Svetislav "Kari" Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born 28 August 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Serbia men's national team.
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Playing career
editDuring his club playing career, Pešić played with Pirot (1964–1967), Partizan (1967–1971), and Bosna (1971–1979). As a member of Bosna, he won a Yugoslav Cup and a Yugoslav League championship, in 1978. Also, he won the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) championship in 1979 with Bosna.[1]
Coaching career
editClub coaching career
editOn the club level, Pešić won the triple crown in 2003, while he was the head coach of FC Barcelona. On 16 November 2010, he was named the head coach of Power Electronics Valencia, for the rest of the 2010–11 season.[2] In November 2012, Pešić was named the head coach of the German team Bayern Munich.[3] On 28 February 2015, he extended his contract with the club until 2017.[4] On 24 July 2016, he left Bayern at his own request, for health reasons.[5]
On 9 February 2018, he returned to FC Barcelona as the team's head coach, until the end of the season.[6]
National team coaching career
editPešić led the Yugoslavian junior national team, that featured future international stars Vlade Divac, Saša Đorđević, Toni Kukoč, and Dino Rađa, to a gold medal at the 1987 FIBA World Junior Championship (which was later split into separate under-19 and under-21 events), by defeating the Team USA twice during the tournament.[7]
As the head coach of the senior German national basketball team, he won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1993 (organized by Germany).
With the FR Yugoslavian senior side, Pešić won gold medals at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, which was held in Indianapolis, and the EuroBasket 2001 (organized by Turkey). He stepped down from the position on 1 December 2002.[8]
On 28 September 2021, the Basketball Federation of Serbia hired him as the new head coach for the Serbia men's national team.[9] Pešić led Serbia to silver medal at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[10]
Coaching record
edit| Legend | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win-loss % | ||
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.
EuroLeague
edit| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | ||||||
| 2002–03 | 21 | 17 | 4 | .810 | Won EuroLeague Championship | |
| 2003–04 | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | Eliminated at Top 16 Stage | |
| Valencia | 2010–11 | 20 | 11 | 9 | .550 | Eliminated in quarterfinals |
| Bayern | 2013–14 | 24 | 9 | 15 | .375 | Eliminated at Top 16 stage |
| 2014–15 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .200 | Eliminated at the group stage | |
| 2015–16 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | Eliminated at the group stage | |
| Barcelona | 2017–18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 | Eliminated in regular season |
| 2018–19 | 35 | 20 | 15 | .571 | Eliminated in quarterfinals | |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 22 | 6 | .786 | Season cancelled | |
| Career | 176 | 103 | 73 | .585 | ||
Personal life
editAlong with Serbian, Pešić also holds German citizenship. His son, Marko (born 1976), is a former professional basketball player, who represented the Germany national team in four major tournaments. Former German basketball player Jan Jagla, is his son-in-law, due to his marriage with Pešić's daughter, Ivana.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Svetislav Pešić u Kući slavnih". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Power Electronics makes Pesic new boss!
- ^ "Svetislav Pesic tabbed as new coach for Bayern Munich". court-side.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Pešić vodi Bajern do 2017". b92.net (in Serbian). 28 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Svetislav Pesic leaves Bayern Munich". sportando.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Svetislav Pesic will coach Barça Lassa until the end of the season | FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Woolf, Alexander (2002). "Sarajevo Airport: Prisoners of War". Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure. New York: Warner Books. pp. 90–107. ISBN 0-446-52601-0.
- ^ "Svetislav Pešić napustio kormilo reprezentacije" (in Serbian). Vlada Republike Srbije. 1 December 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "ZVANIČNO: Svetislav Pešić posle 20 godina na klupi reprezentacije". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Србија освојила бронзану медаљу на Олимпијским играма!". kss.rs (in Serbian). 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
External links
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- Svetislav Pešić at euroleague.net
- Svetislav Pešić at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Svetislav Pešić at beko-bbl.de (in German)