Radenko Varagić

Radenko Varagić (born 23 September 1973) is a Serbian Dutch basketball coach. He currently serves as a head coach for BAL Weert of the BNXT League.

Radenko Varagić

BAL
Position	Head coach
League	BNXT League
Personal information
Born	(1973-09-23) 23 September 1973 (age 50) Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian / Dutch
Career history
As coach:
2007	Serbia Men U20 (assistant)
2012–2013	Serbia Women U20
2019–present	Netherlands Men U16
2016–2017	BSW
2017–present	BAL
2022–present	Netherlands (interim head coach)
Career highlights and awards
As coach: Dutch Cup champion (2021)
Medals Men's Basketball Assistant Coach for  Serbia U20 European Championship 2007 Italy / Slovenia Team

Coaching career

Born in Serbia, Varagić started his coaching career in 2015 with Ribnica and during 2017 to 2011, he worked for Kraljevo, Krusevac and Novi Sad.^[1]

After a period in the youth academy of Red Star Belgrade, he moved to the Netherlands in 2014. On 13 September 2016, Varagić was appointed as head coach of BSW of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).^[2] After the 2016–17 season, the club went bankrupt and was replaced by BAL, as he took over as head coach of the club's new DBL team.^[3]

In the 2020–21 season, he coached BAL to their first playoffs appearance after finishing in eighth place. On 2 May 2021, Varagić won the 2021 DBL Cup with his team after beating Yoast United in the final.^[4]

On 6 October 2022, Varagic was appointed as interim head coach of the Netherlands national team after the firing of Maurizio Buscaglia.^[1] He was already coaching Netherlands U-16 since 2019.

Personal

Varagić received the Dutch nationality in 2022.^[1] He is married to Vesna and has six children.^[5]

Coaching record

Dutch Basketball League

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Result
BSW	2016–17	28	4	24	.143
BAL	2017–18	28	4	24	.143
BAL	2018–19	34	5	29	.147
BAL	2019–20	24	9	15	.375
BAL	2020–21	21	12	9	.571	Quarterfinalist
Career		135	34	101	.252

References

1. "Radenko Varagic aangesteld als interim-bondscoach van de Nederlandse basketballers". Basketball.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
2. "Radenko Varagic nieuwe hoofdcoach BSW | 1Limburg | Nieuws en sport uit Limburg". 1limburg.nl. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
3. "Eredivisie basketbal Nederland, basketballleague.nl". basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
4. "Basketball Academie Limburg uit Weert verovert nationale beker". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
5. Derckx, Maartje (2021-12-01). "Een dag met: Radenko Varagic". Weert Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-06.