Saša Kosović
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Crvena zvezda | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League |
ABA League Basketball League of Serbia EuroCup |
Personal information | |
Born |
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | July 18, 1979
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–present | Crvena zvezda (assistant) |
Saša Kosović (Serbian Cyrillic: Saša Kosović; born July 18, 1979) is a Bosnian-Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently works as an assistant coach for Crvena zvezda[1] of the Basketball League of Serbia, the ABA League and the EuroCup .
Early life
Kosović was born in Sarajevo, 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 Bosna won the European Champions Cup. He trained there until 1992 when he had to move because of the war.[1]
He played for Mladost from Gacko and Leotar from Trebinje. After two seasons in the League of the Republika Srpska, he decided to retire. In 1999, he moved to Belgrade to start his professional education. Kosović graduated physical education at the University of Belgrade in 2006.[1] In 2014, he graduated program for the basketball coach.
Coaching career
Kosović began his coaching career in 2002.[1] In first years he worked for teams from Belgrade, Cerak and Beoas. In 2007, he went back to Trebinje where he became assistant coach for his former team Leotar of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After three seasons he return to Belgrade. During 2010–11 season he 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]
Since 2005, he has been a trainer at the Bodiroga Basketball Camp in Trebinje.[1]
On start of 2011–12 season Crvena zvezda has added Kosović to their coaching staff as an assistant coach.[2] Since 2011, he has been a part of coaching staffs of the Zvezda head coaches Svetislav Pešić, Milivoje Lazić, Vlada Vukoičić, Dejan Radonjić and Dušan Alimpijević.[3] He stayed on same position after current head coach Milan Tomić arrived in 2018.
Career achievements
- As assistant coach
- Serbian League champion: 4 (with Crvena zvezda: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18)
- Radivoj Korać Cup winner: 4 (with Crvena zvezda: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17)
- Adriatic League champion: 3 (with Crvena zvezda: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17)
- Adriatic Supercup winner: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 2018)