Duško Ivanović (; born September 1, 1957) is a Montenegrin professional

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coach and former player who is currently the head coach for

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of the Italian

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(LBA) and the

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Professional playing career

As a player, Ivanović started his career with Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje. He played with Budućnost, Jugoplastika, Valvi Girona,

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, and

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. With Jugoplastika, he won two consecutive

championships, in

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Coaching career

Ivanović's

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career started with Sisley Fribourg, in the 1993–94 season, where he was both a player and an assistant coach, working as a

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. In the 1994–95 season, he was an assistant coach of Valvi Girona. After that, he was the

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(1995–1999), the senior Swiss national basketball team (1997–2000), CSP Limoges (1999–2000), TAU Cerámica (2000–2005), and

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(2005–2008), from which he resigned, on 14 February 2008. For the 2008–09 season, he was back at Vitoria, again working as the head coach of Caja Laboral, a position he held until November 2012, when he was fired. On 10 June 2014, Ivanović signed a two-year contract with the Greek League team Panathinaikos. On 3 May 2015, after a 66–77 home game loss to Panathinaikos' arch rivals,

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, he parted ways with the team. On 15 March 2016, Ivanović was hired as the new head coach of the Russian club

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. On 29 June 2017, he parted ways with Khimki. On 20 August 2018, he signed a one-year deal with

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. In December 2019, Ivanović left Beşiktaş, to return as head coach for Kirolbet Baskonia, once again. On 15 November 2021, he was fired again by Baskonia. On 14 November 2022, Ivanović signed a two-year contract with the

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, joining one day after the firing of head coach Vladimir Jovanović who was let go following a poor start in

with only one win in 7 games.

Coaching record

EuroLeague

, - , align="left" rowspan=5 , Baskonia , align="left", 2000–01 , 22 , , 15 , , 7 , , , , align="center", Lost in the Finals , - , align="left", 2001–02 , 15 , , 11 , , 4 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in Top 16 stage , - , align="left", 2002–03 , 20 , , 11 , , 9 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in Top 16 stage , - , align="left", 2003–04 , 20 , , 13 , , 7 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in Top 16 stage , - , align="left", 2004–05 , 20 , , 11 , , 9 , , , , align="center", Lost in the final game , - , align="left" rowspan=3,

, align="left", 2005–06 , 25 , , 14 , , 11 , , , , align="center", Lost in 3rd place game , - , align="left", 2006–07 , 23 , , 14 , , 9 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in quarterfinals , - , align="left", 2007–08 , 14 , , 9 , , 5 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in quarterfinals , - , align="left" rowspan=5, Baskonia , align="left", 2008–09 , 21 , , 14 , , 7 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in quarterfinals , - , align="left", 2009–10 , 20 , , 11 , , 9 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in quarterfinals , - , align="left", 2010–11 , 20 , , 10 , , 10 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in quarterfinals , - , align="left", 2011–12 , 10 , , 5 , , 5 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in regular season , - , align="left", 2012–13 , 6 , , 1 , , 5 , , , , align="center", ''Fired'' , - , align="left", Panathinaikos , align="left", 2014–15 , 28 , , 13 , , 15 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in quarterfinals , - , align="left",

, align="left", 2015–16 , 4 , , 2 , , 2 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in Top 16 stage , - , align="left" rowspan=3, Baskonia , align="left", 2019–20 , 13 , , 6 , , 7 , , , , align="center", Season stopped due to the

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, - , align="left", 2020–21 , 34 , , 18 , , 16 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in regular season , - , align="left", 2021–22 , 9 , , 3 , , 6 , , , , align="center", ''Fired'' , - , align="left" rowspan=2,

, align="left", 2022–23 , 27 , , 16 , , 11 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in regular season , - , align="left" rowspan=2, 2023–24 , 4 , , 1 , , 3 , , , , align="center", ''Fired'' , - , align="left", Baskonia , 34 , , 18 , , 16 , , , , align="center", Eliminated in quarterfinals , -class="sortbottom" , align="center" colspan=2, Career, , 389, , 216, , 173, , , ,

Personal

In 2006, Ivanović took part in the Montenegrin independence campaign on the pro-independence side.

References

External links

Duško Ivanović
at acb.com (player profile)

at fibaeurope.com (player profile)
Duško Ivanović
at euroleague.net (coach profile)
Dusko Ivanovic, Montenegro's Holy Hand
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