Dušan Gvozdić Explained

Dušan Gvozdić
Position:Assistant coach
Birth Date:1978 3, mf=yes
Birth Place:Vršac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
Coach Start:1996
Cyears1:1996–1999
Cteam1:Partizan (youth system)
Cyears2:1999–2004
Cteam2:Hemofarm (assistant)
Cyears3:2006
Cteam3:Lietuvos Rytas (assistant)
Cyears4:2007–2008
Cteam4:Mega Aqua Monta (assistant)
Cyears5:2008–2009
Cteam5:Universitet Yugra Surgut (assistant)
Cyears6:2009–2012
Cteam6:Hemofarm (assistant)
Cyears7:2012
Cteam7:Hemofarm (interim)
Cyears8:2012–2013
Cteam8:Polytekhnika-Halychyna (assistant)
Cyears9:2014
Cteam9:Belarus
Cyears10:2014–2015
Cteam10:Vršac Swisslion
Cyears11:2016–2017
Cteam11:Bosna Royal Jelly
Cyears12:2017–2018
Cteam12:Oettinger Rockets (assistant)
Cyears13:2018–2022
Cteam13:Toyota Alvark (assistant)

Dušan Gvozdić (Serbian: Душан Гвоздић; born 8 March 1978) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. His most recent position was an assistant coach for Toyota Alvark of the Japan Professional Basketball League B.League.

Coaching career

Gvozdić worked as an assistant coach for the Hemofarm (Yugoslavia), Lietuvos Rytas[1] (Lithuania) Mega Aqua Monta (Serbia), Polytekhnika-Halychyna (Ukraine), Universitet Yugra Surgut[2] (Russia). He was interim head coach for Hemofarm in start of 2012.[3]

In December 2014, Gvozdić was named head coach for the Vršac Swisslion.[4] He resigned in November 2015.[5] On February 23, 2016, Gvozdić became head coach for the Bosna Royal of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[6] That season Bosna Royal ended as a runner up, both in Bosnian championship and cup. After resigning at Bosnia Royal in July 2017,[7] Gvozdic signed as an assistant coach for the Oettinger Rockets for the 2017–18 BBL season.

In the 2018–19 B.League season, Gvozdić assigned for Alvark Tokyo. The team won the championship title the same season.

National team coaching career

In 2006, Gvozdić was named an assistant coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team for the EuroBasket 2007 qualification. He left in 2007.

Gvozdić was a coaching staff member of the Serbian men's university basketball team that won the gold medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade.

Gvozdić was an assistant coach with the Serbia national team from 2009 to 2013. Serbia national team played at the EuroBasket 2009, EuroBasket 2011 and the 2010 FIBA World Championship, under renowned European head coach Dušan Ivković.[8]

In 2014, Gvozdić was named as head coach of the Belarus national basketball team.[9] He coached them during EuroBasket 2015 qualification – Second round.

In 2016, Gvozdić was an assistant coach for the Switzerland men's national basketball team.

Career achievements

As head coach:
As assistant coach:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lietuvos Rytas: Drucker out, Sagadin in. eurocupbasketball.com. 26 December 2017.
  2. Web site: DUSAN GVOZDIC IN RUSSIA. beobasket.net. 26 December 2017.
  3. Web site: KK Hemofarm: Slobodni svi iskusni igrači!. novosti.rs. 26 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Dusan Gvozdic takes over at Vrsac. eurobasket.com. 26 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Duki Gvozdić nije više trener KK Vršac Swisslion. evrsac.rs. 26 December 2017.
  6. Web site: Dušan Gvozdić novi trener KK Bosna Royal. sportsport.ba. 26 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Službeno: Bosna Royal Jelly ostala bez trenera. sportsport.ba. 26 December 2017.
  8. Web site: Gvozdić: Čast je raditi sa Dudom. novosti.rs. 26 December 2017.
  9. Web site: New Start For Belarus Under Gvozdic. fibaeurope.com. 26 December 2017.