Position Assistant coach Nationality Serbian | League NBA Coaching career 1996–present | |
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Born February 22, 1979 (age 38)Čačak, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1979-02-22 ) College Belgrade Basketball AcademyKarić Brothers University | ||
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Darko Rajaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Рајаковић; born 22 February 1979) is a Serbian basketball coach, currently working as an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Rajaković was the head coach of the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League for two seasons and the first head coach in NBA D-League history born outside of North America.
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Coaching career
Rajaković began his coaching career at 16 years old with Borac Čačak in Čačak, Serbia. Following his three-year stint in Čačak, Rajaković was named the head coach of the U-20 and U-18 teams of Crvena zvezda in Belgrade. During his eight years in Belgrade, Rajaković led Crvena zvezda to two Serbian Youth championships.
In 2009, Rajaković become the head coach of Espacio Torrelodones of the Spanish EBA League (level 4). In his first season, Rajaković led Torrelodones to the Primera Division de Baloncesto (level 5) title, promoting the team to the Liga EBA.
In 2012, Rajaković become the head coach of Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League. Rajaković led Tulsa to a combined 51-49 record over two seasons, including a 27-23 record and NBA D-League Semifinals appearance in 2012–13. During his time with the 66ers, Tulsa was assigned seven players from Oklahoma City a total of 50 times (the most in the league during that stretch), including Oklahoma City players such as Reggie Jackson, Perry Jones, Jeremy Lamb and André Roberson. Rajaković witnessed five of his Tulsa players receive call-ups to the NBA, including four to the Oklahoma City (Grant Jerrett, Daniel Orton, Mustafa Shakur and Reggie Williams). He coached 11 Tulsa players over the two years who were on an NBA roster in the 2013-14 season.
NBA
On 5 July 2014, Rajaković was named assistant coach of Oklahoma City Thunder.
