Jelena Škerović played professional ball in Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Serbia, Poland, Czechia, Russia and Turkey, winning multiple championships. Since 2019, she’s coached the Montenegro national team.
Coach Škerović found time in her busy schedule to talk about working with former NCAA and WNBA players Natasha Mack and Taya Davis-Reimer, the naturalization process and EuroBasket qualifiers.
You mention Serbian men’s basketball coaching legend Željko Obradović, who currently is the head coach of Partizan, as the head coach who shaped your coaching style the most. Can you explain to American readers, who are unfamiliar with his achievements and approach, what made him so special and what qualities of his you’re trying to emulate?
Željko is the coach with the most trophies in EuroLeague history, he won it nine times. For me, I like how he runs the team and how his team plays the best basketball when it is most important. His ethic of work and how he manages…
