Ranko Žeravica
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Ranko Žeravica (Serbian Cyrillic: Ранко Жеравица; 17 November 1929 – 29 October 2015) was a Serbian professional basketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national team, during the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. In particular, Žeravica's single biggest achievement was guiding the country to its first ever major competition win — a gold medal on home soil, at the 1970 FIBA World Championship — leading to a huge expansion of the game of basketball throughout Yugoslavia.
Personal information | |
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Born | (1929-11-17)17 November 1929 Dragutinovo, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Died | 29 October 2015(2015-10-29) (aged 85) Belgrade, Serbia |
Nationality | Serbian |
Coaching career | 1954–2003 |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1954–1960 | Radnički Belgrade |
1960–1965 | Yugoslavia (assistant) |
1965–1972 | Yugoslavia |
1971–1974 | Partizan |
1974–1976 | FC Barcelona |
1976–1978 | Partizan |
1978–1980 | Pula |
1980 | Yugoslavia |
1980–1986 | Crvena Zvezda |
1982 | Yugoslavia |
1987–1989 | CAI Zaragoza |
1989–1990 | Irge Desio |
1990 | Filodoro Napoli |
1991 | Conservas Daroca |
1991 | Slobodna Dalmacija Split |
1993–1994 | Onyx Juvecaserta |
1995–1996 | Partizan |
1996–1997 | Crvena Zvezda |
2003 | CAI Zaragoza |
Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach:
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FIBA Hall of Fame as coach | |
In 2007, he was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame. Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall was named after him in his honor, in 2016.