Rado Trifunović

Radovan "Rado" Trifunović (Slovene pronunciation: [râdoʋaːn trifǔːnoʋitɕ]; born 25 January 1973) is a Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current assistant coach for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague.

Rado Trifunović

Anadolu Efes
Position	Assistant coach
League	BSL EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1973-01-25) 25 January 1973 (age 52) Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Slovenian
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
College	Shaw (1996–1997)
NBA draft	1996: undrafted
Playing career	1993–2008
Position	Forward
Coaching career	2008–present
Career history
As a player:
1993–1996, 1997–1998	Helios Domžale
1998–1999	Hopsi Polzela
1999–2001	Helios Domžale
2001–2002	Leiria
2002–2003	Koper
2003–2004	Šentjur
2004–2007	Litija
As a coach:
2008	Helios Domžale (assistant)
2008–2010, 2010–2011	Helios Domžale
2011	Zlatorog Laško
2015–2017	Slovenia (assistant)
2017–2020	Slovenia
2020–2024	Fenerbahçe Beko (assistant)
2024–2025	Bahçeşehir Koleji (assistant)
2025–present	Anadolu Efes (assistant)
Career highlights
As assistant coach: 2× Turkish League champion (2022, 2024)
Medals Men's basketball Assistant coach for  Slovenia EuroBasket 2017 Turkey

Coaching career

Slovenia (2017–2020)

On 10 October 2017, after Igor Kokoškov's contract expired, Trifunović was appointed the head coach of the Slovenian men's national team.^[1] Before he became Slovenia head coach, he has worked as an assistant coach under Kokoškov who led the team to the gold medal at the 2017 EuroBasket.^[2]

On 28 March 2020, Basketball Federation of Slovenia parted ways with Trifunović.^[3]