Slobodan Kovač


Slobodan Kovač is a Serbian professional volleyball coach of Turkey men's national volleyball team, and also former player, Olympic Champion at Sydney 2000, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and the 2019 European Championship winner.

Career

As a coach

In 2014, he was appointed new head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team until the Olympic Games Rio 2016. That same year he led Iranian team to its first gold medal at Asian games. In 2017, he took charge of the Slovenian national volleyball team.
From 2010 to 2014, Kovač was head coach of the Italian team, Sir Safety Perugia. In 2016, he became new head coach of Halkbank Ankara.

Honours

As a player

Domestic

As a coach

CEV Challenge Cup

Individual awards

2008: Coach of the year in Serbia2009: Coach of the year in Serbia2010: Coach of the year in Serbia2013: Coach of the year in Italy2014: Coach of the year in Italy2019: CEV – Coach of the year2019: Coach of the Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia