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Mirko Novosel
Cibona
Position
Honorary president
League
HT Premijer liga ABA League
Personal information
Born
(1938-06-30)30 June 1938 Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died
20 July 2023(2023-07-20) (aged 85)
Nationality
Croatian
Career information
Playing career
1952–1966
Coaching career
1967–1993
Career history
As player:
1952–1966
Lokomotiva
As coach:
1967–1971
Lokomotiva
1976–1985
Cibona
1986–1988
Cibona
1988–1990
Napoli
Career highlights and awards
As head coach
2× EuroLeague champion (1985, 1986)
European Coach of the Year (1985)
2× FIBA European Selection (1995)
2× FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1982, 1987)
2× Yugoslav League champion (1982, 1984)
7× Yugoslav Cup winner (1969, 1980–1983, 1985, 1988)
Basketball Hall of Fame as coach
FIBA Hall of Fame as coach
Medals
Men's basketball
Head Coach for Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
1984 Los Angeles
FIBA World Cup
1974 Puerto Rico
EuroBasket
1973 Spain
1975 Yugoslavia
Head Coach for Croatia
1993 Germany
Mirko Novosel (30 June 1938 – 20 July 2023) was a Croatian professional basketball coach and player.
Novosel coached some of the greatest players in former Yugoslavia and Croatia, such as Croatian Hall of Fame players Krešimir Ćosić and Dražen Petrović. He was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as a coach, on 7 September 2007. He was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, as a coach, in 2010.
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