KK Crvena zvezda is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Crvena zvezda is a part of the Adriatic Basketball Association and competes in the ABA League, EuroLeague and in the Basketball League of Serbia. The Crvena zvezda squads have played in three different National Leagues since 1945, including the Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992), the First League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and the Serbian League (2006 onwards). The team plays home matches in Belgrade Arena.

There have been 45 head coaches in the club's history. Montenegrin coach Dejan Radonjić is the all-time leader in both official games coached and wins. Nebojša Popović won ten National Championships, while Radonjić won five National Cups. Dejan Radonjić, Bratislav Đorđević, Duško Ivanović and Ioannis Sfairopoulos won both national titles, a Championship and a Cup. Also, Crvena zvezda won five Adriatic Leagues under Radonjić and an Adriatic Super Cup under Milan Tomić. Coaches Radonjić, Tomić and Sfairopoulos won the Adriatic Championship and the National Championship in the same season. Furthermore, Radonjić recorded three titles (Serbian League, Adriatic League, and Serbian Cup) in a single season four times (2014–15, 2016–17, 2020–21 and 2021–22), while Sfairopoulos did the same in the 2023–24 season. Coach Aleksandar Nikolić won the only European-wide competition in the club's history, the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup in 1974.

Aleksandar Nikolić, Ranko Žeravica and Svetislav Pešić are members of FIBA Hall of Fame as coaches, while Nikolić is a member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. American coach Tom Ludwig, hired in 1997, was the first foreign head coach and the only non-European. Montenegrins Radonjić and Ivanović, Slovenian Zmago Sagadin, Greek Sfairopoulos and Spaniard Ibon Navarro were the other foreign head coaches. Head coaches Vladislav Lučić and Aleksandar Trifunović were hired three times.

Head coaches Nebojša Popović, Aleksandar Gec, Milan Bjegojević, Đorđe Andrijašević, Aleksandar Nikolić, Nemanja Đurić, Strahinja Alagić, Dragiša Vučinić, Zoran Slavnić, Vladislav Lučić, Stevan Karadžić, Aleksandar Trifunović, Milenko Topić and Saša Obradović were also Crvena zvezda's players. Popović and Vučinić were player-coaches, while Popović, Bjegojević and Topić won the National Championships both as the players and head coaches.

Key GCGames coachedWWinsLLossesWin%Winning percentage#Number of coachesElected into the FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach*Elected into the FIBA Hall of FameSpent entire head coaching career with Crvena zvezda

Coaches Note: Statistics are correct through the start of the 2026–27 season.

#NameNationalityPeriodGCWLWin%TrophiesRef.1 * 1946–19551841552910× Yugoslav champion2Aleksandar Gec 1956–19593724133Milan Bjegojević 1960–1970242142100Yugoslav champion4Đorđe Andrijašević 1970–197126197Yugoslav Cup winner5Bratislav Đorđević 1971–1973785622Yugoslav championYugoslav Cup winner6 1973–1974412912FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup winner7Nemanja Đurić 1974–197650Yugoslav Cup winner8Strahinja Alagić 197620–Bratislav Đorđević 1976–1979709Dragiša Vučinić 1979710Mile Protić 1979811 * 1979–198626516010512Vlade Đurović 1986–198872423013Zoran Slavnić 1988–1991111644714Duško Vujošević1991–199232201215Vladislav Lučić1992–1994992× Yugoslav champion16Veselin Matić19942–Zoran Slavnić1994–19953217Mihailo Uvalin199544018Borislav Džaković1995–199645271819Mihailo Pavićević1996–1997331419– Ranko Žeravica *19971010020Tom Ludwig19971394–Vladislav Lučić1997–199828–Mihailo Pavićević1998541Yugoslav champion–Borislav Džaković1998921Jovica Antonić1998–199935231222Momir Milatović19994–Vladislav Lučić1999–20002123Stevan Karadžić2000–20014024Miroslav Nikolić2001925Zoran Krečković2001–2002844–Miroslav Nikolić20022026Aleksandar Trifunović2002–200352361627Zmago Sagadin2003–2004654124Serbian Cup winner–Aleksandar Trifunović2004–200550302028Dragan Šakota2005–20071026339Serbian Cup winner–Stevan Karadžić2007–200871442729Milan Škobalj2008126630Svetislav Pešić *2008–200956371931Aleksandar Petrović20091899–Aleksandar Trifunović2009–2010371819–Mihailo Uvalin2010–20112891932Saša Nikitović20111468–Svetislav Pešić *2011–201250252533Milivoje Lazić201220234Vlada Vukoičić2012–2013443113Serbian Cup winner35Dejan Radonjić2013–2017326239873× Serbian champion3× Serbian Cup winner3× Adriatic champion36Dušan Alimpijević2017–201869402937Milenko Topić201810100Serbian champion38Milan Tomić2018–2019755619Serbian championAdriatic championABA Supercup winner39Andrija Gavrilović20191156–Dragan Šakota2019–202035201540Saša Obradović2020261412–Dejan Radonjić2020–202212783442× Serbian champion2× Serbian Cup winner2× Adriatic champion41Vladimir Jovanović2022125742Duško Ivanović2022–2023695019Serbian championSerbian Cup winner43Ioannis Sfairopoulos2023–20251459055Serbian champion2× Serbian Cup winnerAdriatic champion44Tomislav Tomović2025110–Saša Obradović2025–2026674324Serbian Cup winner–Milan Tomić202610145Ibon Navarro2026–000

Head coaches with 100 games coached This list includes all head coaches who have coached at least 100 games in all competitions.

Note: Statistics are correct through the start of the 2026–27 season.

# Name Period Games 2013–2017, 2020–2022 * 1979–1986; 1997 1960–1970 * 1946–1957 5 1971–1973; 1976–1979 148 1992–1994; 1997–1998; 1999–2000 2023–2025 1988–1991; 1994–1995 2002–2003; 2004–2005; 2009–2010 2005–2007; 2019–2020 2000–2001; 2007–2008 * 2008–2009; 2011–2012

See also List of Red Star Belgrade football coaches

Notes

Former nationalities

Other nationalities

Other A running total of the number of coaches of Crvena zvezda. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once. includes the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1963) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963–1992), while includes Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003) and State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).

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