Dragan Šakota
| AEK | |
|---|---|
| Position | General Manager |
| League | Greek Basket League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
June 16, 1952 Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian / Greek |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1972–1983 |
| Coaching career | 1983–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1972–1983 | IMT |
| As coach: | |
| 1983–1988 | IMT |
| 1988–1989 | Zadar |
| 1989–1990 | Yugoslavia (assistant) |
| 1989–1990 | Cibona |
| 1990–1991 | PAOK |
| 1991–1992 | Apollon Patras |
| 1993–1994 | Iraklis |
| 1994–1995 | PAOK |
| 1995–1997 | Peristeri |
| 1998–2000 | Iraklis |
| 1999 | Yugoslavia (assistant) |
| 2000–2001 | Aris |
| 2001–2003 | AEK Athens |
| 2003–2004 | Olympiacos |
| 2004–2005 | Serbia and Montenegro (assistant) |
| 2005–2007 | Crvena zvezda |
| 2006 | Serbia and Montenegro |
| 2008 | Fortitudo Bologna |
| 2010–2011 | Trabzonspor |
| 2011–2012 | Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi |
| 2014–2016 | AEK Athens |
| 2016–present | AEK Athens (General Manager) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As head coach:
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As head coach:
Dragan Šakota (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Шакота, Greek: Ντράγκαν Σάκοτα; born June 16, 1952 in Belgrade) is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball coach. His son, Dušan Šakota, is also a professional basketball player, while his other son, Miloš Šakota, is a retired professional basketball player, and a current professional basketball coach.
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. Šakota took over at Fortitudo Bologna for Andrea Mazzone, who got fired due to poor results in early January 2008, mid-season 2007–08. At the time, the club had a 7-10 record in their national domestic league, and a 3-4 record in the Eurocup.
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. On November 16, 2011, Šakota became the new head coach of the Turkish Basketball League club Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi, replacing Serdar Apaydın, but after a few months he was fired again.
In 2014, he returned to AEK Athens.
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