Strahinja Alagić

Strahinja "Braca" Alagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Страхиња "Браца" Алагић; 14 August 1924 – 10 October 2002}) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He dedicated his coaching career is the most to women's basketball. With Crvena zvezda he won the FIBA EuroLeague Women in 1979.[1]

Strahinja Alagić
Personal information
Born(1924-08-14)14 August 1924
Kozarac, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died10 October 2002(2002-10-10) (aged 78)
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Career information
Playing career1945–1951
Coaching career1947–1985
Career history
As player:
1945Yugoslav Army
1946Partizan
1947–1951Crvena zvezda
As coach:
1947–1951Crvena zvezda Women (youth)
1952OKK Beograd (assistant)
1953OKK Beograd
1954Yugoslavia Women
1957–1960Crvena zvezda Women
1968Yugoslavia Women
1974–1981Crvena zvezda Women
1976Crvena zvezda Men
00Radnički Kragujevac Women
00Sloboda Women
00Radnički Kragujevac Men
Career highlights and awards
As player:
  • 6× Yugoslav League champion (1945, 1947–1951)

As coach:

Medals
Women's basketball
Head coach of  Yugoslavia
EuroBasket Women
1968 Italy Team

Alagić was a member of the first managing board of the Crvena zvezda basketball club.[2]

Playing career

Alagić started playing basketball after the end of World War II as a member of the Yugoslav Army basketball team. The first Yugoslav national championship held in Subotica in 1945 where his team won the title by beating the Serbia selection in the finals. Next year he moved to newly formed basketball club Partizan together with seven teammates such as Aleksandar Nikolić and Mirko Marjanović.[3]

After spending a year in Partizan, Alagic moved to Crvena zvezda where he played the longest and where he achieved major successes. In the period from 1947 to 1951 he won five national championships with Nebojša Popović, Srđan Kalember and others.[4]

Coaching career

After ending his playing career, Alagić devoted himself to coaching. First of all Alagić worked as a coach of women's team, although he briefly coached the Crvena zvezda men's team. With women's team of Crvena zvezda he had a lot of success, especially in national competitions. The most important club's success in the history of women's basketball is winning the European Cup in 1979 with Crvena zvezda.

Alagić had a big success with the Yugoslavia women's national team, which in 1968 led to the first medal in Eurobasket.[5]

Career achievements

Player

Coach

See also
  • List of Red Star Belgrade basketball coaches

References
  1. Košarkašice Zvezde pre 34 godine osvojile Kup šampiona
  2. "Uprave KK Crvena zvezda". mojacrvenazvezda.net. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. "Strahinja Alagić – Braca" (PDF). okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. "Košarkaška prvenstva Jugoslavije (1945-91) – prvi deo". strategija.org. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. History of women's basketball in Yugoslavia
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