Marko Barać ( sr-cyr, Марко Бараћ; born 18 March 1989) is a Serbian professional

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for Mega Basket of the

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Coaching career

In 2009, Barać joined a

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as an assistant coach. In 2011, he joined the Crvena zvezda under-18 team as an assistant coach, as well. For the 2013–14, Barać was the head coach for We're Basket Ortona of the Italian 3rd-tier

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. Barać was an assistant coach for

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during the

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under

Dejan Mijatović Dejan Mijatović ( sr, Дејан Мијатовић; born September 14, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who currently serves as the head coach for KK Borac Čačak, Borac Čačak of the Basketball League of Ser ...

. Barać coached Belgrade-based team KK Torlak for two seasons, between 2016 and 2019. In the 2018–19 KLS season, Barać was head coach for Mladost Zemun. In August 2019, Barać joined Bosnian team Igokea as an assistant coach. Occasionally, he was the interim head coach due to health issues of the Igokea head coaches Aleksandar Trifunović (October 2019) and Dragan Bajić (January 2022). He left Igokea in June 2022. On 20 June 2022, Mega Basket hired Barać as their new head coach.

National team coaching career

Between 2012 and 2014, Barać was an assistant coach for Serbian youth teams led by head coach

, winning three medals. In August 2012, he won a bronze medal with Serbia U18 at the

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. With the Serbia under-19 team he won a silver medal at the

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. In July 2014, Barać won a bronze medal with Serbia U20 at the

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Career achievements

;As assistant coach * Bosnian League champion: 2 (with Igokea: 2019–20, 2021–22) *

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winner: 2 (with Igokea: 2020–21, 2021–22)

References

External links

Coach Profile
at eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Barac, Marko 1989 births Living people KK Igokea coaches KK Mladost Zemun coaches Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy Serbian expatriate basketball people in Poland Sportspeople from Belgrade