| Mirko Pavlović | |
| League: | Basketball League of Serbia |
| Team: | Dynamic Belgrade |
| Position: | Sports Director |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality: | Serbian |
| Draft Year: | 1994 |
| College: | Southern Illinois (1990–1994) |
| Career Position: | Power forward |
| Career Number: | 11, 14 |
| Career Start: | 1989 |
| Career End: | 1999 |
| Years1: | 1989–1990, 1994–1997 |
| Team1: | Crvena zvezda |
| Years3: | 1998–1999 |
| Team3: | Sloven Ruma |
Mirko Pavlović (Serbian: Мирко Павловић; born April 21, 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He currently serves as the sports director for Dynamic Belgrade and a director of the Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall. He played college basketball for the Southern Illinois Salukis.
Pavlović was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to Tihomir and Olga Pavlović.[1] His father was a basketball player who played for Crvena zvezda during 1960s and early 1970s.[2]
Pavlović played college basketball for Southern Illinois Salukis from 1990 to 1994. He appeared in all 29 games in his senior season, 1993–94, season and averaged 11.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.[3]
Pavlović grew up with the Crvena zvezda Juniors. He began his professional career with the Zvezda in the 1989–90 season. In 1990, Pavlović moved to the United States to play college basketball for the Southern Illinois Salukis.[2]
After going undrafted in the 1994 NBA draft, Pavlović moved back to Belgrade and signed with Crvena zvezda for three more seasons.[2] He was the team captain in the 1996–97 season.
Pavlović was a member of the Yugoslavia national cadets team that won the gold medal at the 1987 European Championship for Cadets in Hungary. Over six tournament games, he averaged 3.0 points per game.[4] Pavlović was a member of the Yugoslavia national junior team that won the gold medal at the 1988 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Yugoslavia. Over three tournament games, he averaged 4.3 points per game.[5] Also, he was a team member of the Junior team that finished 5th at the 1990 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in the Netherlands. Over three tournament games, Pavlović averaged 8.0 points per game.[6]
In February 2002, Pavlović was named as the coordinator of the youth teams for Crvena zvezda. In August 2007, he got promoted to the deputy sports director. Also, he was a team manager from August 2007 to December 2008.
In March 2010, Pavlović became a general manager for Crvena zvezda. In October 2015, Davor Ristović succeeded him on that position, while he was named as a sports director. In August 2017, Pavlović left the sports director post.[7]
In November 2018, Pavlović was named as an assistant of general manager and senior advisor of basketball operations for Slovenian team Petrol Olimpija.[8] [9] [10] [11] He parted ways with Olimpija in March 2019.
On May 29, 2019, Pavlović was named as a sports director for Serbian team Dynamic Belgrade.[12]