Dalibor Damjanović (born 12 September 1977) is a Slovenian professional

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Coaching career

Damjanović started his coaching career in 2002 as an assistant coach for Triglav Kranj, where he worked for three seasons. For the 2005–06 season, he got promoted to their head coach. Between 2006 and 2008, Damjanović was an assistant coach for

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under head coach

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. Later, he was the head coach for TCG Mercator Škofja Loka until the end of the 2009–10 season. Damjanović worked as an assistant coach for Helios Domžale under head coach

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for three seasons, between 2011 and 2014. In the 2015–16 season, he was the head coach of the women's basketball club Ilirija. In January 2016, Damjanović became an assistant coach for Krka. On 17 March 2021, Krka promoted Damjanović as the new head coach following departure of

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. On 18 December 2023, Damjanović was named the head coach of

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in the

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league (the top basketball league in Hungary). On 3 August 2024, Damjanović was hired as an assistant coach for

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of the

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and EuroCup.

National team coaching career

Damjanović was an assistant coach for the Slovenia national under-20 team at three

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, between

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and

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. In July 2018, Damjanović the head coach of the Slovenia under-20 team that won the silver medal at the

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, Bulgaria. In November 2020, Damjanović was named an assistant coach for the Slovenia national team under

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. He was a coaching staff member at the

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Career achievements

;As head coach *

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winner: 1 (with Krka: 2020–21) * 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B: ;As assistant coach *

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champion: 1 (with Krka: 2017–18) *

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winner: 1 (with

: 2006–07) *

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winner: 1 (with

: 2007–08)

References

External links

Dalibor Damjanović
at aba-liga.com
Dalibor Damjanovic
at

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