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Mihajlo Vuković
Personal information
Born	25 June 1944; Miločaj, German-occupied Serbia
Died	15 January 2021 (aged 76); Valencia, Spain
Nationality	Serbian
Career information
NBA draft	1966: undrafted
Playing career	1962–1972
Coaching career	1972–2000
Career history
As player:
1962–1965	Sloga Kraljevo
1966–1972	Sloboda Tuzla
As coach:
1972–1986	Jedinstvo Tuzla (men's youth)
1986–1990	Jedinstvo Tuzla
1989–1990	Sloboda Tuzla
1990–1995	Godella Valencia
1995–2000	Valencia Basket
Women's basketball
Head Coach for Yugoslavia
FIBA World Cup
Summer Universiade

Mihajlo "Miki" Vuković (Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло "Мики" Вуковић; 25 June 1944 – 15 January 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach.

Early life

Vuković was born in a village Miločaj near Kraljevo, German-occupied Serbia. He started to play basketball in his hometown club Sloga. In 1966, he moved to Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina where he played for Sloboda.^[1] He retired as a player with Sloboda in 1972.^[2]

Coaching career

Women's basketball

During late 1980s, Vuković was the head coach of Jedinstvo Tuzla led by Razija Mujanović. He won EuroLeague Women in 1988–89 and three Yugoslav Women's League championships.^[3]^[4]

Between 1990 and 1995, Vuković was the head coach of Valencia-based team Dorna Godella.^[5]

Men's basketball

Vuković coached his former club Sloboda Tuzla during the 1989–90 Yugoslav League season.

In 1995, Valencia Basket hired Vuković as their new head coach. He won a Spanish Men's Cup in 1998 and lost two finals, the 2000 Spanish Cup and the 1999 FIBA Saporta Cup.^[2]^[6] Vuković left the club in 2000.

National teams

In 1984, Vuković was the head coach for the Yugoslavia U16 women's team at the FIBA European Championship for Cadettes in Italy. His team finished 7th.

Vuković was the head coach for the Yugoslavia women's national team that won the silver medal at the 1990 FIBA World Championship in Malaysia.^[3]

Career achievements and awards

As head coach:

EuroLeague Women champion: 3 (with Jedinstvo Tuzla: 1988–89; with Dorna Godella: 1991–92, 1992–93)
FIBA Intercontinental Cup for Women champion: 1 (with Dorna Godella: 1991–92)
Spanish Women's League champion: 5 (with Dorna Godella: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95)
Yugoslav Women's League champion: 3 (with Jedinstvo Tuzla: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90)
Spanish Women's Cup winner: 3 (with Dorna Godella: 1991, 1992, 1994)
Spanish Men's Cup winner: 1 (with Valencia Basket: 1998)
Yugoslav Women's Cup winner: 1 (with Jedinstvo Tuzla: 1987–88)