Igor Kolaković


Igor Kolaković is a Montenegrin professional volleyball coach and former player. Since the 2025–26 season, he serves as head coach for ACH Volley.

Personal life

Igor's wife, Sandra, is a former handball national team player and former head coach of the Serbia women's national [handball team]. Igor received a bachelor's degree in 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 the head coach of the Podgorica team.

As a coach

Igor Kolaković replaced Ljubomir Travica as head coach of the Serbia men's national [volleyball team] ahead of the 2006 FIVB Volleyball [Men's World Championship|2006 World Championship], after assisting him for three years. 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 in 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 Iran national team. He led Iran to a bronze medal at the 2017 World Grand Champions Cup, defeating, among others, teams of the USA, France and Italy. In 2019, Iran, led by him, won their 3rd Asian Champions title. In 2020, he was dismissed as the head coach of Iran.

Honours

As a player

  • CEV Challenge Cup
  • * 1989–90 – with Partizan Beograd
  • Domestic
  • * 1988–89 Yugoslavian Cup, with Partizan Beograd
  • * 1989–90 Yugoslavian Cup, with Partizan Beograd
  • * 1989–90 Yugoslavian Championship, with Partizan Beograd
  • * 1990–91 Yugoslavian Championship, with Partizan Beograd

    As a coach

  • Domestic
  • * 2000–01 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
  • * 2001–02 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
  • * 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
  • * 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
  • * 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
  • * 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
  • * 2006–07 Montenegrin Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
  • * 2006–07 Montenegrin Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
  • * 2007–08 Montenegrin Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
  • * 2007–08 Montenegrin Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
  • * 2010–11 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
  • * 2010–11 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley
  • * 2011–12 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
  • * 2011–12 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley