List of Serbian NBA coaches

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The following is a list of Serbian basketball coaches who have been assistant or head coaches in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Igor Kokoškov was the first Serbian head coach in the NBA.
Dejan Milojević was assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors.

In 2000, Igor Kokoškov became the first non-American to hold a full-time assistant coach position in the NBA.[1] In 2004, he became the first non-American assistant coach to win an NBA championship, and in 2006, he became the first to serve on an NBA All-Star Game coaching staff.[2] In 2018, he became the first fully European head coach in the NBA.[3]

In 2004, Igor Kokoškov won the NBA championship as an assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons. Since then, Dejan Milojević won the league in 2022 as an assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors.[4]

Key

* Denotes coach who is still active in the NBA
Note: Both lists are correct through the start of the 2023–24 season.

Serbian coaches

More information Coach, NBA Career ...
Coach NBA Career Se. Honours[A] Ref.
Aleksandar Džikić Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach (2005–2007) 2 — [5]
Igor Kokoškov[a] *
10 teams, 2 positions
 23
2 honours
 [7]
Dejan Milojević Golden State Warriors assistant coach (2021–2024) 3 NBA champion (2022) [8]
Darko Rajaković *
4 teams, 2 positions
 10 All-Star Game (2014) [9]
Ivo Simović * Toronto Raptors assistant coach (2023–present) 1 — [10]
Ognjen Stojaković *
1 team, 3 positions
 11
2 honours
 [12]
Nenad Trajković Phoenix Suns assistant coach (2010–2011) 1 — [13]
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Coaches with Serbian citizenship or parentage

The following is a list of coaches, who are or have been assistant or head coaches in NBA, who have citizenship of Serbia or Serbian parentage or who are Serbs of former Yugoslav republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia).

More information Nationality, Relation ...
Nationality Relation Coach NBA Career Se. Honours[A] Ref.
 United States Serbian father[14][15] Gregg Popovich *
2 teams, 2 positions
 35
30 honours
 [16]
 Slovenia Serbian father[17] Marko Milič * Dallas Mavericks assistant coach (2022–present) 2 — [18]
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See also

Notes

Details
  1. [A]
    This section doesn't include overseas honours, NBA finals entry and various types of records
  2. [B]
    Phoenix Suns finished the season with a 19–63 record, tied for the second-worst record in the league.[6]
  3. [C]
    Prior to the 2019–20 NBA season, he was promoted to the director of player development.[11]
Other nationalities, ethnic groups, native-language

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