Ivanovic will lead Virtus next season, too
Virtus renews head coach Dusko Ivanovic
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna announced on Wednesday it has extended the contract with head coach Dusko Ivanovic for the next season. Ivanovic replaced Luca Banchi in early December, signing the contract until the end of this season, and now is set to lead the club in the 2025-26 campaign, too.
Ivanovic's first game on Virtus bench was in Round 15, having taken over a team with a 2-12 record. Ivanovic won in his debut at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz on a miracle four-point play from Will Clyburn.
Virtus won three of the first four games with Ivanovic on the bench, and five of the first eight, before going on a nine-game losing streak, which ended last week with a record-breaking win at ALBA Berlin. In the Italian League, Virtus is in a share of the first place with a 17-7 record.
𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐊𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐈 🧢
— Virtus Segafredo Bologna (@VirtusSegafredo) April 2, 2025
Coach Dusko Ivanovic rinnova e sarà ancora il nostro allenatore anche per la prossima stagione 🤍🖤 pic.twitter.com/WaG9lAFDgo
Prior to Virtus, Ivanoviccoached Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, a team he led in four different stints. Over the years, Ivanovic helped Baskonia win the Spanish championship in 2002, 2010 and 2020, Spanish Cups in 2002, 2004 and 2009 and reach the EuroLeague Finals in 2001 and the EuroLeague Championship Game in 2005, losing against Virtus and Maccabi Tel Aviv, respectively.
Ivanovic started his coaching career with Benetton Fribourg of Switzerland, and also coached Limoges CSP of France, FC Barcelona of Spain, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens of Greece, Khimki Moscow Region of Russia, Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul of Turkiye and Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade of Serbia.
In his first three years as a full-time head coach, Ivanovic led Fribourg to back-to-back Swiss League titles in 1998 and 1999 and lifted the French League and the Korac Cup trophies with Limoges in 2000. Ivanovic won another Spanish Cup with Barca in 2007, a Greek Cup with Panathinaikos in 2015, and the Serbian League and Cup double with Zvezda in 2023.
As a player, Ivanovic helped Split win back-to-back EuroLeague championships in 1989 and 1990.
Ivanovic ranks fourth in all-time games coached in the EuroLeague with 398, only trailing Zeljko Obraovic (540), Ettore Messina (483) and Ergin Ataman (440). His coaching record is 220-178 (55.3%).