Zoran Lukić ( sr-cyr, Зоран Лукић; born 7 September 1971) is a Serbian professional

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coach. He currently serves as the head coach for

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of the

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and the

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, and the Russian national team.

Coaching career

Lukić started his coaching career in 1995 when he joined the coaching staff of Serbian team Beopetrol (later renamed to

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). He worked there as an assistant coach under Zoran Krečković,

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, Predrag Badnjarević, and

Zoran Slavnić Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Мока Славнић; born 26 October 1949) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and coach. He played with Crvena zvezda and with Partizan. One of the best European point guar ...

. In August 2006, Lukić came to

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, becoming the head coach for CSKA Moscow 2, a

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Nizhny Novgorod (2008–2014)

In September 2008,

and its

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Panov hired Lukić as their new head coach. In his second season (2009–10) as the head coach of Nizhny, he won the 2nd-tier Russian SuperLeague B, and got promoted to the Russian Professional League for the 2010–11 season. On 16 March 2011, Lukić and Nizhny had a 80–53 loss to

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in the Russian Cup Final. In June 2011, Lukić signed a two-year contract extension with Nizhny Novgorod. On 30 June 2014, Lukić terminated his contract with Nizhny Novgorod on mutual agreement.

Banvit (2014–2015)

On 4 July 2014, Turkish team

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hired Lukić as their new head coach. On 18 January 2015, Lukić was the head coach for Team Asia at the Turkish League All-Star Game. On 18 February 2015, his team had a 89–64 loss to

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in the 2014–15 Turkish Cup Quarterfinal. On the next day, he parted ways with Banavit following the loss in the Turkish Cup Quarterfinal. He finished his term with a 10–6 record in the

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and with a 10–6 record in EuroCup.

Nizhny Novgorod (2017–present)

In March 2017, Lukić returned to Nizhny Novgorod as a

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. In April 2017, he became their new head coach, succeeding Artūrs Štālbergs.

National team coaching career

In 2006, Lukić was the head coach of the India national team. Lukić was an assistant coach of the Russia national U16 team at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in

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, Italy. In October 2021, the

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hired Lukić as new head coach for the Russian national team.

References

External links

Zoran Lukic
at

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Zoran Lukic
at FIBAEurope.com
Zoran Lukić
at Euroleague.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Lukic, Zoran 1971 births Living people Banvit B.K. coaches Basketbol Süper Ligi head coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Serbian expatriate basketball people in India Serbian men's basketball coaches Sportspeople from Belgrade