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| Cibona | |
|---|---|
| Position | Honorary president |
| League | HT Premijer liga ABA League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1938-06-30)30 June 1938 |
| Died | 20 July 2023(2023-07-20) (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1952–1966 |
| Coaching career | 1967–1993 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1952–1966 | Lokomotiva |
Coaching | |
| 1967–1971, 1976-1985, 1986-1988 | Lokomotiva/Cibona Zagreb |
| 1988–1990 | Napoli |
| Career highlights | |
As head coach
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| Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| FIBA Hall of Fame | |
Mirko Novosel (30 June 1938 – 20 July 2023) was a Croatian professional basketball coach and player.
Novosel played club basketball, from 1952 to 1966, withLokomotiva Zagreb (later changed to KK Cibona Zagreb).
Novosel coachedCibona Zagreb to twoYugoslav League titles, sevenYugoslav Cups, and the twoEuropean Champions Cup titles in1985 and1986, when he was named the European Coach of the Year.
As the head coach, Novosel led the senior men'sYugoslav national team to the gold medals at the1973 FIBA European Championship and the1975 FIBA European Championship, the silver medal at the1974 FIBA World Championship, the silver medal at the1976 Montreal Summer Olympics, and the bronze medal at the1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
Novosel was also the head coach of the senior men'sCroatia national team, leading them to the bronze medal at the1993 European Championship.
He was enshrined into theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as acoach, on 7 September 2007.[1] He was inducted into theFIBA Hall of Fame, as a coach, in 2010.[2]
Mirko Novosel died on 20 July 2023, at the age of 85.[3]
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