Andrija Gavrilović

Not to be confused with Andra Gavrilović.

Andrija Gavrilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Гавриловић; born 13 January 1965) is a Serbian-Italian professional basketball coach who was lastly an assistant coach for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Andrija Gavrilović

Gavrilović in October 2019
Personal information
Born	(1965-01-13) 13 January 1965 (age 60) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian / Italian
Position	Assistant coach
Coaching career	1986–present
Career history
As coach:
2002–2003	Roseto Sharks (youth)
2003–2006	Virtus Bologna (assistant)
2006–2007	Unicaja (assistant)
2008–2009	UNICS (assistant)
2009–2015	Khimki (assistant)
2018–2020	Crvena zvezda (assistant)
2019	Crvena zvezda (interim)
2021–2022	Virtus Bologna (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As assistant coach: 3× EuroCup champion (2012, 2015, 2022) VTB United League champion (2011) Russian Cup winner (2009) Adriatic League champion (2019) Adriatic Supercup champion (2018) Serbian League champion (2019) Italian Supercup winner (2021)

Coaching career

In 1986, Gavrilović started his coaching career with the Crvena zvezda youth system. There he coached Nebojša Ilić, Aleksandar Trifunović, Rastko Cvetković, Mirko Pavlović, Slobodan Kaličanin, and later Nikola Jestratijević, Srđan Jovanović, and Igor Perović.^[1]

Gavrilović moved to Bormio, Italy in September 1992. Until 2003, he was a coach in several academy teams in the Milan area. He also coached the U16 team of Roseto Sharks and Progresso Castelmaggiore.^[2] Later, he spent three seasons as an assistant coach for Virtus Bologna.^[3] Further, he was an assistant coach for Unicaja of the Spanish ACB League.

In 2007, he signed as an assistant coach for UNICS of the Russian Super League. Next season, he had moved to Khimki^[4] where he stayed for six seasons.

In July 2018, Gavrilović was named an assistant coach for the Belgrade team Crvena zvezda mts.^[5][6][7] On 2 February 2019 Gavrilović led Crvena zvezda to an 89–61 win over Petrol Olimpija.^[8] The Zvezda head coach Milan Tomić had fallen ill and missed their home game against Olimpija.^[9] On 22 October 2019 Gavrilović was named as the interim head coach for Crvena zvezda.^[10] In his official head coaching debut on 24 October, Gavrilović led the Zvezda to a 73–65 loss to FC Barcelona.^[11] He finished his stint as the interim head coach with a 5–6 record on 23 November. In June 2020, Crvena zvezda parted ways with him.

In July 2021, Gavrilović was named an assistant coach for Virtus Bologna under Sergio Scariolo.^[12][13] On 21 September, the team won the second Supercup in its history, defeating Olimpia Milano 90–84.^[14] Moreover, after having ousted Lietkabelis, Ulm and Valencia in the first three rounds of the playoffs, on 11 May 2022, Virtus defeated Frutti Extra Bursaspor by 80–67 at the Segafredo Arena, winning its first EuroCup and qualifying for the EuroLeague after 14 years.^[15] He parted ways with Virtus Bologna in July 2022.^[16]

Coaching record

Legend
G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Result
Crvena zvezda	2019–20	7	2	5	.286	Interim coach
Career		7	2	5	.286

Personal life

Gavrilović holds both a Serbian and Italian passport.^[2] Beside native Serbian, he speaks Italian, English, Russian and Spanish language.^[5]

See also

• List of KK Crvena zvezda head coaches

References

1. "Војсковођа из сенке - Андрија Гавриловић после 25 година поново у Црвеној звезди". zurnal.rs. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
2. "Andrija Gavrilovic Profile". win-basketball.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
3. "Allenatori: Andrija Gavrilovic". virtuspedia.it. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
4. "Andrija Gavrilovic joined BC Khimki". en.bckhimki.ru. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
5. "BLICSPORT SAZNAJE Andrija Gavrilović uz Tomića vodi Zvezdu". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 July 2018.
6. "Andrija Gavrilović će biti pomoćnik Tomiću u Zvezdi". rs.n1info.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
7. "CRVENO-BELI IMAJU VAŽNU VEST ZA NAVIJAČE Stručni štab na Malom Kalemegdanu sledeće sezone se NE MENJA". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
8. "ZVEZDA DOMINIRA NA JADRANU: Crveno-beli bez Tomića i Reglanda razbili Olimpiju u "Pioniru"". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 February 2019.
9. "ZVEZDA BEZ TRENERA: Tomić ne sedi na klupi protiv Olimpije". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 February 2019.
10. "EKSPRESNA REAKCIJA Poznato ko će voditi Crvenu zvezdu protiv Barselone!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
11. "Paklen doček Gavriloviću na prvoj konferenciji: Nikad hladnokrvnije odgovorio na nezgodno pitanje!". telegraf.rs. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
12. Virtus Bologna, ufficiale lo staff: assistenti Gavrilovic e Diana, da Milano il preparatore Panichi, Sportando
13. "Još jedan srpski potpis u Virtusu: Gavrilović u stručnom štabu Skariola". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
14. Basket, la Virtus Bologna vince la Supercoppa: Milano ancora ko, la Repubblica
15. "Game Night: Virtus is the 7DAYS EuroCup champion and headed back to the EuroLeague!". euroleaguebasketball.net. 11 May 2022.
16. "Srbin napušta Bolonju, Virtus našao zamenu". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

External links

• Andrija Gavrilovic at euroleague.net
• Andrija Gavrilovic at eurobasket.com