Matthias Zollner

Matthias Zollner (born 9 May 1981) is a German professional basketball coach who serves as head coach of Alba Fehérvár.

Matthias Zollner

Zollner as the Austrian national team coach in 2017
Alba Fehérvár
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	(1981-05-09) 9 May 1981 (age 41)
Nationality	German
Coaching career	2004–present
Career history
As coach:
2004–2009	TSV Dachau Spurs
2009–2012	Munich Basket
2013	Germany (assistant)
2013–2016	Güssing Knights
2017–2018	Austria
2018	Prishtina
2018–2020	Egis Körmend
2020–2021	GTK Gliwice
2021–present	Alba Fehérvár
Career highlights and awards
Austrian League champion (2014–2015) Austrian Cup champion (2015) ÖBL Coach of the Year (2014–2015)

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 German national basketball team.

In 2013, Zollner was an assistant coach on the German national basketball team.^[1]

In the 2013–14 season, Zollner led the UBC Güssing Knights to its first Austrian title, despite being ranked by experts to be 7th before the start of the season.^[2] Individually, he won the ÖBL Coach of the Year award.

During the 2014-15 season, Zollner led the UBC Güssing Knights in their maiden Eurochallenge campaign to a sensational top 16 participation. The first for an Austrian team ever. In March 2015 Zollner and his UBC Güssing Knights captured the Austrian Cup title for the first time in club history.^[3]

Also Coach Zollner won the ÖBL Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year. He became the first coach ever to win the award back to back.^[4] In February 2016, Zollner left the club because of its financial problems.^[5]

On 18 August 2018, he signed a contract with Z-Mobile Prishtina of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.^[6] Less than two months later he left this post.^[7]

On 26 May 2020, Zollner signed with GTK Gliwice in Poland^[8] and parted company with the team after the conclusion of the 2020-21 season.^[9] He was appointed the new head coach of Hungarian side Alba Fehérvár on November 19, 2021.^[10]

References

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7. "Damir Mulaomerović je Katica za sve: Uz klupu Kosova, ove sezone vodit će i momčad Prištine".
8. Wk (26 May 2020). "Matthias Zollner trenerem GTK". Koszykówka - Polska Liga Koszykówki.
9. "GTK Gliwice. Młody i chce się rozwijać". Dziennik Sport (in Polish). 30 April 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
10. "Edzőváltás az Albánál, Matthias Zollner a kosarasok új mestere". Székesfehérvár Városportál (in Hungarian). Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)