Position Head coach Pro career 1967–1979 Nationality Serbian Name Svetislav Pesic | Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Role Basketball Player NBA draft 1971 / Undrafted Team FC Bayern Munich | |
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League German League
Euroleague Born August 28, 1949 (age 74)
Novi Sad, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia ( 1949-08-28 ) Similar People Nihad Dedovic, John Bryant, Heiko Schaffartzik, Bryce Taylor, Deon Thompson | ||
Pre season interview coach svetislav pesic fc bayern munich
Svetislav Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав Пешић, born August 28, 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.
Contents
- Pre season interview coach svetislav pesic fc bayern munich
- Svetislav pesic mehr als ein trainer trailer
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- Coaching record
- Honors
- Personal information
- Film svetislav pe i vi e od trenera
- References
Svetislav pesic mehr als ein trainer trailer
Playing career
As a player of Bosna, Pešić won the European Champions Cup (Euroleague) in 1979. 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. 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.
In November 2012, Pešić was named a head coach of the German team Bayern Munich. On 28 February 2015, he extended his contract with the club until 2017. On 24 July 2016 he left Bayern at his own request for health reasons.
Coaching record
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
Honors
As player:
As head coach:
Personal information
Along with Serbian, Pešić also possesses German citizenship. His son, Marko, is a former professional basketball player, and was an occasional member of the German national team. Jan Jagla is his son in law.