Dragan Šakota
Dragan Šakota (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Шакота; born June 16, 1952 in Belgrade) is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball coach and former professional player. In 2006, he coached the Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.[1][2] His son Dušan Šakota is also a professional basketball player.
Coaching career
Šakota has coached many top European clubs (mostly Greek) such as: Aris, Iraklis, Peristeri, Apollon, PAOK, AEK Athens, Red Star Belgrade, Zadar and Cibona among others.[3] Šakota took over at Fortitudo Bologna for Andrea Mazzone, who got fired due to poor results in early January 2008, mid-season 2007-08.[4] At the time, the club had a 7-10 record in their national domestic league and a 3-4 record in the ULEB Cup.
Šakota finished the 2007-08 season at the club, and also started the 2008-09 season there. In mid December 2008, he got fired and was replaced by Cesare Pancotto.[5] On November 16, 2011, Šakota became the new head coach of the Turkish Basketball League side Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi, replacing Serdar Apaydın.
Coaching career
IMT Beograd: (1983-1988)- Zadar: (1988-1989)
- Cibona (1989-1990)
P.A.O.K.: (1990-1991)- Apollon Patras: (1991-1992)
- Iraklis Thessaloniki: (1993-1994)
- P.A.O.K.: (1994-1995)
- Peristeri: (1995-1997)
- Iraklis Thessaloniki: (1998-2000)
- Aris: (2000-2001)
- AEK Athens: (2001-2003)
- Olympiacos: (2003-2004)
Red Star Belgrade: (2005-2007)- Serbia: (2006)
Fortitudo Bologna: (2008)
Antalya BB: (2011-2012)
References
- ↑ Šakota prihvatio mjesto selektora
- ↑ SERBIA & MONTENEGRO's ROSTER.
- ↑ Šakota bio while with AEK.
- ↑ Dragan Šakota preuzeo Fortitudo.;Blic, 2 January 2008
- ↑ Fortitudo signs Cesare Pancotto, replaces Dragan Sakota.;EuroCupBasketball, 10 December 2008