Milivoje Lazić ( sr-Cyrl, Миливоје Лазић; born 13 May 1978) is a Slovenian-born Serbian professional
basketball coach.
Early life
Lazić was born in
Ljubljana,
SR Slovenia
The Socialist Republic of Slovenia ( sl, Socialistična republika Slovenija, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Slovenija, Социјалистичка Република Словенија), commonly referred to as Sociali ...
,
Yugoslavia (now
Slovenia). He played basketball for
Smelt Olimpija
Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...
and the
Slovenian under-14 national team. In 1991, he moved to
Belgrade
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,
Serbia, following of the
breakup of Yugoslavia
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.
In Serbia, Lazić played for
OKK Beograd and
Kolubara from Lazarevac. Due to the serious injury, he had to retire from professional basketball.
Lazić earned his master's degree from the
University of Belgrade Faculty of Sport and Physical Education.
Coaching career
Lazić began his coaching career with
FMP in Belgrade. In 1998, he became the coach for youth teams. In 2005, he got promoted to the senior squad. While working at FMP, Lazić got his first taste of the
NBA
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through
Summer League coaching stints in 2007 with the
Minnesota Timberwolves,
Utah Jazz,
Detroit Pistons and
Chicago Bulls.
In 2010, Lazić joined the
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
** AK Partizan, athletics
**Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
**Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
** FK Partizan, association fo ...
staff of head coach
Vlada Jovanović. A year later, he joined the
Crvena zvezda staff of head coach
Svetislav Pešić.
After the end of
2011–12 season and resign of coach Pešić, Lazić become the head coach of Crvena zvezda. Later, Lazić got fired on 4 October 2012 after two consecutive losses in the first two games at the start of the
2012–13 Adriatic League season.
In June 2013, he was named the head coach of
Śląsk Wrocław of the
Polish Basketball League.
In February 2020, Lazić became the head coach of the
Partizan under-19 selection. On 30 October 2020, he was named the interim head coach of Partizan, following departure of
Vlado Šćepanović. In his Partizan debut on 31 October, Lazić led the team to a 90–84 overtime loss to
Igokea in the
Adriatic League. He finished his stint as the interim head coach with a 0–1 record on 5 November.
In September 2021,
Dunav
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
added Lazić as their new head coach following a cooperation agreement with Partizan.
See also
*
List of KK Crvena zvezda head coaches
*
List of KK Partizan head coaches
References
External links
Milivoje Lazićat eurobasket.com
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1978 births
Lazic, Milivoje
KK Crvena zvezda head coaches
KK Crvena zvezda assistant coaches
KK Kolubara players
KK Partizan coaches
OKK Beograd players
OKK Dunav coaches
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Poland
Serbian men's basketball coaches
Serbian men's basketball players
Basketball players from Ljubljana
Serbian people of Slovenian descent
Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Serbia
University of Belgrade Faculty of Sport and Physical Education alumni
Yugoslav men's basketball players