Rođen 28. oktobra 1928. godine u Sarajevu a preminuo 12. marta 2000. godine u Beogradu.
Izuzetno velika volja, želja za znanjem i upornost, tri su osnovne karakteristike čoveka koga su svi u u košarkaškom svetu svi znali kao - "Profesor", često nazivan i ocem jugoslovenske košarke.
Trener reprezentacije Jugoslavije postao je 1954.godine posle zapažene igračke karijere (Obilić, Partizan, Zvezda, reprezentacija) i po mnogo čemu ostao zabeležen kao "naj". Prvi je osvojio medalju, prvi je porazio Amerikance, prvi je "uzeo meru" Sovjetima, prvi je odlazio da uči u Ameriku. U kolekciju medalja je uneo svetsku zlatnu -Manila '78, i srebrnu - Rio de Zaneiro '63, četiri evropske medalje to upotpunjuju (zlato - Lijež 1978. godine, srebro u Beogradu 1961. godine i Moskva 1965. godine i bronza u Vroclavu 1963. godine. Dužnost trenera državne reprezentacije preuzeo je od Nebojše Popovića posle EP u Moskvi 1953. godine i na toj funkciji bio sve do 1965. godine i kasnije ponovo od 1976. do 1978. godine.
Kao prvi trener vodio je sledeće klubove: Partizan, OKK Beograd, Petrarka Padova, Injis Vareze, Crvena Zvezda, Fortitudo Bolonja, Borac Čačak, Sinudine Bolonja, Rejer Venecija, Skavolini Pezaro i Udine. Osvojio je sve klupske trofeje na svetu, a remek delo napravio je kao trener u Italiji sa Injisom iz Varezea osvojivši tri titule prvaka Evrope. Kroz naslednike ostavio je pravo bogatstvo našoj košarci. Bio je učitelj Bogdanu Tanjeviću, Božidaru Maljkoviću I Željku Obradoviću.
"Otac jugoslovenske košarke" kako su ga evropski novinari često nazivali dva puta je bio izabran za trenera godine u Evropi (1966 i 1976) a u junu 1999. godine postao je član "Kuće Slavnih" u Springfildu.
Klupski trofeji: Kup Jugoslavije (OKK Beograd 1962), Prvenstvo Jugoslavije (OKK Beograd 1963), Prvenstvo Italije (Injis Vareze 1970, 1972, 1973), Kup Italije (Injis Vareze 1970, 1971, 1973), Kup šampiona (Injis Vareze 1970, 1972, 1973)

 
   
 

 

 
 
  The Association of the basketball coaches of Yugoslavia, with approximately 1000 members, certainly is among the most numerous in Europe, and according to the number of quality top coaches and the programme of its activities and results, it surely serves as a model.
legendary coach Slobodan Piva Ivković is the creator of establishing such a modern coach organization, that was put into the function of the overall development of basketball game. With the group of enthusiasts and respectable coaches such as Ranko Žeravica, Slobodan Ćela Mićović, Dragoljub Pljakić and other, he realized his vision with the creation of the Association of basketball coaches of Serbia - in 1972. Piva became its first president. The secretaries of the Association were: Đorđe Najšteter (89-91), Minić Milan - Slovenac (91-92), Nikola Jovanović (92-93), Aco Petrović (92-93). Then, besides other issues, they began with planned, quality and organized education of our basketball coaches. Collecting and publishing of the expert literature, quality seminars and similar stuff became a constituent part of the activities of each coach. For those one that were proven or were promising, a stay in the USA was organized, what later turned out to be the capital step of the Association. Among those that visited the USA were: Božidar Maljković, Slobodan Koprivica, Dušan Ivković, Željko Gagić, Luka Stančić and Predrag Kuzmanović.
At one of the coach seminars, in 1991 on Igman the Association of the basketball coaches of Yugoslavia was established, as a unique association of basketball coaches whose first president was Piva until 1996. In the meantime the Association acquired great reputation also outside the borders of Yugoslavia, and this was achieved due to the contribution of its members that became the most appreciated experts in Europe, crowned with numerous titles and medals.
Since 1996 the president of the Association of basketball coaches of Yugoslavia is Dušan Ivković, and since 2002 he is also the president of the World Association of basketball coaches, what was the recognition to this respectable expert of the highest format and also the Assocation he was heading. Then a decision was made to publish the magazine "Trener" ("Coach") (head and responsible editor was Mirko Polovina), what meant a new quality in the coach education and affirmation of the ABCY results. The secretaries, as in the previous period, were again the coaches: Mile Protić (1996-99), Vlado Bošnjak (1999-2000) and since then Mirko Ocokoljić. With the modernization of the Statute, and adoption of the Codex and Book on rules on licenses, the Association completed its normative acts according to which it has been functioning. The unique contract between the club and the coach that was adopted by the Presidency of the ABCY, where it is deposited, gave a necessary security to the coaches that are protected not only by the ABCY but also by the Basketball organization of Yugoslavia.
 
     
 
  The Serbia and Montenegro Association of Basketball Coaches currently consists of 918 members. Out of them, according to the Book of Rules on License, in this competition season the right to possess the coaching license have 562 coaches out of which 170 possess the red license and 392 blue license. All coaches that do not possess the title of a coach are directed to the Basketball Academy where they can acquire the title of the operative basketball coach or senior basketball coach  
     
     










   
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