Slobodan Ivković

Slobodan "Piva" Ivković (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ивковић; 4 August 1937 – 28 November 1995[1]) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach.

Slobodan Ivković
Personal information
Born(1937-08-04)4 August 1937
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died28 November 1995(1995-11-28) (aged 58)
Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Coaching career1967–1995
Career history
As player:
0000Radnički Belgrade
As coach:
1967–1968OKK Belgrade
1972–1976Radnički Belgrade
1979–1980OKK Belgrade
1981OKK Belgrade
1989–1990Radnički Belgrade
1990–1991MZT Skopje
1993–1995Radnički Belgrade
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

Professional playing career

Ivković played club basketball at the senior level in the club Radnički Belgrade. He was well-talented player with much better physical capabilities, but nobody managed to stabilize him as a player. Besides that, he had weak sight, which was a serious problem since in those times many games were played outside, during the night.[2]

Coaching career

Ivković was one of the first Serbian coaches that went to school in the USA. He was the founder of creation of modern coach organization in the former Yugoslavia. He coached in the following clubs: Radnički Belgrade, OKK Belgrade, MZT Skopje and clubs in Kuwait and in the United Arab Emirates.

Personal life

Ivković's younger brother Dušan is a former basketball player and FIBA Hall of Fame coach.

Ivković is related to the famous Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla. Ivković's maternal grandmother Olga Mandić and Tesla were first cousins.[3][4]

A memorial tournament named after him is held in Belgrade. The organizer is the basketball club Radnički.[5]

Career achievements as a head coach

References
  1. "Slobodan Ivković–Piva" (PDF). okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. B92 - Dušan Ivković - Svugde nosim svoj krst
  3. B92.rs - Dušan Ivković - Svugde nosim svoj krst (in Serbian)
  4. Legenda dana - Dušan Ivković Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine; Blic, 4 September 2010
  5. Srbijasport - IV memorijalni turnir `Slobodan - Piva Ivković`
  6. Euroleague - The excitement starts here
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