Dragan Šakota

Dragan Šakota (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Шакота); born June 16, 1952 in Belgrade) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current coach. In 2006 he coached the Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championships.^[1][2]

He has coached many top European clubs (mostly Greek) such as Aris, Iraklis, Peristeri, Apollon, PAOK, AEK, Red Star Belgrade, Zadar and Cibona among others.^[3]

On November 16, 2011, he become the new head coach of Turkish Basketball League side Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi replacing Serdar Apaydın.

His son Dušan Šakota is also a professional basketball player.

References

1. ^ Šakota prihvatio mjesto selektora
2. ^ SERBIA & MONTENEGRO's ROSTER
3. ^ Šakota bio while with AEK

External links

• Šakota bio while with AEK

Persondata
Name	Sakota, Dragan
Alternative names
Short description	Professional basketball coach
Date of birth	June 16, 1952
Place of birth	Belgrade
Date of death
Place of death