Igor Kokoškov
| Utah Jazz | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Assistant coach | |||||||||||||
| League | NBA | |||||||||||||
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| Born |
December 17, 1971 Banatski Brestovac, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| Nationality | Serbian / American | |||||||||||||
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| College | University of Belgrade | |||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1992–present | |||||||||||||
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| As coach: | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | OKK Beograd (youth) | |||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | OKK Beograd (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | OKK Beograd | |||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Partizan (youth) | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Missouri (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Los Angeles Clippers (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Detroit Pistons (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Serbia and Montenegro (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | Georgia | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Phoenix Suns (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Orlando Magic (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Utah Jazz (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Slovenia | |||||||||||||
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Igor Stefan Kokoškov (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Стефан Кокошков, born 17 December 1971) is a Serbian basketball coach, currently working as an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
As a full-time assistant coach, Kokoškov is the first European to hold such a position in NCAA Division I college basketball, and the first non-American to hold such a position in the NBA. In 2004, he became the first non-American assistant coach to win an NBA championship, and the first to serve on an NBA All-Star Game coaching staff.
Kokoškov, a graduate of the University of Belgrade, coached various club teams in Belgrade, and was on the coaching staff of the Yugoslav (now Serbia) men's and junior national teams. At the age of 24, Kokoškov became the youngest coach in Yugoslavian basketball history, shortly after suffering serious injuries sustained during an automobile accident, that ended a promising basketball playing career.
His savvy, ambitious nature, and command of the English language were factors when he was hired by the University of Missouri's Tigers, as a part of their full-time coaching staff in 1999, making him the first European to hold such a position in NCAA Division I men's college basketball.
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