Jasmina Perazić (born 6 December 1960) is a Serbian-American basketball coach and a former

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player. Perazić was inducted into the

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in 2014. She is the current head coach of Division II Georgian Court University, a member of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC).

Career

Perazić competed for

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in the

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and

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. In 2014, she was inducted into

. Currently, Perazic is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Georgian Court University, an NCAA Division II University in Lakewood, NJ. After guiding the Lions to a perfect regular season (7-0) and a CACC regular season title during the COVID-19 shortened 2020–2021 season, Perazic was named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year. The Lions earned the No. 1 seed in the CACC Tournament and advanced to the CACC Finals, their first finals appearance since becoming a Division II member in 2002–2003. GCU earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II National Tournament and on March 12, 2021, won the program's first ever game at the East Regional, downing divisional foe Concordia College in the Regional Quarterfinals.

Personal life

Perazić has a daughter, Deanna Gipe (married Marello). Deanna and her wife Erica reside in New Jersey.

Achievements

* 2014 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame * 2008 ACC Tournament Legend * 2002 University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame * 1986 MVP Balkan Championships * 1985 Best Five of Europe * 1984 MVP Pre-Olympic Tournament * 1983 MVP European Championships * 1983 Most Popular Player at the World Championships, 2nd Leading Scorer of the Tournament * 1983 WBCA Kodak All American * 1983 ACC Tournament MVP * 1982 NCAA West Region All Tournament Team (Inaugural NCAA women's basketball tournament)

Coaching Awards and Accomplishments

* 2009 WBCA National Coach of the Year (District III) * 2010 WCAC Coach of the Year * 2010 Gazette Newspaper Coach of the Year * 2020-2021 CACC Coach of the Year

With Yugoslav National Basketball Team

* 1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Russia Bronze Medal * 1983 World Championships São Paulo, Brazil Placed 8th 2nd leading scorer with 17.6PPG Voted Most Popular Player of the Tournament * 1983 World University Games Edmonton, Canada Bronze Medal * 1984 Pre-Olympic Tournament Havana, Cuba MVP * 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States of America Placed 6th * 1986 Balkan Championships Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Gold Medal * 1987 European Championships Cadiz, Spain Silver Medal * 1987 World University Games Zagreb Croatia Gold Medal * MVP 1986 Balkan Championships Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina * MVP 1984 Pre Olympic Tournament Havana, Cuba * Best Five of Europe and #1 Player in Europe 1983 Hungary, 1985 Italy * Yugoslavian Cup Winner 1984 with ŽKK Voždovac (Zenski Kosarkaski Klub Vozdovac/Women's Basketball Club Vozdovac), Belgrade, Serbia (formerly Yugoslavian Women's Basketball League) * 1997

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, WNBA

References

University of Maryland Archives, FiBA Archives, FIBA.com ACC Tournament Legends, NCAA.com NCAA All Americans

External links

Hall of Fame profile
at wbhof.com

at basketball-reference.com
Georgian Court University profile
at gculions.com * * * * 1960 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Maryland Terrapins women's basketball players Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Yugoslavia Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in basketball Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United States Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany Serbian women's basketball coaches Serbian women's basketball players Shooting guards Small forwards Basketball players from Novi Sad FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia FISU World University Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Summer World University Games medalists in basketball Women's National Basketball Association players from Serbia Yugoslav women's basketball players ŽKK Vojvodina players ŽKK Voždovac players Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Serbia and Montenegro women's basketball players Serbian emigrants to the United States Yugoslav expatriate basketball people Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate basketball people in West Germany {{Serbia-basketball-bio-stub