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Mirko Novosel (born June 30, 1938 in Zagreb, Croatia, formerly SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Yugoslav basketball player and coach. He was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 7th, 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 Zagreb 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.

External links

Basketball Hall of Fame page on Novosel

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

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1974 FIBA World Championship Finalists - 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

v t e 1976 Olympic Silver Medalists Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia

Georgijevski \| Kićanović \| Jelovac \| Žižić \| Jerkov \| Knego \| Slavnić \| Ćosić \| Šolman \| Varajić \| Dalipagić \| Delibašić \| Coach: Novosel

v t e 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalists Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia

D. Petrović \| A. Petrović \| Zorkić \| Žižić \| Sunara \| Mutapčić \| Hadžić \| Knego \| Radovanović \| Nakić \| Dalipagić \| Vukićević \| Coach: Novosel

v t e Cibona Zagreb 1984-85 Euroleague Champions

D. Petrović \| A. Petrović \| Knego \| Čutura \| M. Nakić \| Ušić \| Vukićević \| Arapović \| I. Nakić \| Bečić \| Lukaćić \| Coach Novosel

v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2007

Coaches	Van Chancellor Pedro Ferrándiz Phil Jackson Mirko Novosel Roy Williams

Referees	Mendy Rudolph

Teams	Texas Western

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Based in Springfield, Massachusetts

Members

Coaches (86)

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

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as players

Contributors (58)

Players (149)

Guards	Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Brennan Cervi Cooper-Dyke Cousy Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Frazier Friedman Gervin Goodrich Greer Hanson Haynes Holman Hyatt Jeannette D. Johnson E. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Lieberman Maravich Marcari Martin McDermott McGuire Meyers Monroe Mullin Murphy Page Petrović Robertson Roosma Russell Schommer Sedran Sharman Steinmetz Stockton Thomas Thompson Vandivier Wanzer West Wilkens Woodard Wooden

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

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

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches

Referees (13)

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

Teams (8)

1960 United States Olympic Team 1992 United States Olympic Team Buffalo Germans The First Team Harlem Globetrotters New York Rens Original Celtics Texas Western

Awards

Website: http://www.hoophall.com/

FIBA Hall of Fame

Inductees

Coaches (16)

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

Contributors (31)

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 Wahby Yoon

Players (31)

A. Belov S. Belov Chazalon Ćosić Cruz Dalipagić Daneu Delibašić Divac Furlong Galis González Kićanović Korać Maciel Marcari Martín Marzorati Meneghin Meyers Miller Pasos Petrović Robertson Rodríguez Ronchetti Russell Sabonis Schmidt Semjonova Zassoulskaya

Technical Officials (11)

Arabadjian Bain Belošević Dimou Hopenhaym Kassai Kostin Pfeuti Rae Reverberi Righetto

Persondata
Name	Novosel, Mirko
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player and coach
Date of birth	June 30, 1938
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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