Zoran Višić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Вишић; born October 13, 1956) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Ivory Coast women's national basketball team.
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| Position | Head coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 October 1956 SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1974–1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1983–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–1994 | Radnički Belgrade (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | ŽKK Beopetrol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | ŽKK Spartak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | ICIM Arad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | ŽKK Vojvodina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | ŽKK Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Mladost Zemun (men's) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | ŽKK Hemofarm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | ICIM Arad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Singapore Falcons (men's) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Chabibeh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | India (women's) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | India (men's) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Ivory Coast (women's) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaching career
editMen's basketball
editVišić coached the Mladost Zemun of the Serbian B League during 2008–09 season. He coached Singapore Pro-Am team Falcons during 2015–16 season.[1][2]
Women's club basketball
editVišić coached Beopetrol, Budućnost Podgorica and Spartak of the First Women's League of FR Yugoslavia. In 2001, he had signed for the Romanian team ICIM Arad where he stayed for one season.
Višić was a head coach of the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg from 2002 to 2006. He won EuroLeague Women and Russian Women's Premier League in 2002–03 season.[3]
In 2006, he came back to Serbia and signed for the Vojvodina. In November 2006, he became the head coach for the Crvena zvezda. He lost the 2006–07 season Serbian League finals from Hemofarm. In November 2007, he got released as the head coach of the Zvezda. On July 17, 2009, he signed for the Hemofarm.[4] He got fired in February 2010.[5] In 2011, Višić became a head coach of ICIM Arad for his second time.[6]
In October 2016, Višić was named a head coach of the Lebanese Women's First Division team Chabibeh.[7][2] He left in May 2017.[8]
National teams
editYugoslavia
editVišić was an assistant coach of the FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro women's national teams that participated at the EuroBasket Women 1995 and at the EuroBasket Women 2003.[9] He was a head coach of the FR Yugoslavia women's national under-16 team that won silver medal at the 1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women.
India
editOn June 1, 2017, Višić was named as a head coach of the India women's national team.[10][11][2][12] He won the gold medal at the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup – Division B.[13][14] He was a head coach of India women's national under-16 team that won the gold medal at the FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship Division B.[15]
In early November 2017, Višić was named as a head coach of the India men's national team.[15][16]
Career achievements and awards
edit- EuroLeague Women champion: 1 (with UMMC Ekaterinburg: 2002–03)
- Russian Women's Premier League champion: 1 (with UMMC Ekaterinburg: 2002–03)
- Russian Women's Cup winner: 1 (with UMMC Ekaterinburg: 2004–05)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Tagawa Basketball vs Falcons Basketball". sportstg.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "Zoran Visic announced as new Head Coach of the Indian National Women's Team". ekalavyas.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Team History of UMMC". basket.ugmk.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Zoran Višić novi trener Hemofarma". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Miroslav Popov novi trener košarkašica Hemofarma". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Višić na klupi šampiona Rumunije". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Al Chabibe's New Head Coach". sports-961.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "J. D. Barnes hired as Chabibeh Chiyah head coach". probasketballoverseas.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Serbia & Montenegro 2003 EuroBasket Woman team". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Basketball Federation of India appoints Zoran Visic women's team coach". indianexpress.com. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "BFI appoints Zoran Visic womens [sic] team coach". indiatoday.in. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Zoran Visic announced as new Head Coach of the Indian National Women's Team". basketballfederationindia.org. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "India team profile". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "India clinch Division B crown in front of sellout home crowd". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Zoran Visic assigned as Head Coach for the Senior Indian Men's Team for the upcoming FIBA World Cup Qualifiers". basketballfederationindia.org. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Basketball: Zoran Visic to coach Indian men". The Hindu. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
External links
edit- Coach Profile at eurobasket.com
- Biography at promotex.org