List of KK Crvena zvezda head coaches

KK Crvena zvezda is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Crvena zvezda is a part of the Adriatic Basketball Association and competes in the ABA League, EuroCup and in the Basketball League of Serbia. The Crvena zvezda squads have played in three different National Leagues since 1945, including the Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992), the First League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and the Serbian League (2006 onward). The team play domestic home matches in the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, and the EuroLeague or EuroCup home matches in Štark Arena. The current head coach is Dejan Radonjić, a Montenegrin coach and former player who has been the head coach since December 2020.

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Current head coach Dejan Radonjić leads for the most games coached and won.

There have been 40 head coaches in the club's history. Montenegrin coach Dejan Radonjić is the all-time leader in both regular-season games coached and wins. Nebojša Popović won 10 National Championships, while Radonjić won 3 National Cups and he is the only head coach who won multiple Cup tournaments. Radonjić and Bratislav Đorđević won both a National Championship and a National Cup. Also, Crvena zvezda won 3 Adriatic Championships under Radonjić and an ABA Supercup under Milan Tomić. Coaches Radonjić and Tomić won the Adriatic Championship and the National Championship in the same season. In the 2014–15 and 2016–17 season, coach Radonjić recorded three titles (Serbian League, Adriatic League, and Serbian Cup). Coach Aleksandar Nikolić won the only European-wide competition in the club's history, the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup in 1974.

Nikolić and Ranko Žeravica are members of FIBA Hall of Fame as coaches, while Nikolić is a member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. American coach Tom Ludwig, hired in 1997, was the first foreign head coach, and the only non-European. Montenegrin Radonjić and Slovenian Zmago Sagadin were the other foreign head coaches. Head coaches Vladislav Lučić and Aleksandar Trifunović were hired three times.

Head coaches Popović, Aleksandar Gec, Milan Bjegojević, Đorđe Andrijašević, Nikolić, Nemanja Đurić, Strahinja Alagić, Dragiša Vučinić, Zoran Slavnić, Lučić, Stevan Karadžić, Trifunović, Milenko Topić, and Saša Obradović were also Crvena zvezda's players. Popović and Vučinić were player-coaches, while Popović, Bjegojević and Topić won the National Championships both as the players and head coaches.

Key
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
# Number of coaches
Elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
* Elected into the FIBA Hall of Fame

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the start of the 2020–21 season.

