Saša Kosović
Bosnian-Serbian basketball player and coach
 Kosović with Crvena zvezda in 2017 | |
| Bahçeşehir Koleji | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | BSL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1979-07-18) July 18, 1979 (age 44) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Nationality | Serbian / Bosnian |
| Listed height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1997–1999 |
| Coaching career | 2002–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2007–2010 | Leotar (assistant) |
| 2010–2011 | FMP (assistant) |
| 2011–2022 | Crvena zvezda (assistant) |
| 2023–present | Bahçeşehir Koleji (assistant) |
Saša Kosović (Serbian Cyrillic: Saša Kosović; born July 18, 1979) is a Serbian–Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current assistant coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the BSL.
Early life
Kosović was born in Belgrade, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to a Bosnian-Serb family. He started to train basketball at age 7 for his hometown team Bosna. He was born in the same year that Bosnia won the European Champions Cup. He trained there until 1992 when he had to move because of the war.[1]
Kosović played for Mladost from Gacko and Leotar Trebinje. After two seasons playing in the First League of Republika Srpska, he decided to retire as a player. In 1999, he moved to Belgrade, Serbia to start his professional education. Kosović earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of Belgrade in 2006. In 2014, he graduated from a program for a basketball coach.[1]
Coaching career
Early career
Kosović began his coaching career in 2002. In the first years, he worked for Belgrade-based teams; Cerak and Beoas. In 2007, he went back to Trebinje where he became an assistant coach for his former team Leotar of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After three seasons he returns to Belgrade, Serbia.[1]
In the 2010–11 season, Kosović was an assistant coach for the FMP of the Basketball League of Serbia. The FMP's head coaches were Boško Đokić and Aleksandar Petrović.[1]
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Kosović was a coach at the Bodiroga Basketball Camp in Trebinje.[1]
Crvena zvezda assistant (2011–2022)
On the start of the 2011–12 season, Crvena zvezda has added Kosović to their coaching staff as an assistant coach.[2] Since then he has been a part of coaching staffs of the Zvezda head coaches, as follows Svetislav Pešić, Milivoje Lazić, Vlada Vukoičić, Dejan Radonjić, Dušan Alimpijević, Milenko Topić, Milan Tomić, Andrija Gavrilović, Dragan Šakota, and Saša Obradović.[3][4][5] Over eleven seasons with the Zvezda, he won 20 national and Adriatic titles.
National team coaching career
In August 2022, Kosović was named an assistant coach for the Serbia national team under Svetislav Pešić. He was a staff member at EuroBasket 2022.[6]
Career achievements
- As assistant coach
- Serbian League champion: 7 (with Crvena zvezda: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22)
- Adriatic League champion: 6 (with Crvena zvezda: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22)
- Serbian Cup winner: 6 (with Crvena zvezda: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2021–22)
- Adriatic SuperCup winner: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 2018)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Saša Kosović at kkcrvenazvezda.rs". Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Lazić, Popović i Kosović pomažu Pešiću". mojacrvenazvezda.net. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "SAŠA KOSOVIĆ, TREBINJAC U ZVEZDI Ni u snovima ne bih vjerovao da ću biti u stručnom štabu Zvezde". trebinjelive.info. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "CRVENO-BELI IMAJU VAŽNU VEST ZA NAVIJAČE Stručni štab na Malom Kalemegdanu sledeće sezone se NE MENJA". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Radonjić pravi stručni štab: Birač se vraća, Kosović ostaje, traže se glavni pomoćni i kondicioni trener". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ "Holandija – tim na kojem smo oštrili zube". politika.rs. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saša Kosović.
- Profile at eurobasket.com
- Saša Kosović on LinkedIn
