Zoran Kovačić

Crvena zvezda
Position	Team manager
Personal information
Born	(1948-10-13) 13 October 1948 (age 75) Šabac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Coaching career	1967–2013
Career history
As coach:
1967–1972	Karaburma (men's team)
1972–1981	Crvena zvezda (youth, assistant)
1981–1988	Crvena zvezda
1988–1990	Crvena zvezda (assistant)
1990–1993	Crvena zvezda
1993–1994	Levski Sofia
1999–2000	Kovin
2002–2003	Budućnost Podgorica
2004–2006	Serbia and Montenegro U-16
2005	Serbia and Montenegro
2007–2013	Serbia U-18 & U-19
2012–2013	Crvena zvezda
Career highlights and awards
Yugoslav Women's League champion (1992) 2× Serbia and Montenegro League champion (1993, 2003)
Medals Women's Basketball Head Coach for   Serbia and Montenegro and   Serbia FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2007 Slovakia Team Europe Under-18 Championship 2007 Serbia Team 2013 Croatia Team 2012 Romania Team Europe Under-16 Championship 2004 Italy Team

Zoran "Čivija" Kovačić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ковачић - Чивија, born October 13, 1948) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach. He is considering for one of the best coaches for women's basketball in Serbia. ^[1]

Coaching career

Kovačić began his coaching career in men's basketball in 1967 in Karaburma. ^[2] After five years he moved to the women's team of Crvena zvezda. In 1990, he became head coach of their first team. Later he became coach of the Kovin, Levski Sofia ^[3] and the Budućnost Podgorica. In 2002, he took care of the young teams of the Serbia and Montenegro national team, as well as, young teams of the Serbia. ^{[4] [1]}

Kovačić won twelve Yugoslav Women's Championship for Juniors and seven Yugoslav Women's Championship for Cadets with Crvena zvezda youth selections. ^[1] He won the Yugoslav Women's Coach of the Year award eight times. ^[1]

National team coaching career

Kovačić also coached the Serbia and Montenegro women's national team at 2005 European Women's Basketball Championship in Turkey. He was a coach of Serbia and Montenegro youth national teams from 2002 to 2006, and later of Serbia until 2013.

Career achievements and awards

Titles

• Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1991–92)
• Yugoslav Women's Basketball Cup champion: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1991–92)
• Serbia and Montenegro League champion: 2 (with Crvena zvezda: 1992–93; with Budućnost Podgorica: 2002–03)
• Serbia and Montenegro Cup winner : 2 (with Crvena zvezda: 1993–94; with Kovin: 1999–00)

Individual

• Slobodan Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement — 2022
• Coach of the year in Serbia — 1979, 1981, 1985
• Coach of the year in Yugoslavia – 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000
• The Charter of SD Crvena Zvezda
• The Golden Badge of SD Crvena Zvezda
• The Golden Plaque of SD Crvena Zvezda

References

External links

• Sportski spomenar #414