Igor Kolaković
Igor Kolaković (Игор Колаковић) (born 4 June 1965) is a Montenegrin volleyball coach and former volleyball player, the current head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team and Polish team, Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie. Personal life. Igor's wife, Sandra, is a former handball national team player, former head coach of the Serbia women's national handball team. Igor received a bachelor's degree of business administration in 1989 at the University of Montenegro. Aleksa Kolaković, son of Igor, is a handball player. Career. As a player. Kolakovic played as a setter for Budućnost Podgorica and  Partizan Beograd from 1979 to 1997, after which he became a head coach of the Podgorica team. He is two–time Yugoslavian Champion and two–time Yugoslavian Cup winner. As a coach. Igor Kolakovic replaced Ljubomir Travica as head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team ahead of the 2006 FIVB World Championship, after assisting him for three years. He was the head coach of the Serbian national volleyball team from 2006 until 2014. He led Serbia to a gold medal at the 2011 European Championship and bronze in 2007 and 2013. In 2010, he achieved a great  success at the 2010 World Championship winning a bronze medal. He helped his team win two silver medals at the 2008 and 2009 World League and a bronze one at the 2010. In 2014, he resigned his post as the head coach of Serbia after eight years. At the professional club level, he won, among others, two titles of the Montenegrin Champion in 2007 and 2008 with Budućnost Podgorica, and two titles of the Slovenian Champion in 2011 and 2012 with ACH Volley. In 2017, he was appointed as a new head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team. He  led Iran to a bronze medal of the 2017 World Grand Champions Cup, defeating, among others, teams of USA, France and Italy. In 2019, Iran, led by him, won its 3rd Asian Champion title. In 2020, he was dismissed as the head coach of Iran.