Igor Kolaković
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Igor Kolaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Колаковић; born 4 June 1965) is a Montenegrin professional volleyball coach and former player. Since the 2025–26 season, he serves as head coach for ACH Volley.
Personal life
Igor's wife, Sandra, is a former handball national team player and former head coach of the Serbia women's national handball team. Igor received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1989 at the University of Montenegro. Aleksa Kolaković, son of Igor, is a handball player.
Career
As a player
Kolakovic played as a setter for Budućnost Podgorica and Partizan Beograd from 1979 to 1997, after which he became the head coach of the Podgorica team.
As a coach
Igor Kolaković replaced Ljubomir Travica as head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team ahead of the 2006 World Championship, after assisting him for three years. He led Serbia to a gold medal at the 2011 European Championship, and bronze in 2007 and 2013. In 2010, he achieved a great success at the 2010 World Championship, winning a bronze medal. He helped his team win two silver medals at the 2008 and 2009 World League, and a bronze one in 2010. In 2014, he resigned his post as the head coach of Serbia after eight years. At the professional club level, he won, among others, two titles of the Montenegrin Champion in 2007 and 2008 with Budućnost Podgorica, and two titles of the Slovenian Champion in 2011 and 2012 with ACH Volley. In 2017, he was appointed as a new head coach of the Iran national team. He led Iran to a bronze medal at the 2017 World Grand Champions Cup, defeating, among others, teams of the USA, France and Italy. In 2019, Iran, led by him, won their 3rd Asian Champions title. In 2020, he was dismissed as the head coach of Iran.
Honours
As a player
- CEV Challenge Cup 1989–90 – with Partizan Beograd
- Domestic 1988–89 Yugoslavian Cup, with Partizan Beograd 1989–90 Yugoslavian Cup, with Partizan Beograd 1989–90 Yugoslavian Championship, with Partizan Beograd 1990–91 Yugoslavian Championship, with Partizan Beograd
As a coach
- Domestic 2000–01 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica 2001–02 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica 2006–07 Montenegrin Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica 2006–07 Montenegrin Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica 2007–08 Montenegrin Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica 2007–08 Montenegrin Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica 2010–11 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley 2010–11 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley 2011–12 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley 2011–12 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley
External links
- at the European Volleyball Confederation
- at Volleybox.net
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded bySerbia Slobodan Kovač | Head coach of Serbia 2022–2024 | Succeeded byRomania Gheorghe Crețu |
| Preceded byArgentina Raúl Lozano | Head coach of Iran 2017–2020 | Succeeded byRussia Vladimir Alekno |
| Preceded bySerbia Ljubomir Travica | Head coach of Serbia 2006–2014 | Succeeded bySerbia Nikola Grbić |