Duško Ivanović


Duško Ivanović is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player and current head coach of Kirilobet Baskonia.

Professional playing career

As a player, Ivanović started his career with KK Jedinstvo - Bijelo Polje. He played with Budućnost, Jugoplastika, Valvi Girona, Limoges CSP, and Fribourg Olympic. With Jugoplastika, he won two consecutive EuroLeague championships, in 1989 and 1990.

Coaching career

Ivanović's coaching career started with Sisley Fribourg, in the 1993–94 season, where he was both a player and an assistant coach, working as a player-coach. In the 1994–95 season, he was an assistant coach of Valvi Girona. After that, he was the head coach of Fribourg Olympic, the senior Swiss national basketball team, CSP Limoges, TAU Cerámica, and FC Barcelona, from which he resigned, on 14 February 2008.
For the 2008–09 season, he was back at Vitoria, again working as the head coach of Caja Laboral, a position he held until November 2012, when he was fired.
On June 10, 2014, Ivanović signed a two-year contract with the Greek League team Panathinaikos. On 3 May 2015, after a 66–77 home game loss to Panathinaikos' arch rivals, Olympiacos, he parted ways with the team. On March 15, 2016, Ivanović was hired as the new head coach of the Russian club Khimki. On June 29, 2017, he parted ways with Khimki. On August 20, 2018, he signed a one year deal with Beşiktaş. In December 2019, Ivanović left Beşiktaş, to return as head coach for Kirilobet Baskonia, once again.

Coaching record

EuroLeague

Awards and accomplishments

Head coach

Ivanović took part in the Montenegrin independence campaign.