Mirko Novosel

Mirko Novosel (born June 30, 1938 in Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian basketball player, referee and coach. He was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on 7 September 2007.

Playing career

Novosel played club basketball from 1952 to 1966.

Coaching career

As a coach, Novosel led the Yugoslavian national team to the silver medal at the 1974 FIBA World Championship, the silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and the bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

He also coached Cibona to three Yugoslav League titles, seven Yugoslav Cups, and a European Champions Cup (Euroleague) title in 1985, when he was named the European Coach of the Year.

1967-71 Lokomotiva
1971-72 Yugoslavia (Juniors)
1972-76 Yugoslavia
1976-85 Cibona (1984-85 not in domestic competitions)
.....1980 Yugoslavia (Assistant Coach)
.....1984 Yugoslavia
1986-88 Cibona
1988-90 Napoli
.....1993 Croatia

Career achievements

FIBA European Champions Cup: 1 (with Cibona: 1984-85)
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup: 2 (with Cibona: 1981-82, 1986-87)

also

FIBA European Champions Cup - top 6 (with Cibona: 1982-83)
FIBA Korać Cup - finalist (with Cibona: 1979-80, 1987-88)

Yugoslav League: 2 (with Cibona: 1981-82, 1983-84)
Yugoslav Cup: 6 (with Cibona: 1968-69 (under the name Lokomotiva), 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1987-88)

External links

Basketball Hall of Fame page on Novosel

Sporting positions
Preceded by Vladimir Kondrashin	EuroBasket Winning Coach 1973, 1975	Succeeded by Aleksandar Nikolić

Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1973 – Gold medal

4 Tvrdić 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Knežević 8 Jerkov 9 Ivković 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Dalipagić 15 Marović Coach: Novosel

Yugoslavia squad – 1974 FIBA World Championship – Silver medal

4 Tvrdić 5 Kićanović (MVP) 6 Jelovac 7 Knežević 8 Jerkov 9 Kapičić 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Dalipagić 15 Marović Coach: Novosel

Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1975 – Gold medal

4 Tvrdić 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Žižić 8 Jerkov 9 Kapičić 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Plećaš 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Novosel

Yugoslavia squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Silver medal

4 Georgievski 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Žižić 8 Jerkov 9 Knego 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Varajić 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Novosel

Yugoslavia squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal

4 D. Petrović 5 A. Petrović 6 Zorkić 7 Žižić 8 Sunara 9 Mutapčić 10 Hadžić 11 Knego 12 Radovanović 13 Nakić 14 Dalipagić 15 Vukičević Coach: Novosel

Croatia squad – EuroBasket 1993 – Bronze medal

4 Perasović 5 Rađa 6 S. Vranković 7 Tabak 8 Komazec 9 Cvjetićanin 10 Arapović 11 Alanović 12 Kovačić 13 Mršić 14 Žurić 15 Gregov Coach: Novosel

Cibona 1981–82 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Winners

Ćosić A. Petrović Knego Čutura Nakić Ušić Pavličević Bečić Gospodnetić Cetinja Bevanda Savović Coach Novosel

Cibona 1984–85 Euroleague Champions

4 M. Nakić 5 A. Petrović 6 Bečić 7 Čutura 10 D. Petrović 11 Knego 12 Vukičević 13 Ušić 14 I. Nakić 15 Arapović Coach Novosel

Cibona 1986–87 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Winners

D. Petrović A. Petrović Cvjetićanin Knego Čutura Nakić Arapović Ušić Vukičević Bečić Razić Coach Drvarič / Novosel

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2007

Coaches	Van Chancellor Pedro Ferrándiz Phil Jackson Mirko Novosel Roy Williams

Referees	Mendy Rudolph

Teams	1965–66 Texas Western Miners

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Based in Springfield, Massachusetts

Members

Coaches (100)

Alexeeva Allen Anderson Auerbach Auriemma Barmore Barry Blood Boeheim Brown Calhoun Calipari Cann Carlson Carnesecca Carnevale Carril Case Chancellor Chaney Conradt Crum Daly Dean Díaz-Miguel Diddle Drake Ferrándiz Gaines Gamba Gardner Gaze Gill Gomelsky Gunter Hannum Harshman Haskins Hatchell Heinsohn Hickey Hobson Holzman Hurley Iba Izzo Jackson Julian Keaney Keogan Knight Krzyzewski Kundla Lambert Leonard Lewis Litwack Loeffler Lonborg Magee McCutchan A. McGuire F. McGuire McLendon Meanwell Meyer Miller Moore Nelson Nikolić Novosel Olson Pitino Ramsay Richardson Riley Rubini Rupp Rush Sachs Sharman Shelton Sloan Smith Stringer Summitt Tarkanian Taylor Teague Thompson VanDerveer Wade Watts Wilkens G. Williams R. Williams Wooden Woolpert Wootten Yow

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as players Italics indicates those who are also inducted as contributors.

