List of KK Crvena zvezda head coaches explained

See main article: KK Crvena zvezda. KK Crvena zvezda is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Crvena zvezda is a part of the Adriatic Basketball Association and competes in the ABA League, EuroLeague and in the Basketball League of Serbia. The Crvena zvezda squads have played in three different National Leagues since 1945, including the Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992), the First League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and the Serbian League (2006 onwards). The team plays domestic home matches in the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, and the EuroLeague or EuroCup home matches in Štark Arena. Since November 2022, the head coach has been Duško Ivanović.

There have been 42 head coaches in the club's history. Montenegrin coach Dejan Radonjić is the all-time leader in both official games coached and wins. Nebojša Popović won ten National Championships, while Radonjić won five National Cups and he is the only head coach who has won multiple Cup tournaments. Radonjić and Bratislav Đorđević won both national titles, a Championship and a Cup. Also, Crvena zvezda won five Adriatic Leagues under Radonjić and an Adriatic Super Cup under Milan Tomić. Coaches Radonjić and Tomić won the Adriatic Championship and the National Championship in the same season. Furthermore, Radonjić recorded three titles (Serbian League, Adriatic League, and Serbian Cup) in a single season four times (2014–15, 2016–17, 2020–21, and 2021–22), of which the lasest were back-to-back. Coach Aleksandar Nikolić won the only European-wide competition in the club's history, the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup in 1974.

Nikolić, Ranko Žeravica, and Svetislav Pešić are members of FIBA Hall of Fame as coaches, while Nikolić is a member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. American coach Tom Ludwig, hired in 1997, was the first foreign head coach and the only non-European. Montenegrins Radonjić and Duško Ivanović, and Slovenian Zmago Sagadin were the other foreign head coaches. Head coaches Vladislav Lučić and Aleksandar Trifunović were hired three times.

Head coaches Popović, Aleksandar Gec, Milan Bjegojević, Đorđe Andrijašević, Nikolić, Nemanja Đurić, Strahinja Alagić, Dragiša Vučinić, Zoran Slavnić, Lučić, Stevan Karadžić, Trifunović, Milenko Topić, and Saša Obradović were also Crvena zvezda's players. Popović and Vučinić were player-coaches, while Popović, Bjegojević and Topić won the National Championships both as the players and head coaches.

Key

GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage
	Number of coaches
	Elected into the FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
	Elected into the FIBA Hall of Fame
	Spent entire head coaching career with Crvena zvezda

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the start of the 2022–23 season.

