Aleksandar Šćepanović
Aleksandar Šćepanović is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who currently serves as head coach for KK Kvarner 2010 in Croatia's Premijer liga. A versatile guard-forward during his playing days, Šćepanović competed mainly in the Croatian League, before transitioning into a coaching career in Germany.
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.
In May 2025, after six years at the helm, Šćepanović and the PS Karlsruhe Lions mutually agreed to part ways.
In June 2025, he returned to Mitteldeutscher BC as an assistant coach for the 2025–26 Basketball Bundesliga season. He left the club on October 6th, 2025. Šćepanović returned to his native Croatia and on October 15th, 2025 was appointed head coach of Premijer liga side KK Kvarner 2010.