Svetislav Pešić Explained

Svetislav Pešić
Weight Kg:83
Position:Head coach
Team:Serbia
Nationality:Serbian / German
Birth Date:28 August 1949
Birth Place:Novi Sad, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Draft Year:1971
Career Start:1964
Career End:1979
Career Position:Shooting guard
Career Number:15
Coach Start:1982
Years1:1964–1967
Team1:Pirot
Years2:1967–1971
Team2:Partizan
Years3:1971–1979
Team3:Bosna
Cyears1:1982–1987
Cteam1:Bosna
Cyears3:1987–1993
Cteam3:Germany
Cyears4:1993–2000
Cteam4:Alba Berlin
Cyears5:2000–2002
Cteam5:FR Yugoslavia
Cyears6:2001–2002
Cteam6:RheinEnergie Köln
Cyears7:2002–2004
Cteam7:FC Barcelona
Cyears8:2004–2006
Cteam8:Lottomatica Roma
Cyears9:2006–2007
Cteam9:Akasvayu Girona
Cyears10:2007–2008
Cteam10:Dynamo Moscow
Cyears11:2008–2009
Cteam11:Crvena zvezda
Cyears12:2010–2011
Cteam12:Power Electronics Valencia
Cyears13:2011–2012
Cteam13:Crvena zvezda
Cyears14:2012
Cteam14:Germany
Cyears15:2012–2016
Cteam15:Bayern Munich
Cyears16:2018–2020
Cteam16:FC Barcelona
Cyears17:2021–present
Cteam17:Serbia
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As a head coach:

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Svetislav "Kari" Pešić (Serbian: Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born 28 August 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Serbia men's national team.

Playing career

During 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

Club coaching career

On 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

Pešić 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

EuroLeague

|-| align="left" rowspan=3|Barcelona|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"| align="left" |2002–03|21||17||4||||Won EuroLeague Championship|-| align="left" |2003–04|20||14||6|||| align="center" |Eliminated at Top 16 Stage|-| align="left" |Valencia| align="left" |2010–11|20||11||9|||| align="center" |Eliminated in quarterfinals|-| align="left" rowspan=3|Bayern| align="left" |2013–14|24||9||15|||| align="center" |Eliminated at Top 16 stage|-| align="left" |2014–15|10||2||8|||| align="center" |Eliminated at the group stage|-| align="left" |2015–16|10||4||6|||| align="center" |Eliminated at the group stage|-| align="left" rowspan=3|Barcelona| align="left"|2017–18|8||4||4|||| align="center" |Eliminated in regular season|-| align="left" |2018–19|35||20||15|||| align="center" |Eliminated in quarterfinals|-| align="left" |2019–20|28||22||6|||| align="center" |Season cancelled|-|-class="sortbottom"| align="center" colspan=2|Career||176||103||73||||

Personal life

Along 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Svetislav Pešić u Kući slavnih . mozzartsport.com . 30 March 2021.
  2. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/78550/180 Power Electronics makes Pesic new boss!
  3. News: Svetislav Pesic tabbed as new coach for Bayern Munich. 1 March 2015. court-side.com.
  4. News: Pešić vodi Bajern do 2017.. 1 March 2015. b92.net. 28 February 2015. sr.
  5. News: Svetislav Pesic leaves Bayern Munich. 24 July 2016. sportando.com.
  6. Web site: Svetislav Pesic will coach Barça Lassa until the end of the season FC Barcelona. FC Barcelona. en-US. 9 February 2018.
  7. Book: Woolf, Alexander . Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure . Sarajevo Airport: Prisoners of War . 90–107 . 2002 . . . 0-446-52601-0 . registration . https://archive.org/details/biggamesmallworl00alex/page/90 .
  8. News: Svetislav Pešić napustio kormilo reprezentacije . Vlada Republike Srbije . 1 December 2002 . 14 November 2021 . Serbian.
  9. Web site: ZVANIČNO: Svetislav Pešić posle 20 godina na klupi reprezentacije . mozzartsport.com . 28 September 2021.
  10. News: Србија освојила бронзану медаљу на Олимпијским играма! . 10 August 2024 . kss.rs . 10 August 2024 . Serbian.