Milan Škobalj ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Шкобаљ, born 9 July 1963) is a Serbian professional

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coach and former player.

Coaching career

Škobalj had worked as an assistant coach in FMP Železnik for three seasons before he became the assistant coach of

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in 2001. In 2008 had a stint as a head coach of Crvena zvezda after Stevan Karadžić resign. In 2008–09 season he was an assistant coach of

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in Ukrainian League. Škobalj was an assistant coach of Dragan Šakota in the national team of Serbia and Montenegro at the

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. In 2009, Škobalj was hired as the head coach of the Hørsholm 79ers in the Danish league,

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. He received Basketligaen Coach of the Year honors in the 2009–10 season. From 2012 until 2014, he coached two clubs in the Moroccan League, Sport Plazza in

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and Amal in

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. In 2015, he was hired as the head coach of Eos Herrlag in

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. On 9 May 2016, he was named the head coach of

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of the Danish League. In May 2018, he signed for the

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of the German 2nd-tier league. In January 2020, he was replaced by

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. From December 2021 until the end of the 2022-23 campaign, he served as head coach of the Musel Pikes in

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. In 2024, he was hired by

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Personal life

His son Filip Škobalj (born 2002) is a basketball player.

References

External links

Milan Skobalj
at eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Skobalj, Milan 1963 births Living people Basketball players from Belgrade KK Crvena zvezda head coaches KK Crvena zvezda assistant coaches Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Denmark Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany Serbian expatriate basketball people in Morocco Serbian expatriate basketball people in Sweden Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine

Coaching career

Personal life

See also

References

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