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
Listed height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Coaching career1966–1995
Career history
As player:
0000Radnički Belgrade
As coach:
1966–1967OKK Beograd
1967–1976Radnički Belgrade
1977–1978Kazma
1979–1980,
1981		OKK Beograd
1984–1989Al Ahli
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 a 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 the creation of a modern coach organization in the former Yugoslavia. He coached in the following clubs: Radnički Belgrade, OKK Belgrade, MZT Skopje, Kazma (Kuwait), and Al Ahli (United Arab Emirates).[1]

Personal life

His 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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