Dušan Gvozdić (; born 8 March 1978) is a Serbian professional

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coach. His most recent position was an assistant coach for

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of the Japan Professional Basketball League

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Coaching career

Gvozdić worked as an assistant coach for the Hemofarm (

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), Polytekhnika-Halychyna (

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). He was interim head coach for Hemofarm in start of 2012. In December 2014, Gvozdić was named head coach for the Vršac Swisslion. He resigned in November 2015. On February 23, 2016, Gvozdić became head coach for the Bosna Royal of the

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. That season Bosna Royal ended as a runner up, both in Bosnian championship and cup. After resigning at Bosnia Royal in July 2017, Gvozdic signed as an assistant coach for the

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for the 2017–18 BBL season. In the 2018–19 B.League season, Gvozdić assigned for

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. The team won the championship title the same season.

National team coaching career

In 2006, Gvozdić was named an assistant coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team for the

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that won the gold medal at the

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in Belgrade. Gvozdić was an assistant coach with the Serbia national team from 2009 to 2013. Serbia national team played at the

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and the

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, under renowned European head coach

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. In 2014, Gvozdić was named as head coach of the

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. He coached them during EuroBasket 2015 qualification – Second round. In 2016, Gvozdić was an assistant coach for the

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Career achievements

;As head coach: * Serbian League Cup winner: 1 (with

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: 2014–15) * Bosnian A1 League champion: 1 (with Bosna Royal: 2016–17) ;As assistant coach: * Japanese League champion: 1 (with

: 2018–19) *

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champion: 1 (with Hemofarm: 2004–05)

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