Strahinja "Braca" Alagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Страхиња "Браца" Алагић; 14 August 1924 – 10 October 2002) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He dedicated his coaching career is the most to women's basketball. With Crvena zvezda he won the FIBA EuroLeague Women in 1979.[1]
Alagić was a member of the first managing board of the Crvena zvezda basketball club.[2]
Playing career
Alagić started playing basketball after the end of World War II as a member of the Yugoslav Army basketball team. The first Yugoslav national championship held in Subotica in 1945 where his team won the title by beating the Serbia selection in the finals. Next year he moved to newly formed basketball club Partizan together with seven teammates such as Aleksandar Nikolić and Mirko Marjanović.[3]
After spending a year in Partizan, Alagic moved to Crvena zvezda where he played the longest and where he achieved major successes. In the period from 1947 to 1951 he won five national championships with Nebojša Popović, Srđan Kalember and others.[4] In July 1950, he won an international cup tournament with the Zvezda in Milan, Italy.[5]
Coaching career
After ending his playing career, Alagić devoted himself to coaching. First of all Alagić worked as a coach of women's team, although he briefly coached the Crvena zvezda men's team. With women's team of Crvena zvezda he had a lot of success, especially in national competitions. The most important club's success in the history of women's basketball is winning the European Cup in 1979 with Crvena zvezda.
Alagić had a big success with the Yugoslavia women's national team, which in 1968 led to the first medal in Eurobasket.[6]
Career achievements
Player
- Yugoslav League champion: 6 (with Yugoslav Army: 1945 and with Crvena zvezda: 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951).
Coach
- Yugoslav Women's League champion: 10 (with Crvena zvezda: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81)
- Yugoslav Women's Cup winner: 4 (with Crvena zvezda: 1973–74, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1980–81)
- FIBA Women's European Champions Cup winner: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1978–79).
See also
References
- ^ Košarkašice Zvezde pre 34 godine osvojile Kup šampiona
- ^ "Uprave KK Crvena zvezda". mojacrvenazvezda.net. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Strahinja Alagić – Braca" (PDF). okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Košarkaška prvenstva Jugoslavije (1945-91) – prvi deo". strategija.org. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Daba: Kad je Zvezda osvajala Milano…". kosmagazin.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ History of women's basketball in Yugoslavia
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