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Dyshko IvanovichHead coach of the Baskonia basketball team
Date of Birth: 01.09.1957
Country:  Spain |
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Biography of Duško Ivanović
Duško Ivanović is a Montenegrin professional basketball player and coach, currently serving as the head coach of "Crvena Zvezda" in the Adriatic League and EuroLeague. He began his career as a player with "Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje" before playing for teams such as "Budućnost", "Yugoplastika", "Valvi Girona", "Limoges", and "Fribourg Olympic". With Yugoplastika, he won back-to-back EuroLeague championships in 1989 and 1990.
Coaching Career
Ivanović's coaching career started with Sisley Fribourg in the 1993-94 season, where he served as both a player and assistant coach, working as a player-coach. In the 1994-95 season, he was an assistant coach for "Valvi Girona". He then became the head coach of Fribourg Olympic (1995-1999), the senior Swiss national basketball team (1997-2000), CSP Limoges (1999-2000), TAU Cerámica (2000-2005), and FC Barcelona (2005-2008), from which he resigned on February 14, 2008.
In the 2008-09 season, he returned to Vitoria, once again working as the head coach of Caja Laboral, and held this position until November 2012 when he was fired. On June 10, 2014, Ivanović signed a two-year contract with the Greek league team "Panathinaikos". On May 3, 2015, after a home defeat of 66-77 against their main rival "Olympiacos", he left the team.
On March 15, 2016, Ivanović was appointed as the new head coach of the Russian club "Khimki". On June 29, 2017, he parted ways with "Khimki". On August 20, 2018, he signed a one-year contract with "Besiktas". In December 2019, Ivanović left "Besiktas" to return as the head coach of "Kirolbet Baskonia". On November 15, 2021, he left Baskonia.
On November 14, 2022, Ivanović signed a two-year contract with the Serbian team "Crvena Zvezda", joining the team a day after the dismissal of head coach Vladimir Jovanović, who was fired due to a poor start in the EuroLeague, winning only one game out of seven.
