Toronto Raptors hire Simovic as an assistant

Toronto Raptors decided to add the University of California, LA assistant basketball coach Ivo Simovic to their coaching staff as he will also continue to work as an assistant in Toronto.

Sources: UCLA basketball assistant Ivo Simovic is finalizing a deal to become a Toronto Raptors assistant coach. He joins the staff of fellow Serbian Darko Rajakovic, who he has worked with previously in Serbia and Spain. pic.twitter.com/rTHL6KTXJB

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) June 26, 2023

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He joins his Serbian compatriot Darko Rajakovic, the franchise’s head coach, as the pair already worked together in their native country and Spain.

Simovic entered the Bruins program in the summer of 2022 after being an assistant coach at Loyola University Maryland for 4 years between 2018 and 2022.

Ivo was part of the UCLA 31-6 overall record in the past season, as they clinched their 1^st Pac-12 Conference regular-season title for the 1^st time since 2013 and progressed to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16.