Kamil Murat Didin (born 19 March 1955) is a

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former

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player and coach.

Coaching career

Didin had begun his managerial career in 1982 at Ankara DSİ Sports Club. Then he coached various teams in Turkey. He achieved his very first major success at Fenerbahçe with President's Cup victory. He once coached

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based outfit

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, a former champion team in 1987. During his Ülkerspor period, he reached TBL title once and President's Cup twice. He moved to Italy in December 2002 to train

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until 2004. Then he joined the

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team

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for the 2004–05 season. Subsequently, he returned to Turkey and coached

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. However, he quit the team with a mutual contract termination in January 2007 after several problems occurred, both personal and in squad. Opel Skyliners had performed well under Didin's management in 2007–08 season, and reached the play-off semi-finals after the regular season with a 3–2 series versus

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. However, the team were eliminated by

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at the semis.

Teams managed

Didin worked both domestic and abroad. He managed Turkish teams until 2002, before joining

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. Didin managed those teams successively: * Ankara DSİ Spor (1982–83) * Güney Sanayii (1983–84) * Hortaş Yenişehir (1984–86) * Beslen (1986–90) * TED Kolejliler Ankara (1990–94) * Fenerbahçe (1994–96) * Kombassan Konya (1996–98) *

(1998–99) * Ülkerspor (1999–2002) *

(2002–2004) * Opel Skyliners (2004–05) *

(2005–07) *

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(2007–10) * Gloria Giants Düsseldorf (2010–13) * Sintek Jonava (2018)

Achievements

* Fenerbahçe ** Turkish President's Cup: 1 (1994) * Ülkerspor **

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: 1 (2000–01) ** Turkish President's Cup: 2 (2001, 2002)

Personal

He studied

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at undergraduate level. He is married to Sibel Didin, former national volleyball player and have three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Didin, Murat 1955 births Living people Basket Rimini Crabs coaches Basketbol Süper Ligi head coaches Beşiktaş basketball coaches Fenerbahçe basketball coaches Karşıyaka basketball coaches Skyliners Frankfurt coaches Turkish basketball coaches Turkish expatriate basketball people in Germany Ülkerspor basketball coaches Place of birth missing (living people) Middle East Technical University alumni