Borislav Ćorković

Borislav "Reba" Ćorković (Serbian Cyrillic: Борислав Ћорковић; 9 January 1933 – 26 January 2006) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach.

Borislav Ćorković

Personal information
Born	(1933-01-09)9 January 1933 Dvor na Uni, Sava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	26 January 2006(2006-01-26) (aged 73)^[1] Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Nationality	Serbian
Career information
Playing career	1952–1958
Coaching career	1958–1993
Career history
As player:
1952–1958	Dinamo Pančevo
As coach:
1958–1960	Železničar Belgrade
1960–1965	OKK Belgrade (youth)
1965–1970	Partizan Women
1970–1972	Kuwait (assistant)
1974–1976	Partizan
1976–1979	Yugoslavia Women
1977–1978	Dinamo Pančevo
1980–1982	Partizan
1984–1987	Kuwait
1989–1990	Partizan
Medals Women's basketball Head coach for  Yugoslavia FIBA EuroBasket Women 1978 Poland Team Balkan Games Women 1977 Turkey Team 1978 Greece Team

Playing career

During the 1950s, Ćorković played basketball for Dinamo Pančevo of the Yugoslav League.^[2]

Coaching career

In 1958, Ćorković began with coaching career with Železničar Belgrade. From 1960 to 1965, he coached young teams, mostly women, in OKK Belgrade. In 1965, he became a head coach for Partizan women's team, also coached the junior men's team also. In 1974, he joined Partizan men's team. He led Partizan as a head coach for five seasons (1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1989–90) in three stints. He won two national championships with them. In the late 1990s and during the 2000s, he worked as an advisor for Partizan's youth selections.^[1]

As a head coach for the Yugoslavia women's national team, he won the gold medal at the 1977 Balkan Games in Ankara, Turkey, and the bronze medal at the 1978 Games in Thessaloniki. Also, he won the silver medal at the 1978 European Championship for Women in Poznań with 7–2 record. He loses to the Soviet Union and Poland).^[1]

Career achievements

As head coach:

• Slobodan Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement (2007)
• Yugoslav League champion: 2 (with Partizan: 1975–76, 1980–81)

also

• FIBA European Champions Cup – top 6 (with Partizan: 1981–82)
• FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup – quarterfinalist (with Partizan: 1989–90)
• FIBA Korać Cup – semifinalist (with Partizan: 1974–75)

References

1. "Preminuo Borislav Reba Ćorković". b92.net. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
2. "Istorijat KK Dinamo – Period I – 1945. – 1962". kktamis.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.