Slobodan Kovač

Slobodan Kovač (born 13 September 1967) is a former Serbian volleyball player and coach, a head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team.

Slobodan Kovač
Personal information
Nationality Serbian
Born (1967-09-13) 13 September 1967
Veliko Gradište, Serbia,
Yugoslavia
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Coaching information
Current team Serbia
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2008–2010
2010–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2018
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–
2019–2020		 Radnički Kragujevac
Sir Safety Perugia
Iran
Sir Safety Perugia
Halkbank Ankara
Slovenia
Belogorie Belgorod[1]
Serbia
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1983–1985
1985–1988
1988–1992
1992–1993
1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–1999
1999–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007		 VGSK Veliko Gradište
Kolubara
Vojvodina Novi Sad
Volley Gioia
Aris Thessaloniki
Volley Gioia
Volley Lube
Magna Grecia Volley
Pallavolo Agnone
GFC Ajaccio VB
Pallavolo Molfetta
Shahrdari Urmia
Radnički Kragujevac
Honours
Representing  FR Yugoslavia
Men's volleyball
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyTeam
1996 AtlantaTeam
European Championship
1997 Netherlands
1995 Greece
Representing  Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games
1991 AthensTeam

Career

In 2014, he was appointed as a head coach of the Iran men's national team[2] until the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] Previously competing for Yugoslavia, he won team medals at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics (bronze) and his inaugural gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics at the age of 33.[4]

In 2010-2014 and 2015-2016, he was a head coach of Sir Safety Perugia, reaching the Superlega finals twice, Italy's top tier league. Kovač in 2016 officially became a new head coach of Halkbank Ankara.[5] In the same year he was elected as a head coach of the Slovenia men's national team.[6]

Sporting achievements
At 2014 Volleyball World League

As a player

As a coach

Individually

See also

References
  1. RUS M: Slobodan Kovač appointed Belogorie coach! – worldofvolley.com – 22.05.2018
  2. Slobodan Kovac new coach of Iran men’s national team – fivb.org – 13.03.2014
  3. Slobodan Kovac has incentive to coach Iran volleyball team – theiranproject.com – 19.03.2014
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Slobodan Kovač". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  5. TRANSFER BOMB IN 2017: Perugia’s coach on the bench of Halkbank – worldofvolley.com – 02.01.2017
  6. Slobodan Kovač objavil širši seznam reprezentantov – sta.si – 26.04.2017
  7. PRVI PUT U ISTORIJI Slobodan Kovač i Nemanja Petrić pobednici Kupa Izazivača sa Belogorjem – sport.blic.rs – 28.03.2019
  8. Parisian dream comes true: Serbia conquer EuroVolley for 3rd time! – worldofvolley – 29.09.2019
  9. Comunicato Stampa della Lega Pallavolo Serie A – 02.10.2014
  10. Top achievements honoured at European Volleyball Gala – cev.eu – 25.10.2019
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Nikola Grbić		 Head coach of Serbia
2019–		 Succeeded by
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