Aleksandar Stefanovski “Coach Aleks” grew up and learned to play the game of basketball in the country of Macedonia before its independence from Yugoslavia.

When he was a teenager, Coach Aleks was training under the “Yugoslavia School of Basketball” that also produced some of the most famous NBA players such as Vlade Divac, Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, Peja Stojakovic, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Goran Dragic. While receiving intensive skills, physical training and a very high level of basketball knowledge, Aleks also started building a very strong coaching foundation and philosophy under the influence of Serbian legendary coach Željko Obradović — a 9-time EuroLeague Champion and 5-time EuroLeague Coach of the Year.

Aleks became a professional basketball coach since graduating from the EuroLeague Head Coach Academy, with a FIBA Coaching License from the Macedonian Basketball Federation.

Coach Aleks has over 10 years of coaching experience for after school programs and school teams including Hong Kong International School, Australian, Canadian, French International Schools and the ISF Academy, coaching the age groups of Under-16, U14, U12, U10 boys and girls.

Besides youth development programs, Aleks has also coached professional teams. Shortly after playing his final season in the Hong Kong Top Division (A1) Basketball League in 2017-18, he joined the coaching team in one of the top teams in Hong Kong, Winling Basketball Club, for the following season.

Coach Aleks was appointed as the Senior Head Coach of Bali United of the Indonesian Professional League in 2021-22. And after the Hong Kong Basketball League resumed after the pandemic, Aleks returned to Hong Kong and became the head coach for Winling in 2022.