Dragan Raca is a Cypriot–Serbian basketball coach and former player. He used to be the coach of the national basketball teams of Lebanon, Cyprus and North Macedonia national basketball team. He is the current head coach of the Wuhan Dangdai in the Chinese Basketball Association.
Dragan Raca spent his professional career playing for Yugoslavia professional teams: KK Knin, BC December 22 – Belgrade, KK Zorka – Sabac, KK Sibenka – Sibenik. He continued his career in Cyprus in AEL – Limassol.
He was building a professional coaching career in Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon, Macedonia and China. He trained Cypriot AEL and Apoel, as well as Lebanese Hekmeh. Dragan Raca was named the best young coach in Europe by FIBA in 2002, and in 2005 FIBA named him the best coach in club competitions under her auspices. The basketball team of Lebanon led on the Asian’s championships in 2007 and 2009 and won a silver medal at the 2007 championship. At the 2009 Chinese Championship, he was placed in the 2010 World Cup in Turkey.
The supervisor and also the coordinator of projects supported by China’s Guangxi Teachers Education University and Guangxi University of Science and Technology, as well as 12 other faculties in China, cooperate with universities in the US, Australia and Russia.
For his contribution to humanitarian activities, he was decorated with the Order of the Republic of Serbia.
-THE BEST EUROPEAN FIBA COACH – officially nominated by FIBA in Munich (June 2004)
-The Best Coach Of The Year Euro-basket All League (2004)
-The Best Coach Of Super League FIBA Asian 2005/2006
Honorary Doctoral degree Alfa BK University
University of mathematics and natural science in Belgrade
Basketball University of Belgrade (Highest Level)
Languages: English, Russian, Greek, Ex-Yugoslav republic languages
