Nikola Stamenić

Nikola Stamenić
Personal information
Nickname
The General
BornApril 17, 1949 (1949-04-17) (age 76)
Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
Medal record
Men's Water Polo
Representing  Yugoslavia and
 Serbia and Montenegro
World Championship
1991 Perth Team (coach)
1998 Perth Team (coach)
European Championship
1991 Athens Team (coach)
1989 Bonn Team (coach)
1997 Seville Team (coach)
World Cup
1989 Berlin Team (coach)
1991 Barcelona Team (coach)
Mediterranean Games
1997 Bari Team (coach)
1991 Athens Team (coach)

Nikola Stamenić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Стаменић; born 17 April 1949), also known as "the General", is a Serbian water polo coach widely considered one of the greatest coaches in water polo history. Under his guidance, Yugoslavia men's national water polo team won the gold medal in both the 1991 World Championship in Perth and the 1991 European Championship in Athens, becoming World and European Champions in the same year. At club level he successfully coached (most notably) Olympiacos, Crvena Zvezda, Partizan, Bečej and Marseille.

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