Velimir Gašić ( sr-cyr, Велимир Гашић; born 10 May 1964) is a Serbian professional

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. He was most recently the head coach of Sloboda Užice of the

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Early life

Gašić was born in

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, in 1964, but only a year later he moved to

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, where his father get a job. He finished elementary and high school in Rijeka. earned his bachelor's degree in

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from the

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in 1986, and he also studied at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education. He first studied under professor

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at the

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, and then graduated in the

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in 1985, at the basketball department.

Coaching career

Youth system

Gašić began his coaching career in 1984 with

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from Rijeka where he coached cadet and junior team. In 1989, he moved to

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and became a coach of youth teams for Partizan.

Senior teams

In 1991, Gašić was named an assistant coach for Partizan, under head coach

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. In the 1991–92 season, Partizan won the FIBA European League. Later, he coached Kikinda, the Bosnian team

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, and Radnički Belgrade. In 1999, he moved back to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he was a head coach for Borac Banja Luka and Sloboda Dita Tuzla. Gašić coached

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teams Vojvodina Srbijagas during the 2006–07 season and

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during the first part of the 2010–11 season. In 2012, for the second time Gašić was named an assistant coach for Partizan, under head coach

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. During three seasons with Partizan he won the

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championship and two

championships. On July 13, 2016, Gašić signed to be the head coach of the

OKK Sloboda Tuzla Omladinski košarkaški klub Sloboda, (), commonly referred to as Sloboda Tuzla, is a men's professional basketball club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are currently competing in the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovin ...

. They parted ways in December 2017. In July 2020, Gašić signed for the Montenegrin team Sutjeska. In March 2022, he parted ways with Sutjeska.

International teams

Gašić worked with the Serbia and Montenegro youth national teams from 2003 to 2005 and with Serbia youth national teams from 2007 to 2010. He was a head coach of the Serbia and Montenegro men's university team that won the gold medal at the

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, Turkey. Also, he was an assistant coach of the Serbia national team at the

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Career achievements

;As a head coach * Bosnia and Herzegovina League champion: 1 (with

: 1999–2000) * First League of R Srpska champion: 1 (with

: 1995–96) * Bosnian A1 League champion: 1 (with Sloboda Dita: 2001–02) ;As an assistant coach *

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champion: 1 (with Partizan: 1991–92) *

champion: 1 (with Partizan:

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) *

champion: 2 (with Partizan:

, 2013–14) * Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with Partizan: 1991–92)

References

External links

Coach Profile
at eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Gasic, Velimir 1964 births Living people KK Borac Banja Luka coaches KK Metalac coaches KK Sloboda Tuzla coaches KK Sloboda Užice coaches KK Sutjeska coaches KK Vojvodina Srbijagas coaches OKK Kikinda coaches OKK Sloboda Tuzla coaches BKK Radnički coaches Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate basketball people in Croatia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro Sportspeople from Rijeka People from Aleksandrovac Yugoslav basketball coaches University of Rijeka alumni University of Sarajevo alumni Serbia and Montenegro sports coaches