	Name	Nationality	Period	GC	W	L	Win%	class=unsortable	Trophies	class=unsortable	Ref.
1	*		1946–1955	184	155	29		10× Yugoslav champion
2	Aleksandar Gec		1956–1959	37	24	13
3	Milan Bjegojević		1960–1970	242	142	100		Yugoslav champion
4	Đorđe Andrijašević		1970–1971	26	19	7		Yugoslav Cup winner
5	Bratislav Đorđević		1971–1973	78	56	22		Yugoslav champion Yugoslav Cup winner
6			1973–1974	41	29	12		FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup winner
7	Nemanja Đurić		1974–1976	50				Yugoslav Cup winner
8	Strahinja Alagić		1976	20
–	Bratislav Đorđević		1976–1979	70
9	Dragiša Vučinić		1979	7
10	Mile Protić		1979	8
11	*		1979–1986	265	160	105
12	Vlade Đurović		1986–1988	72	42	30
13	Zoran Slavnić		1988–1991	111	64	47
14	Duško Vujošević		1991–1992	32	20	12
15	Vladislav Lučić		1992–1994	99				2× Yugoslav champion
16	Veselin Matić		1994	2
–	Zoran Slavnić		1994–1995	32
17	Mihailo Uvalin		1995	4	4	0
18	Borislav Džaković		1995–1996	45	27	18
19	Mihailo Pavićević		1996–1997	33	14	19
–	Ranko Žeravica *		1997	10	10	0
20	Tom Ludwig	United States	1997	13	9	4
–	Vladislav Lučić		1997–1998	28
–	Mihailo Pavićević		1998	5	4	1		Yugoslav champion
–	Borislav Džaković		1998	9
21	Jovica Antonić		1998–1999	35	23	12
22	Momir Milatović		1999	4					^[1]
–	Vladislav Lučić		1999–2000	21
23	Stevan Karadžić		2000–2001	40
24	Miroslav Nikolić		2001	9
25	Zoran Krečković		2001–2002	8	4	4
–	Miroslav Nikolić		2002	20
26	Aleksandar Trifunović		2002–2003	52	36	16
27	Zmago Sagadin	Slovenia	2003–2004	65	41	24		Serbian Cup winner
–	Aleksandar Trifunović		2004–2005	50	30	20
28	Dragan Šakota	Serbia	2005–2007	102	63	39		Serbian Cup winner
–	Stevan Karadžić		2007–2008	71	44	27
29	Milan Škobalj		2008	12	6	6
30	Svetislav Pešić *		2008–2009	56	37	19
31	Aleksandar Petrović		2009	18	9	9
–	Aleksandar Trifunović		2009–2010	37	18	19
–	Mihailo Uvalin		2010–2011	28	9	19
32	Saša Nikitović		2011	14	6	8
–	Svetislav Pešić *		2011–2012	50	25	25
33	Milivoje Lazić		2012	2	0	2
34	Vlada Vukoičić		2012–2013	44	31	13		Serbian Cup winner	^[2]
35	Dejan Radonjić	Montenegro	2013–2017	326	239	87		3× Serbian champion 3× Serbian Cup winner 3× Adriatic champion	^[3] ^[4]
36	Dušan Alimpijević		2017–2018	69	40	29			^[5] ^[6]
37	Milenko Topić		2018	10	10	0		Serbian champion	^[7] ^[8]
38	Milan Tomić		2018–2019	75	56	19		Adriatic champion ABA Supercup winner Serbian champion	^[9]
39	Andrija Gavrilović		2019	11	5	6
–	Dragan Šakota		2019–2020	35	20	15
40	Saša Obradović		2020	26	14	12
–	Dejan Radonjić		2020–2022	127	83	44		2× Serbian champion 2× Serbian Cup winner 2× Adriatic champion
41	Vladimir Jovanović		2022	12	5	7
42	Duško Ivanović		2022–2023	69	50	19		Serbian champion Serbian Cup winner
43	Ioannis Sfairopoulos		2023–	0	0	0

Head coaches with 100 games coached

This list includes all head coaches who have coached at least 100 games in all competitions.

Note: Statistics are correct through the start of the 2022–23 season.

	Name	Period	Games
		2013–2017, 2020–2022
	*	1979–1986; 1997
		1960–1970
	*	1946–1957
5		1971–1973; 1976–1979
	1992–1994; 1997–1998; 1999–2000
		1988–1991; 1994–1995
		2002–2003; 2004–2005; 2009–2010
			2005–2007; 2019–2020
		2000–2001; 2007–2008
	*	2008–2009; 2011–2012

See also

• List of Red Star Belgrade football coaches

Notes

Former nationalities

Other nationalities

Other

• A running total of the number of coaches of Crvena zvezda. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• includes the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1963) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963–1992), while includes Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003) and State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trenirao je Zvezdu 28 dana i napravio istorijsku grešku! Nije prepoznao najboljeg evropskog pleja, koga je posle oteo Partizan! . telegraf.rs . 26 October 2021.
2. Web site: Vlada Vukoičić preuzeo Zvezdu. mozzartsport.com. Večernje Novosti. 12 October 2012. sr.
3. News: Zvezda potvrdila: Radonjić novi trener!. April 13, 2015. mondo.rs. April 15, 2013. Serbian.
4. Web site: Dejan Radonjić and Crvena zvezda mts reunite after three-and-a-half years . aba-liga.com . 25 December 2020.
5. Web site: Zvezda finds new coach in Alimpijevic. euroleague.net. 8 October 2017.
6. Web site: NASLEDIO RADONJIĆA Čović: Alimpijević novi trener Zvezde!. sport.blic.rs. 8 October 2017. sr.
7. Web site: NOVI ZVEZDIN TRENER Ko je Milenko Topić, miljenik navijača i čovek koji je pobedio Olimpijakos u Beogradu. sport.blic.rs. 8 May 2018.
8. Web site: SMENA ALIMPIJEVIĆA Topić vodi Zvezdu do daljeg. sport.blic.rs. 8 May 2018.
9. Web site: TOMIĆ NA TRI GODINE: Crvena zvezda rešila pitanje trenera ugovorom sa legendom Olimpijakosa . novosti.rs . 13 July 2018.