Luka Stančić

Luka Stančić (; 1939 – 2 January 1990) was a Serbian basketball coach and player.

Coaching career 
Stančić had three stints with his hometown team Metalac. Also, he coached Vojvodina and Sarajevo-based powerhouse Bosna. He spent a year coaching in Kuwait in the late 1980s.

International career 
Stančić coached Yugoslavia cadet national team at two European Championships for Cadets. He won the gold medal at the 1979 Championship in Damascus, Syria and the silver medal at the 1977 Championship in Le Touquet and Berck, France.

Stančić coached Yugoslavia junior national team at three European Championships for Juniors. He won the gold medal at the 1976 Championship in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, the silver medal at the 1980 Championship in Yugoslav city Celje, and the bronze medal at the 1978 Italy in Roseto degli Abruzzi and Teramo, Italy. FIBA Hall of Fame coach Dušan Ivković was his assistant in 1976.

Stančić was an assistant coach of the Yugoslavia national team that won the bronze medal at the 1982 FIBA World Championship. Ranko Žeravica was a head coach of the Yugoslavia.

Legacy 
The Luka Stančić Memorial Tournament is a boy's youth age international basketball tournament organized to honor Stančić. It was inaugurated in 2012.

References

Category:1939 births
Category:1990 deaths
Category:KK Bosna Royal coaches
Category:KK Metalac coaches
Category:KK Metalac Valjevo players
Category:KK Vojvodina coaches
Category:Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category:Serbian expatriate basketball people in Kuwait
Category:Serbian men's basketball players
Category:Serbian men's basketball coaches
Category:Sportspeople from Valjevo
Category:Yugoslav men's basketball players
Category:Yugoslav basketball coaches