Duško Ivanović

Duško Ivanović (Cyrillic: Душко Ивановић; born September 1, 1957) is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player and current head coach of Kirilobet Baskonia.

Duško Ivanović
Ivanović as Baskonia head coach in 2011
Baskonia
PositionHead coach
LeagueLiga ACB
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1957-09-01) September 1, 1957
Bijelo Polje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalityMontenegrin
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1979 / Undrafted
Playing career1980–1994
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
Coaching career1993–present
Career history
As player:
1980–1987Budućnost
1987–1990Jugoplastika
1990–1992Girona
1992Limoges CSP
1992–1993Girona
1993–1994Fribourg Olympic
As coach:
1993–1994Fribourg Olympic (player-ass. coach)
1994–1995Girona (assistant)
1995–1999Fribourg Olympic
1999–2000Limoges CSP
2000–2005Saski Baskonia
2005–2008Barcelona
2008–2012Saski Baskonia
2014–2015Panathinaikos
2016–2017Khimki
2018–2019Beşiktaş
2019–presentSaski Baskonia
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach

Professional playing career

As a player, Ivanović started his career with KK 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 Kirilobet Baskonia, once again.

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
Tau Ceramica 2000–01 22157.682Lost in the Finals
Tau Ceramica 2001–02 20137.650Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Tau Ceramica 2002–03 19109.526Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Tau Ceramica 2003–04 20137.650Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Tau Ceramica 2004–05 241311.542Lost in the final game
FC Barcelona 2005–06 251411.560Lost in 3rd place game
FC Barcelona 2006–07 23149.609Eliminated in quarterfinals
FC Barcelona 2007–08 1495.643Eliminated in quarterfinals
Tau Ceramica 2008–09 21147.667Eliminated in quarterfinals
Caja Laboral 2009–10 20119.550Eliminated in quarterfinals
Caja Laboral 2010–11 201010.500Eliminated in quarterfinals
Caja Laboral 2011–12 1055.500Eliminated in regular season
Laboral Kutxa 2012–13 281315.464Eliminated in quarterfinals
Panathinaikos 2014–15 281315.464Eliminated in quarterfinals
Khimki 2015–16 422.500Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Career298169129.567

Awards and accomplishments

Head coach

Personal

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

See also

References
  1. Dusko Ivanovic deja de ser entrenador del Caja Laboral Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Saski Baskonia, 18 November 2012
  2. Dusko Ivanovic for two years
  3. "Ivanović napustio Panatinaikos". b92.net (in Serbian). Tanjug. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  4. "Dusko Ivanovic, BC Khimki new coach". BC Khimki. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  5. "Dusko Ivanovic, Khimki Moscow part ways". Sportando.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. Dusko Ivanovic named new head coach of Besiktas
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