| Igor Kolaković | |
| Birth Date: | 4 June 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Position: | Setter |
| Years: | 1979–1987 1987–1991 1991–1993 1993–1994 1994–1997 |
| Clubs: | Budućnost Podgorica Partizan Beograd Budućnost Podgorica Partizan Beograd Budućnost Podgorica |
| Currentcoachteam: | Serbia Halkbank Ankara |
| Coachyears: | 1997–2009 2003–2006 2006–2014 2010–2012 2013–2016 2017–2020 2020–2022 2022– 2024– |
| Coachteams: | Budućnost Podgorica Serbia and Montenegro Serbia ACH Volley AS Cannes Iran Warta Zawiercie Serbia Halkbank Ankara |
Igor Kolaković (Serbian: Игор Колаковић; born 4 June 1965) is a Montenegrin professional volleyball coach and former player. He serves as head coach for the Serbia national team and Halkbank Ankara.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Igor's wife, Sandra, is a former handball national team player and former head coach of the Serbia women's national handball team. Igor received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1989 at the University of Montenegro. Aleksa Kolaković, son of Igor, is a handball player.
Kolakovic played as a setter for Budućnost Podgorica and Partizan Beograd from 1979 to 1997, after which he became the head coach of the Podgorica team.
Igor Kolaković replaced Ljubomir Travica as head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team ahead of the 2006 World Championship, after assisting him for three years. He led Serbia to a gold medal at the 2011 European Championship, and bronze in 2007 and 2013. In 2010, he achieved a great success at the 2010 World Championship, winning a bronze medal. He helped his team win two silver medals at the 2008 and 2009 World League, and a bronze one in 2010. In 2014, he resigned his post as the head coach of Serbia after eight years.[5] At the professional club level, he won, among others, two titles of the Montenegrin Champion in 2007 and 2008 with Budućnost Podgorica, and two titles of the Slovenian Champion in 2011 and 2012 with ACH Volley. In 2017, he was appointed as a new head coach of the Iran national team.[6] He led Iran to a bronze medal at the 2017 World Grand Champions Cup, defeating, among others, teams of the USA, France and Italy. In 2019, Iran, led by him, won their 3rd Asian Champions title.[7] In 2020, he was dismissed as the head coach of Iran.[8]