Contributors (67)

Abbott Barksdale Bee Biasone H. Brown W. Brown Bunn Buss Clifton Colangelo Cooper Davidson Douglas Duer Embry Fagan Fisher Fleisher Gavitt Gottlieb Granik Gulick Harrison Hearn Henderson Hepp Hickox Hinkle Irish Jones Kennedy Knight Lemon Liston Lloyd McLendon Mokray Morgan Morgenweck Naismith Newell Newton J. O'Brien L. O'Brien Olsen Podoloff Porter Raveling Reid Reinsdorf Ripley Sanders Saperstein Schabinger St. John Stagg Stanković Steitz Stern Taylor Tower Trester Vitale Wells Wilke Winter Zollner

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches.

Players (174)

Guards	Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Brennan Cervi Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Frazier Friedman Gervin Goodrich Greer Guerin Hanson Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette D. Johnson E. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGuire Meyers R. Miller Monroe Murphy Page Payton Petrović Phillip Posey Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma Russell Schommer Sedran Sharman Staley Steinmetz Stockton Swoopes Thomas Thompson Vandivier Wanzer West White Wilkens Woodard Wooden

Forwards	Arizin Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bradley R. Brown Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dantley DeBusschere Dehnert Endacott English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Howell G. Johnson King Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Pettit Pippen Pollard Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes Thompson Twyman Walker White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley

Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel W. Johnson Johnston Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Pereira Reed Risen Robinson Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Thurmond Unseld Wachter Walton Yao

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches

Referees (16)

Bavetta Enright Garretson Hepbron Hoyt Kennedy Leith Mihalik Nichols Nucatola Quigley Rudolph Shirley Strom Tobey Walsh

Teams (10)

1960 United States Olympic Team 1992 United States Olympic Team All American Red Heads Buffalo Germans The First Team Harlem Globetrotters Immaculata College New York Renaissance Original Celtics Texas Western

Awards

FIBA Hall of Fame inductees

Coaches (20)

Alexeyeva Díaz-Miguel Donohue Ferrándiz A. Gomelsky E. Gomelsky Gaze Iba Kondrashin Newell Nikolić Novosel Primo Rubini Smith Soares Stirling Summitt Yow Žeravica

Contributors (32)

Airaldi Rivarola Ashry Atakol Bouffard Busnel Calvo Carneiro Dos Reis Greim Hepp Jones Killian Kozlowski López Martín Naismith Otto Pitzl Popović Ramsay Šaper Saporta Scuri Seguro de Luna Semashko Seye Moreau Stanković Steitz Ueda Vitale Wahby Yoon

Players (43)

Technical officials (14)

Arabadjian Bain Belošević Blanchard Dimou Hopenhaym Kassai Kostin Lazarov Pfeuti Rae Reverberi Rigas Righetto

Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport – Life Achievement

Mirko Novosel (1991)
Franjo Frntić (1992)
Miljenko Finderle (1993)
Herman Vukušić (1994)
Rudolf Carek, Nikola Turk (1995)
Milan Blašković, Marijan Malović (1996)
Filip Ćurković, Zdravko Kovačević (1997)
Josip Marić, Boris Volščanšek (1998)
Vladimir Findak, Katica Ileš (1999)
Miloš Marković, Matija Ljubek (2000)
Zlatko Šimenc, Slavko Podgorelec (2001)
Žarko Dolinar, Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović (2002)
Milan Antolković, Vicko Lučić (2003)
Miro Mihovilović, Antun Vrdoljak (2004)
Irislav Dolenec, Vicko Šoljan (2005)
Nikola Jurković, Stjepan Korbar, Veljko Rogošić (2006)
Miroslav Blažević, Ante Pavlović, Žarko Susić (2007)
Ivo Cipci, Željko Mataja, Josip Modrić (2008)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 68703072

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