Coaching career 1992–present Education Great School Role Basketball Coach | Nationality Serbian / American Name Igor Kokoskov League NBA | |
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Born December 17, 1971 (age 52) Banatski Brestovac, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1971-12-17 ) | ||
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Igor Stefan Kokoškov (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Стефан Кокошков, born 17 December 1971) is a Serbian basketball coach, currently working as an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a head coach of Slovenia men's national team.
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- Obama speaks igor kokoskov citizen ceremony
- Igor kokos kov slovenia national team best sets actions
- Coaching career
- NBA
- Utah Jazz
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Georgia
- Slovenia
- Personal life
- References
As a full-time assistant coach, Kokoškov is the first European to hold such a position in NCAA Division I college basketball, and the first non-American to hold such a position in the NBA. In 2004, he became the first non-American assistant coach to win an NBA championship, and the first to serve on an NBA All-Star Game coaching staff.
Igor kokos kov slovenia national team best sets actions
Coaching career
Kokoškov, a graduate of the University of Belgrade, coached various club teams in Belgrade, and was on the coaching staff of the Yugoslav (now Serbia) men's and junior national teams. At the age of 24, Kokoškov became the youngest coach in Yugoslavian basketball history, shortly after suffering serious injuries sustained during an automobile accident, that ended a promising basketball playing career.
His savvy, ambitious nature, and command of the English language were factors when he was hired by the University of Missouri's Tigers, as a part of their full-time coaching staff in 1999, making him the first European to hold such a position in NCAA Division I men's college basketball.
NBA
In 2000, Kokoškov became the first non-American to be hired as a full-time assistant coach in the NBA, by the Los Angeles Clippers, under head coach Alvin Gentry.
In 2003, he joined the Detroit Pistons staff of head coach Larry Brown.
On 20 June 2008, Kokoškov was named an assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns.
On 29 May 2013, Kokoškov was named as assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
On 17 February 2015, Kokoškov was named as assistant coach for the Orlando Magic, until the end of the season.
Utah Jazz
On 1 July 2015, Kokoškov was hired by the Utah Jazz to be an assistant coach.
On 5 December 2016, Kokoškov led Utah to win over Los Angeles Lakers, 107-101. Jazz head coach Quin Snyder has fallen ill and missed their game against the Lakers.
Serbia and Montenegro
Kokoškov was an assistant coach with the Serbia and Montenegro national team at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 EuroBasket, under renowned European head coach Željko Obradović.
Georgia
On 18 April 2008, Kokoškov was named the head coach of the Georgian national basketball team. He coached Georgia at 2011 EuroBasket in Lithuania, 2013 EuroBasket in Slovenia and 2015 EuroBasket in Croatia/France.
Slovenia
On 18 January 2016, the Basketball Federation of Slovenia named Kokoškov the new head coach of the Slovenian national team, for the next 2 years.
Personal life
Kokoskov and his wife, Patricia, were married in the summer of 2009. The couple has two children: a son, Luka, and a daughter, Elina-Grace. On June 18, 2010, Igor Kokoškov became an American citizen.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili awarded Kokoškov with the Order of Honour, Georgia’s highest civilian honor, on 18 December 2011.