Adel Tlatli
TeamUS Monastir
PositionHead coach
LeagueChampionnat Pro A
BAL
NationalityTunisian
Birth date31 August 1958 (age 68)
Cyears 11986–1989
Cteam 1Stade Nabeulien
Highlights

As head coach:

Cyears 21989–1990
Cteam 2Dalia Sportive de Grombalia
Cyears 31990–1991
Cteam 3Stade Nabeulien
Cyears 41991–1993
Cteam 4US Monastir
Cyears 51993–1994
Cteam 5Stade Nabeulien
Cyears 61994–1995
Cteam 6US Monastir
Cyears 71995–1996
Cteam 7Club Africain
Cyears 81996–1997
Cteam 8Ezzahra Sports
Cyears 91997–1998
Cteam 9Stade Nabeulien
Cyears 101998–1999
Cteam 10El Akma
Cyears 111999–2000
Cteam 11CS Sfax
Cyears 122000–2004
Cteam 12JS Kairouan
Cyears 132001
Cteam 13Tunisia
Cyears 142004–2016
Cteam 14Tunisia
Cyears 152016–2018
Cteam 15ES Radès
Cyears 162020–2022
Cteam 16Kuwait
Cyears 172023–present
Cteam 17US Monastir

Mohamed Adel Tlatli (born 31 August 1958) is a Tunisian professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of US Monastir of the Championnat Pro A and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He is a six-time national champion and a three-time national cup winner.

Tlatli coached the Tunisia national team for 12 years (in 2001 and from 2004 to 2016), guiding them to AfroBasket gold in 2011 and bronze in 2009. He is the current head coach of the Kuwait national team.

Coaching career

National team career

Tunisia

Tlati began as head coach of the senior men's Tunisian national basketball team in 2001, and coached them for 12 years between 2004 and 2016. He coached the team since the FIBA Africa Championship 2001.[1]

Tlati was re-appointed in April 2004.[2] At the FIBA Africa Championship 2009, Tlatli led the team to a bronze medal, earning the nation's first ever FIBA World Championship berth in 2010.[3] Tlatli coached Tunisia at the 2012 Olympics, where they finished in 12th place.

In 2020, Tlati spent weeks learning from United States head coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke University.[2]

Tlati and the Tunisian federation decided to part ways in 2016, leaving as the longest-serving coach in Africa in 15 years.[4]

Kuwait

Since 2020, Tlati coaches the Kuwait national team.[5]

Club career

Tlati began his career with Stade Nabeulien. He later coached Dalia Sportive de Grombalia, US Monastir, Club Africain, Ezzahra Sports and CS Sfax during the 1980s and 1990s.

In the 2000s, he only coached JS Kairouan for four years between 2000 and 2004, winning three Championnat Pro A championships and one Tunisian Cup.

Between 2016 and 2018, Tlati coached ES Radès.

He signed as head coach for US Monastir in December 2023 for a third stint with the team, returning to the team after 28 years.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Adel Tlatli at modernghana.com
  2. ^ Chitunda, Julio (4 November 2013). "Tlatli, a unique coaching career". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ Tunisia Team Page. at afrobasket.com
  4. ^ "Tlatli, Africa’s longest-serving head coach, steps down". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  5. ^ "FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Pre-Qualifiers 2023". FIBA Basketball Reports. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  6. ^ Hamid Addasi, Abdul (8 December 2023). "Coach Adel Tlatli joins US Monastir". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 22 January 2024.