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- Role
- Player development
- Team
- Project B
- Nationality
- Serbia
- Born
- 17 Dec 1971
Igor Kokoskov was born in Belgrade on 17 December 1971. He has been a head coach in the NBA and at three national teams. Since July 2026 he has run player development at Project B. It is a new six-team league that starts in January 2027.
His best work came with Slovenia at EuroBasket 2017. They won all nine games and took the title. The final was against Serbia, his own country, and Slovenia won 93-85. It remains the only EuroBasket Slovenia has ever won.
A year later Phoenix hired him as head coach. He was the first man born and raised outside North America to hold such a job. The Suns went 19-63 and he lasted one season.
Serbia gave him the national team in November 2019. It ended in Belgrade in July 2021, when Italy won 102-95 and took the Olympic place. He returned to a club bench with Anadolu Efes in July 2025. That lasted until late November.
FAQ About Igor Kokoskov
What did he do before he became a head coach?
He joined Missouri in 1999 as the first European assistant in NCAA Division I. He then spent close to two decades as an NBA assistant, with the Clippers, Pistons, Suns, Cavaliers, Magic, Jazz, Kings, Mavericks, Nets, and Hawks. He won the 2004 NBA title on Larry Brown’s staff in Detroit.
What did he do with Georgia?
He coached them from 2008 to 2015 and took them to their first EuroBasket in 2011. They went back in 2013 and again in 2015. Before him the country had never reached the tournament.
How did his two club jobs in Europe end?
He coached Fenerbahce for the 2020-21 season, then left in July 2021 for an assistant role in Dallas, citing family reasons. Anadolu Efes gave him a three-year deal in July 2025 and sacked him on 27 November, after a 102-66 loss to Monaco left the club at 5-8 in the EuroLeague.
Coaching record
- Project B hire Igor KokoskovFront Office
Anadolu Efes part ways with Igor KokoskovCoaching Change- Anadolu Efes sign Igor KokoskovCoaching Change
Serbia appoint Igor KokoskovCoaching Change
Latest news
- Igor Kokoskov exposes chaos behind passing on Luka Doncic, reveals secret Suns workout with NBA superstar
- Russell Westbrook lands a new job after retiring from the NBA
- Top 10 big-name EuroLeague coaches currently without a club
- Igor Kokoskov joins Project B as director of player development
- Igor Kokoskov on his next job: Even a fool can find something to do at a wedding
- Anadolu Efes to bring back a familiar face as Pablo Laso replacement
- Pablo Laso addresses his future at Anadolu Efes
- Anadolu Efes eye Ioannis Sfairopoulos and Vassilis Spanoulis as Pablo Laso’s successor
- Goran Dragic: An NBA ring cannot surpass gold with Slovenia
- Krunoslav Simon candidate for Anadolu Efes sports director
- Anadolu Efes announces departure of sports director Ismail Senol
- Is it finally time for Fenerbahce to secure a win in Vitoria, or will the negative streak continue
