The following is a list of Serbian basketball coaches who have been assistant or head coaches in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
In 2000, Igor Kokoškov became the first non-American to hold a full-time assistant coach position in the NBA. In 2004, he became the first non-American assistant coach to win an NBA championship, and in 2006, he became the first to serve on an NBA All-Star Game coaching staff. In 2018, he became the first fully European head coach in the NBA.
In 2004, Igor Kokoškov won the NBA championship as an assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons. Since then, Dejan Milojević won the league in 2022 as an assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors.
Key * Denotes coach who is still active in the NBA Note: Both lists are correct through the start of the . Serbian coaches Coach NBA Career Honours Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach (–) 2 — * 23 Golden State Warriors assistant coach (–) 3 NBA champion (2022) * 10 All-Star Game (2014) * Toronto Raptors assistant coach (–present) 1 — * 11 Nenad Trajković Phoenix Suns assistant coach () 1 —
Coaches with Serbian citizenship or parentage The following is a list of coaches, who are or have been assistant or head coaches in NBA, who have citizenship of Serbia or Serbian parentage or who are Serbs of former Yugoslav republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia). Nationality Relation Coach NBA Career Honours Serbian father * 35 Serbian father * Dallas Mavericks assistant coach (–present) 2 —
See also List of foreign NBA coaches List of Serbian NBA players List of Serbian WNBA players
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