title: Slobodan Ivković
text: # Slobodan Ivković
  
  Slobodan "Piva" Ivković (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ивковић; 4 August 1937 – 28 November 1995) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  Ivković played club basketball at the senior level in the club Radnički Belgrade. He was a well-talented player with much better physical capabilities, but nobody managed to stabilize him as a player. Besides that, he had weak sight, which was a serious problem since in those times many games were played outside, during the night.
  
  ## Coaching career
  
  Ivković was one of the first Serbian coaches that went to school in the USA. He was the founder of the creation of a modern coach organization in the former Yugoslavia. He coached in the following clubs: Radnički Belgrade, OKK Belgrade, MZT Skopje, Kazma (Kuwait), and Al Ahli (United Arab Emirates).
  
  ## Personal life
  
  His younger brother Dušan was a former basketball player and FIBA Hall of Fame coach.
  
  Ivković is related to the famous Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla. Ivković's maternal grandmother Olga Mandić and Tesla were first cousins.
  
  A memorial tournament named after him is held in Belgrade. The organizer is the basketball club Radnički.
  
  ## Career achievements
  
  ### Head coach
  
  * Yugoslav League: 1 (with Radnički Belgrade: 1972–73)
  * Yugoslav Cup: 1 (with Radnički Belgrade: 1975–76)
  * FIBA European Champions Cup – semifinalist (with Radnički Belgrade: 1973–74)
  