Oliver Popović

Oliver Popović

Personal information
Born	(1970-03-18) 18 March 1970 (age 54) Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Career information
NBA draft	1992: undrafted
Playing career	1986–2005
Position	Small forward
Coaching career	2005–present
Career history
As player:
1986–1991	Partizan
1991–1992	Infos RTM
1992–1993	Borac Čačak
1993–1995	Spartak Subotica
1995–1997	Beobanka
1997–1999	Crvena zvezda
1999–2000	Beobanka
2000–2001	Lokomotiv Rostov
2001–2003	UNICS Kazan
2003–2005	Maroussi
As coach:
2005	Avala Ada
2005–2006	Tamiš
2006–2007	Mega Ishrana
2007–2008	Vizura
2008–2009	Khimik
2012–2014	Vršac
2015–2016	SCM U Craiova
2016–2017	Napredak Kruševac
2017	Dynamic
2018–2020	Novi Pazar
2020–2022	Sloboda Užice
2022–2024	UNICS (youth)
2024–	Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
Career highlights and awards
Serbian League Cup winner (2019)
Medals Representing Yugoslavia European Championship for Cadets 1987 Hungary Team

Oliver Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Поповић; born 18 March 1970) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.

He was a Yugoslav champion (1987, 1989, and 1998) and Cup holder (1989), silver medalist of Russian (2002) and Greek (2004) basketball championships; bronze medalist of 1988 European Champions' Cup, winner of 1989 Korać Cup and 2003 NEBL; finalist of the 2004 FIBA Euroleague.

On 7 August 2017, Popović was named a head coach of the Belgrade team Dynamic.^[1] On 19 December, he parted ways with Dynamic.^[2]

On 21 June 2018, Popović became the head coach for Novi Pazar of the Basketball League of Serbia.^[3] He left Novi Pazar after the 2019–20 season.

On 1 November 2020, Popović was hired as the new head coach for his hometown team Sloboda Užice.^[4][5]

On 19 November 2022, Popović became the head coach of UNICS Kazan youth team.

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