Oliver Kostić

Oliver Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Костић; born 20 February 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball coach for Manisa Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and an assistant coach for the Serbia national team.

Oliver Kostić

Manisa Basket
Position	Head coach
League	BSL
Personal information
Born	(1973-02-20) 20 February 1973 (age 52) Pirot, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1995: undrafted
Playing career	1991–1996
Position	Guard
Coaching career	1997–present
Career history
As a coach:
1997–2001	Alfa Niš
2001–2002	Pirot
2003–2004	Mitteldeutscher (assistant)
2004–2005	Braunschweig (assistant)
2005–2006	Lottomatica Roma (assistant)
2007–2008	Dynamo Moscow (assistant)
2008–2010	Crvena zvezda (assistant)
2010–2013	Žalgiris (assistant)
2011	Baltai Kaunas
2013–2014	Academic Sofia
2014–2018	Bayern Munich II
2018–2020	Bayern Munich (assistant)
2020	Bayern Munich
2021–present	Serbia (assistant)
2022–2023	Spartak Subotica
2023–2024	Juventus Utena
2025–present	Manisa Basket
Career highlights
As head coach Lithuanian League Coach Of The Year (2024) As assistant coach: German League champion (2019) NBA G League International Challenge champion (2019) 3× Lithuanian League champion (2011–2013) 2× Lithuanian Cup champion (2011–2012) 2× Baltic League champion (2011–2012) FIBA Europe Cup champion (2004)

Coaching career

Between 2005 and 2010, Kostić was an assistant coach for Lottomatica Roma (Italy), Dynamo Moscow (Russia), and Crvena zvezda (Serbia); all under head coach Svetislav Pešić.

In April 2018, when Montenegrin coach Dejan Radonjić took over the Bayern Munich first team, Kostić advanced into his coaching team. On 7 January 2020, Bayern Munich parted ways with Dejan Radonjić and appointed Kostić as the new head coach for the rest of the 2019–20 season.^[1]

On 7 June 2023, Kostić was announced as the head coach for Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).^[2] On 4 June 2024, Kostić was named LKL Coach of the Year after leading Juventus to a fourth place finish in the regular season.^[3]

On August 4, 2025, he signed with Manisa Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).^[4]

National team coaching career

See also: 2022 Serbia EuroBasket team

In November 2021, Kostić was named an assistant coach for the Serbia national team under Svetislav Pešić.^[5] He was a staff member at EuroBasket 2022^[6] and the 2023 FIBA World Cup.