Bogdan Karaičić ( sr-cyr, Богдан Караичић; born 31 July 1984) is a Serbian professional

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. He is currently the

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of the Armenia national team and an assistant coach for Partizan of the

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(KLS), the

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and the

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Coaching career

Bogdan Karaičić started his coaching career back in 2004 in Hungary where he worked as a youth coach in several clubs. He was one of the founder of Szentendrei Kosárlabda SE. During his youth coaching Karaičić won several medals in youth competitions. Karaičić joined the Danish club Hørsholm 79ers in 2009 and first served as a coach in their

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. With U18 team Karaičić won 2nd place in Danish League and in international Scania Cup which is international basketball championship for all youth teams from Nordic countries. In the 2010–11 season, he was assistant coach of the club's men's team in the Danish League. In the 2011–12 season, he was named Hørsholm head coach. In his first season as a head coach Karaičić was leading the Hørsholm 79ers to the

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final where the team lost to Bakken Bears. On 9 December 2013, he was named a head coach of

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of the Danish League. Karaičić won two bronze medals with Team FOG Næstved before he decided to leave the club. In August 2018, Karaičić was named as an assistant coach for Lokomotiv Kuban of the Russian

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, where season before he worked as a scout. On 15 November 2019, Karaičić was appointed as an interim head coach, leading team in 5 season games. On 10 June 2020, head coach

Saša Obradović Saša Obradović (Anglicized: Sasha Obradovic; sr-Cyrl, Саша Обрадовић, ; born 29 January 1969) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Standing at , he played in the guard position for Crvena zvezda, Limoges, ...

added Karaičić to the

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coaching staff as an assistant. Karaičić left the Zvezda following the departure of coach Obradović in December 2020. In May 2021, Karaičić was named an assistant coach for Mega Soccerbet under

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. He helped the team to reach Serbian Super League Finals where they lost to Crvena zvezda. Anyhow reaching the Finals was one of the historic result of Mega since it was first time in the club history that they played Serbian League finals. In August 2021, he was named an assistant coach for Partizan under

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. As an interim coach for Partizan in June 2025, caused by a four-game suspension for Obradović in the

Playoff, Karaičić won his maiden championship trophy as a head coach, after winning over Spartak Subotica in the finals with 2–0.

National teams

Karaičić was an assistant coach of the U20 Denmark team at the 2011 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B in

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was an assistant coach of the U18 Denmark team at the

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and

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, which got relegated to the Division B. Karaičić was the head coach of the U18 Denmark team at the

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and 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B in

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. He finished his stint as the U18 Denmark head coach with an 8–8 record at two U18 Division B Championships. In January 2020, coach

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added Karaičić to the Serbia national team staff as a scout.

Career achievements

;As assistant coach * Russian Cup winner: 1 (with Lokomotiv Kuban: 2018) *

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champion: 2 (with Partizan: 2022–23, 2024–25) ;As head coach *

champion: 1 (with Partizan: 2024–25)

References

External links

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EuroLeague Profile

Profile
at eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Karaicic, Bogdan 1984 births Living people KK Crvena zvezda assistant coaches KK Partizan coaches PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Denmark Serbian expatriate basketball people in Hungary Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian men's basketball players Serbian basketball scouts Sportspeople from Užice 21st-century Serbian sportsmen