# Name Nationality Period GC W L Win% Achievements Ref.
1 Nebojša Popović* FPR Yugoslavia 1946–1957 184 155 29 .842 10× Yugoslav champion
2 Aleksandar Gec FPR Yugoslavia 1958–1959 37 24 13 .649 None
3 Milan Bjegojević FPR Yugoslavia 1960–1970 242 142 100 .587 Yugoslav champion
4 Đorđe Andrijašević  SFR Yugoslavia 1970–1971 26 19 7 .731 Yugoslav Cup winner
5 Bratislav Đorđević  SFR Yugoslavia 1971–1973 78 56 22 .718 Yugoslav champion
Yugoslav Cup winner
6 Aleksandar Nikolić  SFR Yugoslavia 1973–1974 41 29 12 .707 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup winner
7 Nemanja Đurić  SFR Yugoslavia 1974–1976 50 Yugoslav Cup winner
8 Strahinja Alagić  SFR Yugoslavia 1976 20 None
– Bratislav Đorđević  SFR Yugoslavia 1976–1979 70 None
9 Dragiša Vučinić  SFR Yugoslavia 1979 7 None
10 Mile Protić  SFR Yugoslavia 1979 8 None
11 Ranko Žeravica*  SFR Yugoslavia 1979–1986 265 160 105 .604 None
12 Vlade Đurović  SFR Yugoslavia 1986–1988 72 42 30 .583 None
13 Zoran Slavnić  SFR Yugoslavia 1988–1991 111 64 47 .577 None
14 Duško Vujošević  SFR Yugoslavia 1991–1992 32 20 12 .625 None
15 Vladislav Lučić  FR Yugoslavia 1992–1994 99 2× Yugoslav champion
16 Veselin Matić  FR Yugoslavia 1994 2 None
– Zoran Slavnić  FR Yugoslavia 1994–1995 32 None
17 Mihailo Uvalin  FR Yugoslavia 1995 1 None
18 Borislav Džaković  FR Yugoslavia 1995–1996 45 27 18 .600 None
19 Mihailo Pavićević  FR Yugoslavia 1996–1997 33 14 19 .424 None
– Ranko Žeravica*  FR Yugoslavia 1997 10 10 0 1.000 None
20 Tom Ludwig  United States 1997 16 None [upper-alpha 1]
– Vladislav Lučić  FR Yugoslavia 1997–1998 28 None [upper-alpha 2]
– Mihailo Pavićević  FR Yugoslavia 1998 5 4 1 .800 Yugoslav champion [upper-alpha 3]
– Borislav Džaković  FR Yugoslavia 1998 9 None [upper-alpha 4]
21 Jovica Antonić  FR Yugoslavia 1998–1999 37 None [upper-alpha 5]
22 Momir Milatović  FR Yugoslavia 1999 4 None [upper-alpha 6]
– Vladislav Lučić  FR Yugoslavia 1999–2000 21 None [upper-alpha 7]
23 Stevan Karadžić  FR Yugoslavia 2000–2001 40 None [upper-alpha 8]
24 Miroslav Nikolić  FR Yugoslavia 2001 9 None
25 Zoran Krečković  FR Yugoslavia 2001–2002 8 None
– Miroslav Nikolić  FR Yugoslavia 2002 20 None
26 Aleksandar Trifunović  FR Yugoslavia 2002–2003 52 36 16 .692 None [upper-alpha 9]
27 Zmago Sagadin  Slovenia 2003–2004 65 41 24 .631 Serbian Cup winner [upper-alpha 10]
– Aleksandar Trifunović  Serbia and Montenegro 2004–2005 50 30 20 .600 None
28 Dragan Šakota  Serbia and Montenegro 2005–2007 102 63 39 .618 Serbian Cup winner [upper-alpha 11]
– Stevan Karadžić  Serbia 2007–2008 71 44 27 .620 None [upper-alpha 12]
29 Milan Škobalj  Serbia 2008 12 6 6 .500 None
30 Svetislav Pešić  Serbia 2008–2009 56 37 19 .661 None
31 Aco Petrović  Serbia 2009 18 9 9 .500 None [upper-alpha 13]
– Aleksandar Trifunović  Serbia 2009–2010 37 18 19 .486 None
– Mihailo Uvalin  Serbia 2010–2011 28 9 19 .321 None [upper-alpha 14]
32 Saša Nikitović  Serbia 2011 14 6 8 .429 None
– Svetislav Pešić  Serbia 2011–2012 50 25 25 .500 None
33 Milivoje Lazić  Serbia 2012 2 0 2 .000 None [upper-alpha 15]
34 Vlada Vukoičić  Serbia 2012–2013 44 31 13 .705 Serbian Cup winner [5]
35 Dejan Radonjić  Montenegro 2013–2017 326 239 87 .733 3× Serbian champion
3× Serbian Cup winner
3× Adriatic champion		 [6][7]
36 Dušan Alimpijević  Serbia 2017–2018 69 40 29 .580 None [8][9]
37 Milenko Topić  Serbia 2018 10 10 0 1.000 Serbian champion [10][11]
38 Milan Tomić  Serbia /  Greece 2018–2019 75 56 19 .747 Adriatic champion
ABA Supercup winner
Serbian champion		 [12]
39 Andrija Gavrilović  Serbia /  Italy 2019 11 5 6 .455 None
– Dragan Šakota  Serbia /  Greece 2019–2020 35 20 15 .571 None
40 Saša Obradović  Serbia 2020 26 14 12 .538 None
– Dejan Radonjić  Montenegro 2020–present — — — – None

Head coaches with 100 games coached

This list includes all head coaches who have coached at least 100 games in all competitions.

Note: Statistics are correct through the start of the 2020–21 season.

#NamePeriodGames
1
 Dejan Radonjić #2013–2017, 2020–present
326
2
 Ranko Žeravica*1979–1986; 1997
275
3
 Milan Bjegojević1960–1970
242
4
 Nebojša Popović*1946–1957
184
5
 Bratislav Đorđević1971–1973; 1976–1979
148
Vladislav Lučić1992–1994; 1997–1998; 1999–2000
148
7
 Zoran Slavnić1988–1991; 1994–1995
143
8
 Aleksandar Trifunović2002–2003; 2004–2005; 2009–2010
139
9
 Dragan Šakota2005–2007; 2019–2020
137
10
 Stevan Karadžić2000–2001; 2007–2008
111
11
 Svetislav Pešić2008–2009; 2011–2012
106

