Bratislav "Bata" Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Братислав Ђорђевић; born 23 October 1938) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and player. He was a head coach of Crvena zvezda during the 1970s. He is the father of Aleksandar Đorđević, also a professional basketball coach and former player.[1][2]
During his stint with Zvezda, his son Aleksandar had started to play basketball. Aleksandar did not get a serious chance in Crvena zvezda and continued his career with rivalPartizan and later become one of the best Yugoslav and Serbian basketball players.
Besides Crvena zvezda, Đorđević coached many clubs and two national teams. The most important clubs that he trained are: Radnički, Branik Maribor, IMT Belgrade, Limoges CSP.
Đorđević founded the first basketball camps in Yugoslavia, in Zlatibor (1975) and Bor (1976).
Personal life
In addition to his coaching career, Đorđević worked as a physical education teacher at the Marko Orešković Elementary School in New Belgrade from 1967–1971.
His brother Predrag "Buca" Đorđević is a former basketball coach.[4]