- Dušan Ivković
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Dušan Ivković as coach of Serbian national team in 2011
Medal record Competitor for 
YugoslaviaMen's Basketball European Championships Gold 1973 Spain Team Dušan "Duda" Ivković (Serbian: Душан Ивковић Дуда; born October 29, 1943 in Belgrade) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current coach. In 2008, he was named one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in Euroleague history.
He is currently the head coach of the Greek League club Olympiacos Piraeus and Serbia national basketball team.
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Career
Ivković played club basketball at the senior level from 1958 to 1968 with the Yugoslav League club Radnički Belgrade.
Ivković coached in the following clubs: Radnički Belgrade, Partizan Belgrade, Aris Thessaloníki, Šibenik, Vojvodina Novi Sad, PAOK Thessaloníki, Panionios, Olympiacos Piraeus, AEK Athens, CSKA Moscow, and Dynamo Moscow.
In 1997, he was named the best European professional basketball coach, after having coached several clubs to domestic championships and to the Euroleague Final Four.
Personal life
Dušan Ivković's elder brother Slobodan "Piva" Ivković was also a famous basketball player and coach.[1]
Ivković is related to the famous Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla. Ivković's maternal grandmother Olga Mandić and Tesla's mother Đuka Mandić were sisters.[2][3] Ironically, Tesla died the same year Ivković was born.
Ivković is a record holding pigeon racer.
Clubs
Playing career
- 1958-68: Radnički Belgrade: Yugoslav League
Head coach
- 1978-80: Partizan Belgrade: Yugoslav League
- 1980-82: Aris Thessaloniki: Greek League
- 1982-84: Radnički Belgrade: Yugoslav League
- 1984-87: Šibenik: Yugoslav League
- 1987-90: Vojvodina Novi Sad: Yugoslav League
- 1991-94: PAOK Thessaloniki: Greek League
- 1994-96: Panionios: Greek League
- 1996-99: Olympiacos Piraeus: Greek League
- 1999-01: AEK Athens: Greek League
- 2002-05: CSKA Moscow: Russian SuperLeague
- 2005-07: Dynamo Moscow: Russian SuperLeague
- 2010-Present: Olympiacos Piraeus: Greek League
Head coaching career with Yugoslav and Serbian national teams
- 1988-95: Yugoslavia national basketball team
- 2009-Present: Serbia national basketball team
Championships and medals as head coach
European club continental championships
- 1978-79: Partizan Belgrade: Korać Cup
- 1996-97: Olympiacos Piraeus: Euroleague
- 1999-00: AEK Athens: Saporta Cup
- 2005-06: Dynamo Moscow: Eurocup
National domestic league championships
- 1978-79: Partizan Belgrade: Yugoslav League
- 1991-92: PAOK Thessaloniki: Greek Championship
- 1996-97: Olympiacos Piraeus: Greek Championship
- 2002-03: CSKA Moscow: Russian Championship
- 2003-04: CSKA Moscow: Russian Championship
- 2004-05: CSKA Moscow: Russian Championship
National domestic cup championships
- 1978-79: Partizan Belgrade: Yugoslav Cup
- 1996-97: Olympiacos Piraeus: Greek Cup
- 1999-00: AEK Athens: Greek Cup
- 2000-01: AEK Athens: Greek Cup
- 2004-05: CSKA Moscow: Russian Cup
- 2010-11: Olympiacos Piraeus: Greek Cup
Yugoslav and Serbian national teams
- 1988 Olympic Basketball: Silver Medal
- EuroBasket 1989: Gold Medal
- 1990 FIBA World Championship: Gold Medal
- EuroBasket 1991: Gold Medal
- EuroBasket 1995: Gold Medal
- EuroBasket 2009: Silver Medal
Championships and medals as an assistant head coach
Yugoslav national team
- 1986 FIBA World Championship: Bronze Medal
- EuroBasket 1987: Bronze Medal
- 1996 Olympic Basketball: Silver Medal
Notes
- ^ Euroleague - The excitement starts here
- ^ B92.rs - Dušan Ivković - Svugde nosim svoj krst (Serbian)
- ^ Legenda dana - Dušan Ivković; Blic, 4 September 2010
External links
Sporting positions Preceded by
Lute OlsonFIBA World Championship
Winning Coach
1990Succeeded by
Don NelsonPreceded by
Kostas Politis
Svetislav PešićEuroBasket
Winning Coach
1989, 1991
1995Succeeded by
Svetislav Pešić
Željko ObradovićPreceded by
Božidar MaljkovićEuroleague
Winning Coach
1997Succeeded by
Ettore Messina 1988 Olympic Silver Medalists Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia Yugoslavia squad – 1990 FIBA World Championship Champions - Gold medal FR Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1995 – Gold medal Olympiacos B.C. Bakatsias | 5 Sigalas | 7 Papanikolaou | 8 Galakteros | 9 Nakić | 10 Fasoulas | 11 Tomić | 12 Tarlać | 13 Welp | 14 Savrasenko | 15 Rivers (Finals MVP) | Zourpenko | Coach: Ivković Euroleague's 50 Greatest Contributors List Players
Fragiskos Alvertis • Sergei Belov • Miki Berkovich • Dejan Bodiroga • Wayne Brabender • Juan Antonio Corbalan • Krešimir Ćosić • Mike D'Antoni • Dražen Dalipagić • Predrag Danilović • Mirza Delibašić • Vlade Divac • Aleksandar Đorđević • Nikos Galis • Manu Ginóbili • Saras Jasikevičius • Radivoj Korać • Toni Kukoč • Clifford Luyk • Pierluigi Marzorati • Bob McAdoo • Dino Meneghin • Bob Morse • Aldo Ossola • Theo Papaloukas • Anthony Parker • Dražen Petrović • Dino Rađa • Manolo Raga • Antonello Riva • Emiliano Rodríguez • Arvydas Sabonis • J.A. San Epifanio • Walter Szczerbiak • Panagiotis Yannakis
Coaches
Pedro Ferrándiz • Pini Gershon • Alexandar Gomelskiy • Dušan Ivković • Božidar Maljković • Ettore Messina • Aca Nikolić • Željko Obradović • Dan Peterson • Lolo Sainz
Referees
Artenik Aradabjian • Mikhail Davidov • Lubomir Kotleba • Yvan Mainini • Costas RigasSerbia squad – EuroBasket 2009 – Silver medal Serbia squad – EuroBasket 2011 – 8th place Categories:- 1943 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Belgrade
- Yugoslav basketball players
- Serbian basketball players
- Serbian basketball coaches
- KK Partizan coaches
- PAOK B.C. coaches
- Olympiacos B.C. coaches
- Eurobasket-winning coaches
- Euroleague-winning coaches
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