Igor Kokoskov is the new main coach of Anadolu Efes. Succeeding the former technician from SIG Strasbourg, Luca Banchi, he signed up for three seasons with the Stambouliote club. The Serbian, naturalized American, returns to Euroleague after spending the last three seasons in the NBA.
✍️ As Anadolu Efes Sports Club, we signed a 3 -season contract with Mr. Igor Kokoškov for the task of a chief.
Mr. Kokoškov, who has been successfully career in Europe and the NBA for many years, also had a European championship in 2017 with the Slovenian National Team.… pic.twitter.com/3631hnn5L7
– Anadolo Efes SK (@anadolefessk) July 2, 2025
The first foreign coach in the history of the NBA
Rodrigue Beaubois and Vincent Poirier, the two French players of Anadolu Efes, thus know their technician for next season. Igor Kokoskov is back on the old continent after a new experience of three seasons in the NBA.
Having become the first (non-American) foreign coach in the history of the NBA in 2019 in the Phoenix Suns, Igor Kokoskov has made his weapons in the United States more than in Europe. A long -standing assistant, the 53 -year -old technician made himself known mainly on the European scene by his successes with nations. Long Georgia coach (2008-2015), he mainly became European champion with Slovenia of Luka Doncic in 2017. He also supervised Serbia from 2019 to 2021.
Only one experience in Euroleague
Returning as a NBA assistant in the past three seasons (Dallas, Brooklyn, Atlanta), Igor Kokoskov has experienced his only position as chief coach in Euroleague in Fenerbahçe in the 2020-2021 season to replace Željko Obradović.
