When he decided to leave Cajasol Sevilla at the end of the 2010/2011 season, he immediately explained that the only reason was his strong desire to make one more step and become head coach. And today it's time to announce that Zan Tabak is the new head coach of CB Sant Josep Girona in Leb Oro for the 2011/2012 season. It's a very good opportunity for Tabak, because the club is starting to build a completely new and important project, and it's a very good choice made by the club management, because Zan has great motivations, as well as an incommensurable experience: a twenty-year career as professional basketball player between 1985 and 2005, followed by the role of international scout and then assistant coach at the NBA summer league for the New York Knicks, and finally by the last five seasons as assistant coach in the ACB, respectively three with Real Madrid and two with Cajasol Sevilla. INVICTUS Sports Group congratulates both with CB Sant Josep Girona and Zan Tabak. The official presentation will be held tomorrow at h. 13.00.
ZAN TABAK... Born on June 15th 1970 in Split, Croatia, he was member of the unrepeatable Jugoplastika Split who conquered three Champions Cup victories in a row (1989, 1990, 1991) together with teammates like Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja and Zoran Savic, and also five Yugoslavian Championships, two Yugoslavian Cups and one Croatian Cup. Selected at the 1991 NBA Drafts by the Houston Rockets (24th pick of the second round, 51st overall), in the summer of 1992 he won the silver medal together with Drazen Petrovic for the Croatian National Team at the Olympic Games of Barcelona, at the end of the final against the historical Dream Team of USA. He also won the bronze medal with Croatian National Team at the European Championship of 1993 in Germany. After Split and two years in Italy (Livorno and Milano), in 1994/1995 he moved to the NBA, winning the title as a "rookie" and back-up of Hakeem Olajuwon, then played for Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics and - after coming back to Europe in 1998/1999 at Fenerbahce, Turkey - Indiana Pacers, playing the 2000 NBA Finals, as the first international player to play in the NBA Finals for two different teams. After one more season in the NBA, he decided to definitely come back to Europe, at 31, to play the latest part of his career once more as a protagonist on the court, as he did with the jerseys of Real Madrid, DKV Joventut Badalona and Unicaja Malaga. And he finally ended his twenty years career winning the Copa del Rey 2005 with Unicaja closing a fantastic career on the court, and immediately starting his second one, courtside.
ZAN TABAK... Born on June 15th 1970 in Split, Croatia, he was member of the unrepeatable Jugoplastika Split who conquered three Champions Cup victories in a row (1989, 1990, 1991) together with teammates like Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja and Zoran Savic, and also five Yugoslavian Championships, two Yugoslavian Cups and one Croatian Cup. Selected at the 1991 NBA Drafts by the Houston Rockets (24th pick of the second round, 51st overall), in the summer of 1992 he won the silver medal together with Drazen Petrovic for the Croatian National Team at the Olympic Games of Barcelona, at the end of the final against the historical Dream Team of USA. He also won the bronze medal with Croatian National Team at the European Championship of 1993 in Germany. After Split and two years in Italy (Livorno and Milano), in 1994/1995 he moved to the NBA, winning the title as a "rookie" and back-up of Hakeem Olajuwon, then played for Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics and - after coming back to Europe in 1998/1999 at Fenerbahce, Turkey - Indiana Pacers, playing the 2000 NBA Finals, as the first international player to play in the NBA Finals for two different teams. After one more season in the NBA, he decided to definitely come back to Europe, at 31, to play the latest part of his career once more as a protagonist on the court, as he did with the jerseys of Real Madrid, DKV Joventut Badalona and Unicaja Malaga. And he finally ended his twenty years career winning the Copa del Rey 2005 with Unicaja closing a fantastic career on the court, and immediately starting his second one, courtside.
