He previously coached the Serbian club, which he previously represented as a player, during the 2020-21 campaign
Sasa Obradovic returns to Crvena Zvezda
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade has announced the hiring of Sasa Obradovic as its new head coach. The length of the 56-year-old’s contract has not been disclosed.
Obradovic replaces Ioannis Sfairopoulos on the Crvena Zvezda bench following the Greek coach's dismissal on Thursday. The Serbian tactician has a 98-94 record in the EuroLeague across four different clubs.
EuroLeague fans last saw Obradovic coaching AS Monaco, which he led to the 2023 Final Four in Kaunas – the first time in club history that it had reached European basketball's premier event. He also guided Monaco to the playoffs in each of his three seasons in charge, while he parted ways with the club in mid-November last year after starting the season 6-4.
Curiously, the Serbian play-caller coached Crvena Zvezda in 2020-21 after arriving from Monaco, where he had led the team in the 2019-20 BKT EuroCup campaign. Now, history repeats itself as Obradovic heads back to the club of his heart after leaving Monaco.
A legendary figure for Yugoslavia during his playing days, Obradovic won a gold medal at the 1998 FIBA World Cup and also lifted the FIBA EuroBasket three times, doing so in 1995, 1997 and 2001. He and his teammates secured a bronze medal at the 1999 EuroBasket, and a silver at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Obradovic came through at Crvena Zvezda, playing there between 1988 and 1994, then again in 1999-2000.
He also represented Limoges (1993-94), ALBA Berlin (1994-97), Virtus Roma (1997-99), Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (2000-01), and RheinStars Koln (2001-05) as a player.
His first experience as a head coach came with Koln (2005-08) before going on to lead Kyiv (2008-09), Turow Zgorzelec (2009-10), Donetsk (2010-12), ALBA (2012-16), Lokomotiv Kuban (2016-18), Monaco (2019-20), Crvena Zvezda (2020-21), and Monaco (2021-24).