INDIANAPOLIS – Butler women's basketball head coach Austin Parkinson announced the hire of Nevena Markovic this week, adding another assistant coach to the Bulldog program. Markovic spent the previous two seasons at Vermont as a Catamount assistant coach and international recruiting coordinator.
 
"We are thrilled to have Nev joining our coaching staff and program," Parkinson explained. "It feels like a bringing a family member home, seeing as Nev was my first-ever signee as a head coach years ago. She brings so much to the table from her professional career overseas to the past several years being part of Vermont's success in a coaching role. I've always admired her passion for the game, work ethic, and basketball IQ.  She will be an asset working with our post and enhancing our international recruiting."
 
Markovic was the first recruit Parkinson signed when he took over the IU Indy (IUPUI) program. She was tabbed Summit League Freshman of the Year in 2012 and would also earn Second Team All-Conference honors during her career as a Jaguar. Markovic played as a team captain at IUPUI and would play professionally for seven years before becoming a coach.
 
"I am very grateful to Coach P for giving me the opportunity to be part of the Butler family and I look forward to helping the program in any way I can," Markovic stated. "It is a pretty cool, full-circle, moment for me playing for him and now getting the chance to work alongside him. It is an exciting time to be at Butler because this is definitely a program with big things ahead."
 
While coaching at Vermont, Markovic played a fundamental role in helping the Catamounts win their first America East Regular Season Championship since 2001-02 and their first America East Tournament Championship since the 2009-10 season. The 2022-23 America East Tournament Championship win led to the Catamounts to their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2009-10!
 
In 2022-23, the Catamounts went on a 17-game winning streak from Jan. 4 to March 10, which was their longest since 2001-02, and at one point, was the third-longest in the country. Vermont notched 25 victories each year with Markovic on staff and advanced to the WNIT Fab 4 in 2023-24.
 
Prior to her time at Vermont, Markovic served as an assistant coach at St. Francis (2017-2018), a skills coach for youth in Plainfield, Illinois (2018 and 2019) and a program coordinator and assistant coach with the Illinois Rockets U17 and U14 teams (2015-2018).
 
During her international career she was a part of the Serbian U20 team and was named Co-MVP of the Spanish League in the first round of play. She played in several world-renowned leagues during her seven seasons including Spain, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and France.
 
Markovic also earned the Slovakian Cup and the Slovakian League Championship in 2018-19. She participated in the EuroCup on four separate occasions and is a member of the Serbian Senior National Team Training Camp.
 
Markovic was a four-year student-athlete at IUPUI, where she graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sports Management and a minor in Business.