Zdeněk Kos (born 23 June 1951) is a Czech former

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player and

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. He was voted to the Czechoslovak 20th Century Team in 2001. Kos was granted Austrian citizenship in 1996.

Playing career

Club career

During his club playing career, Kos won three Czechoslovak League championships, in the years 1970, 1973, and 1975. He was also named the Czechoslovak Player of the Year four times, in the years 1974, 1975, 1977, and 1978. From 1982 to 1985, he played for BK Klosterneuburg in Austria, winning the national championship in each season. After returning to Olomouc in 1985, he went back to Austria in 1989, where he spent one season as player/coach at TS Innsbruck, before focussing on coaching.

National team career

With the senior Czechoslovak national team, Kos competed in the men's tournament at the

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, the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

, and the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. With Czechoslovakia, he also won bronze medals at the

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, and the 1981 EuroBasket.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Kos worked as a

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. He coached the Austrian men's national team from 1990 to 1993. Kos also worked as a coach in youth basketball in Klosterneuburg and Vienna for many years. From 2006 to 2008, Kos served as coach of the women's Flying Foxes Vienna, guiding the squad to Austrian championship titles in 2007 and 2008.

Family

His son Zdeněk Kos junior (born 1974) played basketball in the Austrian Bundesliga in the late 1990s and the first half of the 2000s.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kos, Zdenek 1951 births Living people Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Centers (basketball) Czech basketball coaches Czechoslovak basketball coaches Czech men's basketball players Czechoslovak men's basketball players 1974 FIBA World Championship players 1978 FIBA World Championship players 1982 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia Basketball players from Prague