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Duško Ivanović (born September 1, 1957) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who currently serves as head coach for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague.

Duško Ivanović

Ivanović as Baskonia head coach in 2011
Crvena zvezda
Position	Head coach
League	Basketball League of Serbia Adriatic League EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1957-09-01) September 1, 1957 (age 65) Bijelo Polje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1979 / Undrafted
Playing career	1980–1994
Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
Coaching career	1993–present
Career history
As player:
1980–1987	Budućnost
1987–1990	Jugoplastika
1990–1992	Girona
1992	Limoges CSP
1992–1993	Girona
1993–1994	Fribourg Olympic
As coach:
1993–1994	Fribourg Olympic (assistant)
1994–1995	Girona (assistant)
1995–1999	Fribourg Olympic
1999–2000	Limoges CSP
2000–2005	Saski Baskonia
2005–2008	Barcelona
2008–2012	Saski Baskonia
2014–2015	Panathinaikos
2016–2017	Khimki
2018–2019	Beşiktaş
2019–2021	Saski Baskonia
2022–present	Crvena zvezda
Career highlights and awards
As player: 2× EuroLeague champion (1989, 1990) 3× Yugoslav League champion (1988–1990) Yugoslav Cup winner (1990) Yugoslav League Top Scorer (1983) As head coach FIBA Korać Cup champion (2000) 3× Swiss League champion (1997–1999) French League champion (2000) 3× Spanish League champion (2002, 2010, 2020) 2× Swiss Cup winner (1997, 1998) French Cup winner (2000) 4× Spanish Cup winner (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009) Greek Cup winner (2015) Spanish Supercup winner (2008) French League Coach of the Year (2000) AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year (2001) ACB Best Coach (2009)

Professional playing career

As a player, Ivanović started his career with Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje. He played with Budućnost, Jugoplastika, Valvi Girona, Limoges CSP, and Fribourg Olympic. With Jugoplastika, he won two consecutive EuroLeague championships, in 1989 and 1990.

Coaching career

Ivanović's coaching career started with Sisley Fribourg, in the 1993–94 season, where he was both a player and an assistant coach, working as a player-coach. In the 1994–95 season, he was an assistant coach of Valvi Girona. After that, he was the head coach of Fribourg Olympic (1995–1999), the senior Swiss national basketball team (1997–2000), CSP Limoges (1999–2000), TAU Cerámica (2000–2005), and FC Barcelona (2005–2008), from which he resigned, on 14 February 2008.

For the 2008–09 season, he was back at Vitoria, again working as the head coach of Caja Laboral, a position he held until November 2012, when he was fired.[1]

On June 10, 2014, Ivanović signed a two-year contract with the Greek League team Panathinaikos.[2] On 3 May 2015, after a 66–77 home game loss to Panathinaikos' arch rivals, Olympiacos, he parted ways with the team.[3] On March 15, 2016, Ivanović was hired as the new head coach of the Russian club Khimki.[4] On June 29, 2017, he parted ways with Khimki.[5] On August 20, 2018, he signed a one-year deal with Beşiktaş.[6] In December 2019, Ivanović left Beşiktaş, to return as head coach for Kirolbet Baskonia, once again. On 15 November 2021, he was fired again by Baskonia due to poor results.[7]

On November 14, 2022, Ivanović signed a two-year contract with the Serbian team Crvena zvezda.[8]

Coaching record

Legend
G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Result
Saski Baskonia	2000–01	22	15	7	.682	Lost in the Finals
	2001–02	15	11	4	.650	Eliminated in Top 16 stage
	2002–03	20	11	9	.526	Eliminated in Top 16 stage
	2003–04	20	13	7	.650	Eliminated in Top 16 stage
	2004–05	20	11	9	.542	Lost in the final game
FC Barcelona	2005–06	25	14	11	.560	Lost in 3rd place game
	2006–07	23	14	9	.609	Eliminated in quarterfinals
	2007–08	14	9	5	.643	Eliminated in quarterfinals
Saski Baskonia	2008–09	21	14	7	.667	Eliminated in quarterfinals
	2009–10	20	11	9	.550	Eliminated in quarterfinals
	2010–11	20	10	10	.500	Eliminated in quarterfinals
	2011–12	10	5	5	.500	Eliminated in regular season
	2012–13	6	1	5	.167	Fired
Panathinaikos	2014–15	28	13	15	.464	Eliminated in quarterfinals
Khimki	2015–16	4	2	2	.500	Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Saski Baskonia	2019–20	13	6	7	.462	Season stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic
	2020–21	34	18	16	.529	Eliminated in regular season
	2021–22	9	3	6	.333	Fired
Career		324	181	143	.559

Personal

Ivanović took part in the Montenegrin independence campaign (pro-independence side).

See also

• Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League career stats leaders

References

External links

• Duško Ivanović at acb.com (player profile) (in Spanish)
• Duško Ivanović at fibaeurope.com (player profile)
• Duško Ivanović at euroleague.net (coach profile)
• Dusko Ivanovic, Montenegro's Holy Hand

На других языках

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[de] Duško Ivanović

Duško Ivanović (kyrillisch: Душко Ивановић) (* 1. September 1957 in Bijelo Polje)[1] ist ein montenegrinischer Basketballtrainer und ehemaliger jugoslawischer Basketballspieler.

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- [en] Duško Ivanović

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[es] Duško Ivanović

Duško Ivanović (Bijelo Polje, Sandžak, República Federal Popular de Yugoslavia, 1 de septiembre de 1957) es un exjugador, y entrenador de baloncesto montenegrino que actualmente está sin equipo.

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[ru] Иванович, Душко

Душко Иванович (черног. Душко Ивановић; 1 сентября 1957, Биело-Поле, СР Черногория, СФРЮ) — югославский профессиональный баскетболист, игравший на позиции лёгкого форварда; баскетбольный тренер.

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