Svetislav Pešić

Svetislav Pešić
	Pešić with Bayern Munich in 2013
Personal information
Born	28 August 1949; Pirot, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian / German
Listed height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1971 / Undrafted
Playing career	1965–1979
Position	Shooting guard
Number	15
Coaching career	1982–present
Career history
As player:
1965–1967	Pirot
1967–1971	Partizan
1971–1979	Bosna
As coach:
1982–1987	Bosna
1987–1993	Germany
1993–2000	Alba Berlin
2000–2002	FR Yugoslavia
2001–2002	RheinEnergie Köln
2002–2004	FC Barcelona
2004–2006	Lottomatica Roma
2006–2007	Akasvayu Girona
2007–2008	Dynamo Moscow
2008–2009	Crvena zvezda
2010–2011	Power Electronics Valencia
2012	Germany
2011–2012	Crvena zvezda
2012–2016	Bayern Munich
2018–2020	FC Barcelona
Career highlights and awards
	As player: EuroLeague champion (1979); Yugoslav League champion (1978); Yugoslav Cup winner (1978); As a head coach: Spanish AEEB Coach of the Year (2019); 3× Spanish King's Cup winner (2003, 2018, 2019); 2× Spanish League champion (2003, 2004); 5× German League champion (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2014); 2× German Cup winner (1997, 1999); 3× German League Coach of the Year (1996, 1998, 1999); Korać Cup champion (1995); EuroLeague champion (2003); FIBA EuroCup champion (2007); Yugoslav Cup winner (1984); Yugoslav League champion (1983);
Men's Basketball
Head Coach for FR Yugoslavia
FIBA World Cup
FIBA EuroBasket
Head Coach for Germany
FIBA EuroBasket
Head Coach for Yugoslavia
Under-19 World Cup
European Championship for Cadets

Svetislav Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав Пешић, born 28 August 1949), also known by his nickname Kari, is a Serbian professional basketball head coach, most recently for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Pešić is one of the most successful European basketball coaches.

Playing career

During his club playing career, Pešić played with Pirot (1965–1967), Partizan (1967–1971), and Bosna (1971–1979). As a member of Bosna, he won the Yugoslav Cup and Yugoslav League championship, in 1978. With Bosna, he also won the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) championship in 1979.

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.[1] In November 2012, Pešić was named the head coach of the German team Bayern Munich.[2] On 28 February 2015, he extended his contract with the club until 2017.[3] On 24 July 2016, he left Bayern at his own request, for health reasons.[4]

On 9 February 2018, he returned to FC Barcelona as the team's head coach, until the end of the season.[5]

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.[6]

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). As the head coach of the senior German national basketball team, he also won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1993 (organized by Germany).

Coaching record

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

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 at Top 16 Stage
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

Along with Serbian, Pešić also possesses German citizenship. His son, Marko (born 1976), is a former professional basketball player, and was an occasional member of the senior German national team. Former German basketball player Jan Jagla, is his son-in-law, due to his marriage with Pešić's daughter, Ivana.

References

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 2018-02-09.
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.

External links

Svetislav Pešić at acb.com (in Spanish)

Svetislav Pešić at beko-bbl.de (in German)
Svetislav Pešić at euroleague.net

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[1] Power Electronics makes Pesic new boss!

[2] "Svetislav Pesic tabbed as new coach for Bayern Munich". court-side.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[3] "Pešić vodi Bajern do 2017". b92.net (in Serbian). 28 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[4] "Svetislav Pesic leaves Bayern Munich". sportando.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[5] "Svetislav Pesic will coach Barça Lassa until the end of the season | FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 2018-02-09.

[6] 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.