Ranko Žeravica

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Ranko Žeravica
Personal information
Born	(1929-11-17) November 17, 1929 Dragutinovo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Career history
As coach:
1971-1974	KK Partizan
1974-1976	FC Barcelona
1976-1978	KK Partizan
1978-1980	KK Pula
1980-1986	KK Crvena zvezda
1987-1989	CB Zaragoza (CAI)
1989-1990	Aurora Desio (Irge)
1990	Napoli Basket (Filodoro)
1991	Conservas Daroca
1991	KK Split (Slobodna Dalmacija)
1993-1994	Juventus Caserta (Onyx)
1995-1996	KK Partizan
2003	Zaragoza 2002 (CAI)
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: 1x Yugoslav League Champion: (1995-96) 1x FIBA Korać Cup Champion: (1977-78)

Ranko Žeravica (born 17 November 1929 in Dragutinovo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian basketball coach.

With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the Yugoslav national team during the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. In particular, Žeravica's single biggest achievement is guiding the country to its first ever major competition win — gold medal on home soil at the 1970 World Championships — leading to a huge expansion of the game of basketball throughout Yugoslavia.

Early life

Born to father Milorad and mother Gordana in the village of Dragutinovo (before it merged with Beodra into Novo Miloševo), Žeravica's education started in his village and continued in Kikinda where he traveled every day by train. His family stemmed from Herzegovina by ancestry, having moved to Mošorin area several generations before his birth, becoming wealthy farmers and land owners.^[1]

Club level

On the club level, he has coached:

Partizan Belgrade (1971–1974)
FC Barcelona (Spain) (1974–1976)
Partizan Belgrade (1976–1978, won the 1978 Korać Cup)
Argentina national team (1978–1980)
Red Star Belgrade (1980–1986)
CB Zaragoza (CAI) (Spain) (1987–1989)
Aurora Desio (Irge) (Italy) (1989–1990)
Napoli Basket (Filodoro) (Italy) (7 games in 1990–1991)
Conservas Daroca (Spain) (1990–1991)
KK Split (Slobodna Dalmacija) (Croatia) (June–October 1991)
Juventus Caserta (Onyx) (Italy) (25 games in 1993–1994)
Partizan Belgrade (1995–1996, won the 1996 Yugoslav League)
Red Star Belgrade (June–October 1997)
Basket Zaragoza 2002 (CAI) (Spain) (February–March 2003)

Yugoslavia national basketball team

He coached the Yugoslavia national basketball team to a gold medal in 1980 Olympics and 1970 World Championship, silver in the 1968 Olympics, 1967 World Championship, 1969 European Championship and 1971 European Championship and bronze in the 1982 World Championship.

He has also coached Yugoslavia in 1972 Olympics and 1967 European Championship.

FIBA Hall of Fame

In 2007, he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame.

References

↑ Ispovest Ranka Žeravice: "Žućko je umro na rukama moje supruge";Blic, 20 February 2012

External links

FIBA Hall of Fame page on Žeravica

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alexander Gomelsky	FIBA World Championship Winning Coach 1970	Succeeded by Vladimir Kondrashin

v t e Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1967 – 9th place

4 Basin 5 Simonović 6 Marojević 7 Kapičić 8 Cvetković 9 Ražnatović 10 Tvrdić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Brajković 14 Žorga 15 Skansi Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1967 FIBA World Championship Finalists – Silver medal

4 Bassin 5 Korać 6 Rajković 7 Kovačević 8 Cvetković 9 Ražnatović 10 Daneu (MVP) 11 Ćosić 12 Đerđa 13 Tvrdić 14 Đurić 15 Skansi Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Silver medal

Čermak Ćosić Cvetković Daneu Korać Rajković Marojević Ražnatović Skansi Šolman Plećaš Žorga Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1969 – Silver medal

4 Tvrdić 5 Simonović 6 Marojević 7 Rajković 8 Cvetković 9 Kapičić 10 Daneu 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Čermak 15 Jelovac Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1970 FIBA World Championship Champions – Gold medal

4 Tvrdić 5 Simonović 6 Jelovac 7 Rajković 8 Žorga 9 Kapičić 10 Daneu 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Čermak 15 Skansi Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1971 – Silver medal

4 Georgievski 5 Simonović 6 Jelovac 7 Knežević 8 Žorga 9 Kapičić 10 Basin 11 Ćosić 12 Vučinić 13 Plećaš 14 Čermak 15 Rukavina Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – 5th place

4 Tvrdić 5 Simonović 6 Jelovac 7 Knežević 8 Damjanović 9 Kapičić 10 Georgievski 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Čermak 15 Marović Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – Gold medal

Knego Kićanović Žižić Nakić Jerkov Skroče Slavnić Ćosić Radovanović Krstulović Dalipagić Delibašić Coach: Žeravica

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1982 FIBA World Championship – Bronze medal

4 A. Petrović 5 Kićanović 6 Radović 7 Žižić 8 Jerkov 9 Avdija 10 Vilfan 11 Knego 12 Radovanović 13 B. Petrović 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Žeravica

FIBA Hall of Fame Inductees

Coaches (19)

Alexeyeva Díaz-Miguel Donohue Ferrándiz A. Gomelsky E. Gomelsky Gaze Iba Kondrashin Newell Nikolić Novosel Primo Rubini Smith Soares Summitt Yow Žeravica

Contributors (32)

Airaldi Rivarola Ashry Atakol Bouffard Busnel Calvo Carneiro Dos Reis Greim Hepp Jones Killian Kozlowski López Martín Naismith Otto Pitzl Popović Ramsay Šaper Saporta Scuri Seguro de Luna Semashko Seye Moreau Stanković Steitz Ueda Vitale Wahby Yoon

Players (37)

A. Belov S. Belov Chazalon Ćosić Cruz Dalipagić Daneu Delibašić Divac Edwards Furlong Galis Gaze Goncalves González Jean-Jacques Kićanović Korać Maciel Marcari Martín Marzorati Meneghin Meyers Miller Pasos Petrović Robertson Robinson Rodríguez Ronchetti Russell Sabonis Schmidt Semjonova Slavnić Zassoulskaya

Technical Officials (13)

Arabadjian Bain Belošević Dimou Hopenhaym Kassai Kostin Lazarov Pfeuti Rae Reverberi Rigas Righetto

Persondata
Name	Zeravica, Ranko
Alternative names
Short description	Serbian basketball coach
Date of birth	November 17, 1929
Place of birth	Dragutinovo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death

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