Marin Sedlaček


Marin Sedlaček is a Serbian basketball coach and scout. He is currently working as an international scout for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association.

Professional career

Sedlaček was briefly a member of Crvena zvezda's basketball team in the 1970s and started his coaching career at the age of 20. He graduated as basketball coach from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education at the University of Belgrade in 1984. In 1982, he spent six months in John Wooden's basketball program at UCLA. He coached the Crvena zvezda's junior teams for a decade and won several junior national championships.
Sedlaček coached at the FIBA Academy in Pula from 1987 to 1990. He also worked as head coach of then emerging Hemofarm and Swedish club Alvik, and as assistant coach of Crvena zvezda under Moka Slavnić. He was also an assistant coach in Partizan under Vladislav Lučić.
Sedlaček was a director of Basketball Without Borders camps for Europe and the Americas, assistant coach of the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit, and director of Nike Euro Camp. He has been a FIBA instructor since 1989, and has conducted over 50 clinics worldwide in that role. Since 2003, he has been an international scout for NBA teams Memphis Grizzlies and Philadelphia 76ers.
When in Belgrade, Sedlaček frequently appears as a pundit for basketball broadcasts at the Radio Television of Serbia.