Oliver Kostić | |
Position: | Head coach |
Height M: | 1.90 |
Weight Kg: | 93 |
Birth Date: | 1973 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Pirot, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Serbian |
Draft Year: | 1995 |
Career Start: | 1991 |
Career End: | 1996 |
Career Position: | Guard |
Coach Start: | 1997 |
Cyears1: | 1997–2001 |
Cteam1: | Alfa Niš |
Cyears2: | 2001–2002 |
Cteam2: | Pirot |
Cyears3: | 2003–2004 |
Cteam3: | Mitteldeutscher (assistant) |
Cyears4: | 2004–2005 |
Cteam4: | Braunschweig (assistant) |
Cyears5: | 2005–2006 |
Cteam5: | Lottomatica Roma (assistant) |
Cyears6: | 2007–2008 |
Cteam6: | Dynamo Moscow (assistant) |
Cyears7: | 2008–2010 |
Cteam7: | Crvena zvezda (assistant) |
Cyears8: | 2010–2013 |
Cteam8: | Žalgiris (assistant) |
Cyears9: | 2011 |
Cteam9: | Baltai Kaunas |
Cyears10: | 2013–2014 |
Cteam10: | Academic Sofia |
Cyears11: | 2014–2018 |
Cteam11: | Bayern Munich II |
Cyears12: | 2018–2020 |
Cteam12: | Bayern Munich (assistant) |
Cyears13: | 2020 |
Cteam13: | Bayern Munich |
Cyears14: | 2022–2023 |
Cteam14: | Spartak Subotica |
Cyears15: | 2023–2024 |
Cteam15: | Juventus Utena |
Highlights: | As head coach
As assistant coach:
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Oliver Kostić (Serbian: Оливер Костић; born 20 February 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Serbia national team.
Between 2005 and 2010, Kostić was an assistant coach for Lottomatica Roma (Italy), Dynamo Moscow (Russia), and Crvena zvezda (Serbia); all under head coach Svetislav Pešić.
In April 2018, when Montenegrin coach Dejan Radonjić took over the Bayern Munich first team, Kostić advanced into his coaching team. On 7 January 2020, Bayern Munich parted ways with Dejan Radonjić and appointed Kostić as the new head coach for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[1]
On 7 June 2023, Kostić was announced as the head coach for Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[2] On 4 June 2024, Kostić was named LKL Coach of the Year after leading Juventus to a fourth place finish in the regular season.[3]
See also: 2022 Serbia EuroBasket team. In November 2021, Kostić was named an assistant coach for the Serbia national team under Svetislav Pešić.[4] He was a staff member at EuroBasket 2022[5] and the 2023 FIBA World Cup.