Radomir Kovačević (20 March 1954 in Drvar — 14 June 2006 in Belgrade) was a Serbian and Yugoslav Olympic judoka and coach.

In the summer of 1971, after wrestling practice, Kovačević had decided to change sports yet again, when he saw small Japanese man "throwing people like paper airplanes", as he put it, at a local Judo club.

He was a coach at The Dwight School in Manhattan and trained many champions in various sports including wrestling, tennis, basketball, and sailing, among others.

Despite the fact that the classes were usually between three and seven people full they were effective in building and attracting champion judo players.

[citation needed] On 15 June 2006, after eighteen months of fighting cancer, Kovačević died in Belgrade.