Saša Kosović

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 EuroLeague.

Saša Kosović
Kosović with Crvena zvezda in 2017
Crvena zvezda
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueABA League
Basketball League of Serbia
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1979-07-18) July 18, 1979
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian / Bosnian
Listed height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Career information
Playing career1997–1999
Coaching career2002–present
Career history
As coach:
2007–2010Leotar (assistant)
2010–2011FMP (assistant)
2011–presentCrvena zvezda (assistant)

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 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. During the 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]

Crvena zvezda

On the start of the 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 in the same position after head coach Milan Tomić arrived in 2018,[4] as well as after head coach Dušan Šakota arrived in 2019.

Career achievements
As assistant coach

References
  1. "Saša Kosović at kkcrvenazvezda.rs". web.archive.org. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. "Lazić, Popović i Kosović pomažu Pešiću". mojacrvenazvezda.net. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. "SAŠA KOSOVIĆ, TREBINJAC U ZVEZDI Ni u snovima ne bih vjerovao da ću biti u stručnom štabu Zvezde". trebinjelive.info. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. "CRVENO-BELI IMAJU VAŽNU VEST ZA NAVIJAČE Stručni štab na Malom Kalemegdanu sledeće sezone se NE MENJA". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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