Aleksandar Šćepanović

Aleksandar Šćepanović (born 11 December 1982) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who currently serves as an assistant coach for SYNTAINICS MBC in the German Basketball Bundesliga. A versatile guard-forward during his playing days, Šćepanović competed mainly in the Croatian League, before transitioning into a coaching career in Germany.

Aleksandar Šćepanović

Mitteldeutscher BC
Position	Assistant coach
League	Basketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born	(1982-12-11) 11 December 1982 (age 42) Rijeka, Croatia
Nationality	Croatian
Listed height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1999–2011
Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
Coaching career	2013–present
Career history
As a player:
1999–2001	HNK Rijeka
2002–2007	KK Kvarner
2008–2010	KK Dubrovnik
As a coach:
2013–2014	Kvarner Rijeka (assistant)
2014–2015	KIT SC Gequos Karlsruhe
2015–2017	PS Karlsruhe Lions
2017–2021	Mitteldeutscher BC (assistant)
2021–2025	PS Karlsruhe Lions
2025–present	Mitteldeutscher BC (assistant)
Career highlights
As player Croatian League All-Star Game (2007) As coach Eurobasket.com All-German ProA Coach of the Year (2024) German ProA champion (2024)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Croatia FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship 2017 Oradea U20 Team 2018 Chemnitz U20 Team

Playing career

Šćepanović started his professional career with Kantrida Rijeka in 1999, where he posted strong offensive numbers. He went on to play for KK Kvarner.

His most notable seasons was with KK Dubrovnik, where in 2009–10 he averaged 13.0 points per game while shooting nearly 46% from three-point range.

Coaching career

Šćepanović began coaching in 2013 as an assistant at Kvarner Rijeka. He then moved to Germany to become head coach of KIT SC Gequos Karlsruhe in the Regionalliga. He led PS Karlsruhe Lions through a series of promotions and deep playoff runs from 2015 to 2017, winning the Regionalliga South-West in 2016 and reaching the ProB finals in 2017.

He served as assistant coach for Mitteldeutscher BC from 2017 to 2021 in the German Basketball Bundesliga, before returning to PS Karlsruhe Lions as head coach. Under his leadership, the team won the German ProA title in 2024 and he was named Eurobasket.com's Coach of the Year.^[1]

In May 2025, after six years at the helm, Šćepanović and the PS Karlsruhe Lions mutually agreed to part ways.^[2][3]

In June 2025, he returned to SYNTAINICS MBC as an assistant coach for the 2025–26 Basketball Bundesliga season.^[4][5]

National team coaching

Šćepanović was also an assistant coach for the Croatia men's national under-20 basketball team at the 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B in Oradea, Romania, and at the 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship in Chemnitz, Germany. The team earned silver medals in both tournaments.^[6][7]

Personal life

Fluent in Croatian, German, and English, Šćepanović is respected for his methodical preparation and player development focus.