See also

Notes
  1. Ludwig got fired in 1997 after one of the losses. His firing came before the Korać Cup round-of-32 return leg at home against Mens Sana Siena in which Red Star was chasing a 9 point deficit from the first game. The return game was played in Novi Sad because Pionir Hall was busy with something else and, led by newly arrived head coach Lučić, Red Star ended up winning by 18 points and thus overcoming the deficit and moving on to the Korać Cup round-of-16.
  2. In an unprecedented move, Lučić was fired in the early morning hours of 7 May 1998 after the game 2 loss to FMP Železnik during the ongoing YUBA League playoff finals. The series score was tied at 1-1 at the time of his firing. Red Star went on to win the series by winning next two games versus Železnik with returning head coach Pavićević at the helm and thus become the champion of FR Yugoslavia.
  3. Pavićević got fired 27 September 1998, two days following a 66-69 home loss on September 25 to Cibona in EuroLeague. He got replaced by his assistant Bora Džaković.
  4. Džaković got fired on 3 November 1998 after getting eliminated from the Yugoslav Cup on November 1. He didn't fare much better in EuroLeague as the club had a 0-5 record at the time of his firing.
  5. Antonić and Red Star parted ways on 10 October 1999. The club sat well in domestic league (two wins out of two games), but fared poorly in EuroLeague.
  6. Milatović got fired on 8 November 1999 following a crushing defeat to FMP Železnik in the Yugoslav Cup. In total, his head coaching stay at the club was less than a month.
  7. Lučić resigned as head coach in early February 2000 after six consecutive losses in a row (2 in EuroLeague, and 4 in YUBA League). He then temporarily decided to stay after talking to club president Vojislav Stojaković. Finally, on 22 February 2000, it was decided that Lučić would stay with the club in managerial capacity while his assistant Stevan Karadžić took over as head coach.
  8. Karadžić got fired on 7 February 2001 following a Saporta Cup round-of-16 return leg incident in Antwerp versus Telindus RB Antwerpen where the players of two teams got into an infamous on-court brawl. Domestically, the club was in complete disarray, facing a relegation threat.
  9. First time coach Trifunović performed the role only formally while all coaching decisions were made by sporting director Zmago Sagadin.
  10. Sagadin got fired November 2, 2004 following a crushing defeat to KK Partizan in week 9 of the 2004–05 ABA Goodyear League.
  11. Šakota and Red Star parted ways on 4 March 2007 following a series of losses in the Adriatic League, elimination from the domestic Cup, and quarter-final elimination from ULEB Cup. Šakota resigned wanting to be let out of his contract and the club accommodated him. His assistant Stevan Karadžić took over the main bench role.
  12. Karadžić resigned on 18 April 2008, one day before the club's game against eternal rivals KK Partizan. He cited "poor situation in the club" as the reason for his decision to leave.
  13. Aco Petrović resigned his post on 23 December 2009 due to difficult financial and organizational situation at the club. Aleksandar Trifunović was brought in as replacement.[1][2]
  14. Mihailo Uvalin got fired mid-March 2011. His firing came on the heels of various manifestations of disarray in the club such as the players' strike due to unpaid wages and fan protests.[3]
  15. Milivoje Lazić got fired on 4 October 2012 after two consecutive losses in the first two games at the start of the 2012–13 ABA League. He was replaced with Vlada Vukoičić.[4]

References
  1. "Aco Petrović: Savest mi je čista". rts.rs. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. "Trifunović novi trener Crvene zvezde". rts.rs. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. "Uvalin dobio otkaz". rts.rs. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  4. "Vukoičić trener Zvezde". rts.rs. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  5. "Vlada Vukoičić preuzeo Zvezdu". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). Večernje Novosti. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  6. "Zvezda potvrdila: Radonjić novi trener!". mondo.rs (in Serbian). April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  7. "Dejan Radonjić and Crvena zvezda mts reunite after three-and-a-half years". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  8. "Zvezda finds new coach in Alimpijevic". euroleague.net. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  9. "NASLEDIO RADONJIĆA Čović: Alimpijević novi trener Zvezde!". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  10. "NOVI ZVEZDIN TRENER Ko je Milenko Topić, miljenik navijača i čovek koji je pobedio Olimpijakos u Beogradu". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  11. "SMENA ALIMPIJEVIĆA Topić vodi Zvezdu do daljeg". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  12. "TOMIĆ NA TRI GODINE: Crvena zvezda rešila pitanje trenera ugovorom sa legendom Olimpijakosa". novosti.rs. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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