# List of Serbian NBA coaches

The following is a list of Serbian basketball coaches who have been assistant or head coaches in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
In 2000, Igor Kokoškov became the first non-American to hold a full-time assistant coach position in the NBA. In 2004, he became the first non-American assistant coach to win an NBA championship, and in 2006, he became the first to serve on an NBA All-Star Game coaching staff. In 2018, he became the first fully European head coach in the NBA.
In 2004, Igor Kokoškov won the NBA championship as an assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons. Since then, Dejan Milojević won the league in 2022 as an assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors.

## Key

| * | Denotes coach who is still active in the NBA |
    Note: Both lists are correct through the start of the 2023–24 season.

## Serbian coaches

| Coach | NBA Career | Se. | Honours |
| Aleksandar Džikić | Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach (2005–2007) | 2 | — |
| Igor Kokoškov * | 10 teams, 2 positions Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach (2000–2003) Detroit Pistons assistant coach (2003–2008) Phoenix Suns assistant coach (2008–2013) Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach (2013–2014) Orlando Magic assistant coach (2014–2015) Utah Jazz assistant coach (2015–2018) Phoenix Suns head coach (2018–2019) Sacramento Kings assistant coach (2019–2020) Dallas Mavericks assistant coach (2021–2022) Brooklyn Nets assistant coach (2022–2023) Atlanta Hawks assistant coach (2023–present) | 23 | 2 honours NBA champion (2004) All-Star Game (2006) |
| Dejan Milojević | Golden State Warriors assistant coach (2021–2024) | 3 | NBA champion (2022) |
| Darko Rajaković * | 4 teams, 2 positions Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach (2014–2019) Phoenix Suns assistant coach (2019–2020) Memphis Grizzlies assistant coach (2020–2023) Toronto Raptors head coach (2023–present) | 10 | All-Star Game (2014) |
| Ivo Simović * | Toronto Raptors assistant coach (2023–present) | 1 | — |
| Ognjen Stojaković * | 1 team, 3 positions Denver Nuggets video coordinator (2013–2016) Denver Nuggets assistant coach (2016–2018) Denver Nuggets player development (2018–2022) Denver Nuggets assistant coach (2022–present) | 11 | 2 honours NBA champion (2023) All-Star Game (2023) |
| Nenad Trajković | Phoenix Suns assistant coach (2010–2011) | 1 | — |

## Coaches with Serbian citizenship or parentage

The following is a list of coaches, who are or have been assistant or head coaches in NBA, who have citizenship of Serbia or Serbian parentage or who are Serbs of former Yugoslav republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia).
| Nationality | Relation | Coach | NBA Career | Se. | Honours | Ref. |
| United States | Serbian father | Gregg Popovich * | 2 teams, 2 positions San Antonio Spurs assistant coach (1988–1992) Golden State Warriors assistant coach (1992–1994) San Antonio Spurs head coach (1996–present) | 35 | 30 honours 5× NBA champion (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) 3× NBA Coach of the Year (2003, 2012, 2014) 4× NBA All-Star Game head coach (2005, 2011, 2013, 2016) Top 15 Coaches in NBA History 17× Coach of the Month | |
| Slovenia | Serbian father | Marko Milič * | Dallas Mavericks assistant coach (2022–present) | 2 | — | |