Svetislav Pešić
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | German League Euroleague |
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| Born | August 28, 1949 Pirot, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
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| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1971 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1967–1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1982–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1967–1971 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1979 | Bosna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1982–1987 | Bosna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1993 | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2000 | Alba Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | RheinEnergie Köln | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Lottomatica Roma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Akasvayu Girona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Crvena Zvezda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Power Electronics Valencia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Crvena Zvezda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–present | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Svetislav Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав Пешић, born August 28, 1949) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current basketball head coach of Bayern Munich.
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Playing career
As a player of Bosna, Pešić won the European Champions Cup (Euroleague) in 1978–79. He played for Partizan (1967–1971), and Bosna (1971–1979).
Coaching career
Pešić is also one of the most successful European basketball coaches.
He led a Yugoslavia junior team, that featured future international stars Vlade Divac, Saša Đorđević, Toni Kukoč, and Dino Rađa to victory in the 1987 FIBA World Junior Championship (later split into separate under-19 and under-21 events), defeating the USA twice during the tournament.[1] With the Yugoslavia senior side, Pešić won the 2002 FIBA World Championship, held in Indianapolis, and EuroBasket 2001 (organized by Turkey), and he also won EuroBasket 1993 (organized by Germany), as head coach of Germany.
At the club level, Pešić won the triple crown in 2003 with FC Barcelona.
On 16 November 2010, he was named the coach of Power Electronics Valencia for the rest of the 2010-11 season.[2]
In November 2012, Pešić was named a head coach of the German team Bayern München.[3] On 28 February 2015, he extended his contract with the club until 2017.[4]
Honors
As player:
- Yugoslav League champion: 1977-78
- European Champions Cup (Euroleague) champion: 1978-79
As head coach:
- National Championships:
- Yugoslav League champion: (1983)
- 5x German League champion: (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2014)
- 2x Spanish League champion: (2003, 2004)
- National Cups:
- Yugoslav Cup champion: (1984)
- 2x German Cup champion: (1997, 1999)
- Spanish King's Cup champion: (2003)
- European Cups:
- Korać Cup champion: (1995)
- Euroleague champion: (2003)
- FIBA EuroCup champion: (2007)
- Individual:
- 3x German League Coach of the Year: 1995-1996, 1997-1998, 1998-1999
Personal information
Along with Serbian, Pešić also possesses German citizenship. His son, Marko, was a professional basketball player, and an occasional member of the German national team. Jan Jagla is his son in law.
Notes and references
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External links
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- Svetislav Pešić at euroleague.net
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