Marijan Novović

Marijan Novović (Serbian Cyrillic: Маријан Нововић; February 10, 1947 – September 5, 2013), also known by his nickname Šilja (transl. Goofy), was a Serbian basketball coach and player.

Marijan Novović

Personal information
Born	(1947-02-10)10 February 1947 Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	2 September 2013(2013-09-02) (aged 66) Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Career information
NBA draft	1969: undrafted
Playing career	1964–1974
Coaching career	1974–2003
Career history
As a player:
1964–1973	OKK Beograd
1973–1974	Strombeek Beavers
As a coach:
1974–1975	Racing Club (assistant)
1975–1977	Sloboda Tuzla
1977–1978	Maribor
1980–1985	Gabon
1985–1987	Radnički Belgrade
1987–1988	Proleter Zrenjanin
1988–1989	Kolubara
1990–1992	OKK Beograd
1992–1993	Facilizing Caserta
1993–1994	NP Battipaglia
1998–1999	Crvena zvezda (Women's)
2001	North Korea U-22
2001–2003	Tunisia

Playing career

In his playing days, he spent his career with OKK Beograd of the Yugoslav League, before finishing his playing career with Belgian side Strombeek Beavers.^[1]

Coaching career

Novović started his coaching career as an assistant coach for Racing Club de France (France). Later, he coached Sloboda Tuzla, Maribor, Radnički Belgrade and OKK Beograd of the Yugoslav First Federal League. He also spent two seasons in Italy where he coached and Pallacanestro Battipaglia from Salerno.

He also coached the senior national teams of Gabon and Tunisia and the U22 national team of North Korea.^[1]