CURRICULUM VITAE
Dragan Raca
FIBA coach license No: 2007018623
email: draganraca@hotmail.com
dargan.raca@yahoo.com
dragan.raca@skype.greece
mob: 00 357 99 51 88 04 -- Cyprus
00 861 367 97 28602 -China
EDUCATION
Basketball University of Belgrade (Highest Level)
University of mathematics and natural science in Belgrade.
Languages: English, Russian, Greek,
Ex-Yugoslav republic languages
PLAYING CAREER
Yugoslavia Zorka-Šibenka-Kvarner-Partizan
Cyprus Aris-AEK-Keravnos-AEL
National team of Cyprus (after gaining naturalization) 1994-1999
•Achievements
Three times best scorer of former Yugoslavia A1
Four times best scorer of Cyprus A1 and the best scorer in the history of Cyprus basketball
COACHING CAREER
Cyprus
AEL (A1) 2002-2003
AEL (A1) 2003-2004
AEL (A1) 2004-2005
Greece
Iraklis (A1) 2005
Lebanon
Sagesse (A1) 2006
Cyprus
Apoel (A1) 2007
Greece
Olimpias Patra (A1) 2008
Cyprus
AEL (A1) 2009
China
Guangzhou FREE MAN NBL, (2010-2011)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Champion of Cyprus (Eka -- AEL)-club won the title after 15 years
Winner Championship season 2002/2003-best defensive team(average 62 points)
Winner Championship season 2003/2004-best defensive team(average 65 points)-best offensive team (86 points)-only one lost game in season
Winner Championship season 2004/2005-best defensive team (average 68 points)
Winner of the National Cup-after 18 years Season 2003/2004-no lost game
Winner of Super cup Season 2003/2004+ FIBA Euroleague-best defensive team(average 61 points)
Winner of FIBA Euro Challenge Cup Season 2002/2003 (10 straight victories in 10 games - unbeaten record)
Nominated for the Coach of the year in all sports in Cyprus in 2003, 2004, 2005
Nominated for The best basketball coach in Cyprus in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009.
THE BEST ROOKIE FIBA COACH EUROPE - nominated by FIBA in 2003.
THE BEST EUROPEAN FIBA COACH -officially nominated by FIBA in Munich (June2004)
THE BEST COACH OF THE YEAR EUROBASKET ALL LEAGUE (2004)
COACH OF THE EUROPEAN TEAM ( All star game) Europe vs. Rest of the world -Kiev 2004
COACH OF THE EUROPEAN TEAM ( All star game) Europe vs. Rest of the world -Nicosia 2005
His team EKA-AEL was nominated for the team with best defense in FIBA Euroleague in season 2003/2004 (22 games - 17 victories)
WINNER OF SUPER LEAGUE FIBA ASIAN 2005/2006.
Sagesse (Lebanon) (13 games - 11 victories) season 2005/2006, best defensive team(59 points) -National cup finalist and finalist of Championship
THE BEST COACH OF SUPER LEAGUE FIBA ASIAN 2005/2006
Season 2007 (APOEL NOCOSIA)-finalist of Championship
-best defensive team (average 65 points)
WINNER SUPER CUP 2008/2009
WINNER NATIONAL CUP 2008/2009
AEL PROTEAS EKA - 1st Place after regular season
-best defensive team (average 67 points)-REGULAR SEASON
-best offensive team (average 88 points)-REGULAR SEASON
FIBA EUROCHALLENGE CUP FINAL FOUR -- BOLOGNIA 2009
EUROCHALLENGE FIBA CUP RECORD: 20 wins -- 3 lost games
NBA SUMMER LEAGUE COACH 2010
COACHING CAREER -- NATIONAL TEAMS
HEAD COACH OF NATIONAL TEAM OF CYPRUS 2004-2005 -- WON THE GOLAD MEDAL on the B Olympics European Championship in Andorra (June 2005, NO GAME LOST)
HEAD COACH OF NATIONAL TEAM OF LEBANON 2007, 2009
Head coach of the National team of Lebanon 2007 - Winner of the SILVER MEDAL on the Asian Championship in Japan ( won the rights to take a part in FIBA Olympic Qualification Beijing - China 2008.) between 16 teams
-best offensive team (average 86 points)
-best defensive team (average 67 points)
WINNER OF SILVER MEDAL on Williams Jones Cup International tournament (China 2007)
WINNER OF THE BRONZE MEDAL on Williams Jones Cup International tournament (China 2009) -best defensive team (average 69 points)
HEAD COACH OF NATIONAL TEAM OF LEBANON 2009.
Asian Championship in China 2009. qualification on World Championship in Turkey
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
Coach and supervisor in many summer camps all around Europe and Asia.
Supervisor and organizer of the FREMA international camp 2004 (Europe - Cyprus, Asia -Lebanon, S.America -Brazil)
Author of the program for the first FIBA summer basketball camp in Bulgaria 2004.
Instructor of the national program for sport infrastructure support (E.S.Y.A.A. Greece,Cyprus) for four consecutive years
Instructor of the coaches School China Basketball Federation National. Previews
coaches are Dell Harris and Pat Riley.
BOOKS:
Wrote several books about basketball: his first one "Basketball" (1998) was
translated on eight languages and sold in 68.000 copies. All proceeds from the book Dragan Raca donated to chairity, international organization "SOS VILAGE",children without parents.
"Scouting" (1999)
"Physical preparation of professional teams(2000),
"Basic of Basketball" (2001),
"Offence technical analysis "(2008),
"Defense technical analysis" (2008)
"Scouting analysis" (2008)
This books are now used as school books on Sport Universities.
His method for physical preparation is officially approved by INDIANA UNIVERSITY in USA.
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