Duško Ivanović

Duško Ivanović
Personal information
Born	September 1, 1957 (age 66); Bijelo Polje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
Playing career	1980–1996
Position	Small forward
Coaching career	1994–present
Career history
As player:
1980–1987	KK Budućnost
1987–1990	KK Split
1990–1992	CB Girona
1992	CSP Limoges
1992–1993	CB Girona
1993–1994	Fribourg Olympic
As coach:
1994–1995	CB Girona (Valvi) (assistant)
1995–1999	Fribourg Olympic
1997–2000	Switzerland national team
1999–2000	CSP Limoges
2000–2005	Saski Baskonia (Tau Ceramica)
2005–2008	FC Barcelona
2008–2012	Saski Baskonia (Caja Laboral)
2013–	BC Lietuvos Rytas
Career highlights and awards
	1× AEEB Coach of the Year (2001)

Duško Ivanović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Душко Ивановић) (born September 1, 1957 in Bijelo Polje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Montenegrin basketball player and current head coach.

Career as player

As a player he started his career in KK Jedinstvo - Bijelo Polje. He played for KK Budućnost, KK Jugoplastika, Valvi Girona, CSP Limoges and Fribourg Olympic. With Jugoplastika he won two consecutive Euroleagues in 1989 and 1990.

Career as coach

His coaching career started in Sisley Fribourg in season 1993-94 where he was both player and assistant coach. In 1994-1995 he was assistant coach of Valvi Girona. Since then he has been head coach of Fribourg Olympic (1995–1999), Switzerland national basketball team (1997–2000), CSP Limoges (1999–2000), TAU Cerámica (2000–2005), AXA FC Barcelona (2005-2008), from which he resigned on 14 February 2008.

From 2008-2009 he was back in Vitoria^{[disambiguation needed]} coaching again Caja Laboral until November 2012, when he was sacked.^[1]

As a coach he won with CSP Limoges Korać Cup in 2000 and was twice finalist of Euroleague Basketball with TAU Cerámica in 2001 and 2005. Regarding national competitions he won 3 Swiss Leagues (1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99) and 2 Swiss Cups (1997-98 and 1998-99) with Fribourg Olympic; 1 French League and 1 French Cup (1999-2000), with CSP Limoges, and 2 Spanish Leagues (2001-2002, 2009-2010) and 4 Spanish Cups (2001-2002, 2003-2004 and 2008-2009 with Baskonia, and 2006-07 with Winterthur FC Barcelona).

He also took part in Montenegrin independence campaign (pro-independent side).

References

^ Dusko Ivanovic deja de ser entrenador del Caja Laboral Saski Baskonia, 18 November 2012

External links

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[1] Dusko Ivanovic deja de ser entrenador del Caja Laboral Saski Baskonia, 18 November 2012

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