Prior to joining the Pistons, Kokoskov served as an assistant with the Los Angeles Clippers from 2000-03 under then-Head Coach Alvin Gentry, becoming the first full-time, non-American assistant coach in NBA history. He also became the first European coach to hold a fulltime position with an NCAA Division I-A school when he served as an assistant at the University of Missouri during the 1999-00 season with current Milwaukee Bucks General Manager John Hammond.

The native of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, returned to his native Serbia and Montenegro to serve as the head coach of the Serbia and Montenegro national team at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 European Championships.

During the summer of 2008, Kokoskov served as the national team head coach for the Republic of Georgia in the FIBA EuroCup Division B, a tournament to qualify for the next round of the European Championships. Prior to his move to the United States, the 36-year-old instructed Yugoslavia’s top amateur and professional players for eight years, including a stint as an assistant coach for the nation’s junior national team. In 1995, he took over the head coaching duties of professional club BC Belgrade at the age of 24, making him the youngest head coach in the history of Yugoslavian basketball.

Kokoskov, who was an assistant this summer for the Suns’ Las Vegas Summer League squad, has served as an instructor internationally in the NBA’s “Basketball Without Borders” program and has administered other clinics throughout Africa and Europe.