At the beginning of the All-Star weekend in San Francisco, the names of 17 candidates for entry into the Hall of Fame, in the Class of 2025, were announced, and among them is the legendary Dušan Ivković.
The new class will be presented on April 5th, and apart from Ivković, this class consists of the US national team, which competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, then Carmelo Anthony, Ban Williams, Dwight Howard, Marquis Johnson, Jerry Welsh, referee Danny Crawford, coaches Billy Donovan and Mark Few, while the women's list includes players Jennifer Azzi, Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, Maya Moore, Moline Bolin, and in the category of contribution to basketball, Mickey Erison and Tal Brody.
“The new class will be introduced on April 5 in San Antonio, at the NCAA Men's Championship Final Four,” is part of the official announcement from the Hall of Fame Committee.
Dušan Ivković is one of the greatest European basketball coaches of all time.
As the coach of the Yugoslav national team, he was a world and three-time European champion, winner of Olympic silver. With Serbia, he was the vice-champion of Europe in 2009.
In his club career, in addition to domestic championship trophies, he won the Euroleague twice with Olympiacos, the Radivoje Korac Cup with Partizan and PAOK, the Rajmund Saporta Cup with AEK, and the ULEB Cup with Dynamo Moscow.
"Ivković's coaching career spanned six decades and he earned numerous prestigious awards, including being named to the 50 Most Influential in the Development of the Euroleague in 2008, the Euroleague Basketball Legends in 2017, and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2017. Ivković led legendary European clubs such as Partizan Belgrade and Olympiacos, won multiple European titles, and coached players who have since become NBA stars such as Dražen Petrović, Vlado Divac, and Predrag Stojaković," the Ivković Hall of Fame Committee presented.
Dušan Ivković passed away on September 16, 2021.
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