 Žeravica, standing second from the right, with hisYugoslavia national team'sroster for the1968 Olympics. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1929-11-17)17 November 1929 |
| Died | 29 October 2015(2015-10-29) (aged 85) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Coaching career | 1954–2003 |
| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 1954–1960 | Radnički Belgrade |
| 1960–1965 | Yugoslavia (assistant) |
| 1965–1972 | Yugoslavia |
| 1971–1974 | Partizan |
| 1974–1976 | FC Barcelona |
| 1976–1978 | Partizan |
| 1978–1980 | Pula |
| 1980 | Yugoslavia |
| 1980–1986 | Crvena Zvezda |
| 1982 | Yugoslavia |
| 1987–1989 | CAI Zaragoza |
| 1989–1990 | Irge Desio |
| 1990 | Filodoro Napoli |
| 1991 | Conservas Daroca |
| 1991 | Slobodna Dalmacija Split |
| 1993–1994 | Onyx Juvecaserta |
| 1995–1996 | Partizan |
| 1996–1997 | Crvena Zvezda |
| 2003 | CAI Zaragoza |
| Career highlights | |
As head coach:
| |
| FIBA Hall of Fame | |
Ranko Žeravica (Serbian Cyrillic:Ранко Жеравица; 17 November 1929 – 29 October 2015) was a Serbian professionalbasketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the seniorYugoslav national team, during the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. In particular, Žeravica's single biggest achievement was guiding the country to its first ever major competition win — a gold medal on home soil, at the1970 FIBA World Championship — leading to a huge expansion of the game ofbasketball throughoutYugoslavia.
In 2007, he was enshrined into theFIBA Hall of Fame.Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall was named after him in his honor, in 2016.
Born to father Milorad, and mother Gordana, in the village ofDragutinovo (before it merged withBeodra intoNovo Miloševo), Žeravica's education started in his village and continued inKikinda, where he traveled every day by train. His family stemmed fromHerzegovina by ancestry, having moved several generations before his birth to theMošorin area, where they became wealthy farmers and land owners.[1]
After he ended his basketball playing career, Žeravica worked as thehead coach of variousclubs throughout his career. He won theFIBA Korać Cup championship in1978, and theYugoslav League championship in 1996.
Žeravica was the head coach of the senior men'sYugoslavia national basketball team to gold medals at the1980 Summer Olympic Games and1970 FIBA World Championship; as well as to silver medals at the1968 Summer Olympic Games,1967 FIBA World Championship,1969 EuroBasket, and1971 EuroBasket. He also coached Yugoslavia to the bronze medal at the1982 FIBA World Championship.
He was also the head coach of Yugoslavia at the1972 Summer Olympic Games and the1967 EuroBasket.
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Argentina (technical adviser)YugoslaviaRanko Žeravica had a history of cardiac problems. In 2009, he suffered a heart attack and had a triple bypass surgery. In early 2015, he was admitted to hospital due to chest pain and was diagnosed with a mild heart attack. He had a coronary stent surgery and was soon discharged from hospital.[2]
Žeravica died on 29 October 2015, aged 85, at his Belgrade home.[2]
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