the Austrian ÖBL, but in April 2016 the team was disqualified from the league. History In the 2013–14 season, the Knights shocked Au ...

to its first Austrian title, despite being ranked by experts to be 7th before the start of the season. Individually, he won the

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award. During the 2014-15 season, Zollner led the

in their maiden

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campaign to a sensational top 16 participation. The first for an Austrian team ever. In March 2015 Zollner and his

captured the Austrian Cup title for the first time in club history. Also Coach Zollner won the

for the second consecutive year. He became the first coach ever to win the award back to back. In February 2016, Zollner left the club because of its financial problems. On 18 August 2018, he signed a contract with Z-Mobile Prishtina of the

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. Less than two months later he was let go by the team. On 26 May 2020, Zollner signed with

GTK Gliwice Gliwickie Towarzystwo Koszykówki Gliwice, shortly GTK Gliwice, is a professional basketball club based in Gliwice, Poland. The team currently (as of 2022–23 PLK season, 2022–23) plays in the Polish Basketball League, the country's top divisio ...

in Poland and parted company with the team after the conclusion of the 2020-21 season. He was appointed the new head coach of Hungarian side

on November 19, 2021. Zollner was sacked in February 2023.

References

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