Dejan Parežanin

Dejan Parežanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Парежанин; born 27 May 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach for Astana of the VTB United League and the Kazakhstan Championship.

Dejan Parežanin
Astana
PositionHead coach
LeagueKazakhstan Championship
VTB United League
Personal information
Born (1971-05-27) 27 May 1971
Zemun, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Career information
NBA draft1993: undrafted
Playing career1988–2005
PositionPoint guard
Number4, 7
Coaching career2005–present
Career history
As player:
1988–1990Partizan
1991–1992Infos RTM Beograd
1992–1994OKK Beograd
1994–1996Kikinda
1996–1999Radnički Beograd
1999–2003Igokea
2003–2005Bosna
As coach:
2005–2007Vogošća
2007–2008Bosna (assistant)
2008–2010Vogošća
2010–2011Bosna
2011Zrinjski
2014–2015Mega Basket U17
2015–2016Vojvodina Srbijagas
2017–2022Astana PC Academy
2022–presentAstana
Career highlights and awards
As player

Playing career

A point guard, Parežanin spent 17 seasons in Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 1988 to 2005. During his playing days, he played for Partizan, Infos RTM Beograd, OKK Beograd, OKK Kikinda, Radnički Beograd, Igokea and Bosna.[1] He retired as a player with Bosna in 2005.[2]

Coaching career

After retirement in 2005, Parežanin joined Vogošća as their head coach. During the 2007–08 season, he was an assistant coach for Bosna under Jure Zdovc. Later, Parežanin was again the head coach for Vogošća prior he signed for Bosna in January 2010.[1][3] He left Bosnia in April 2011.[2]

In June 2011, Zrinjski hired Parežanin as their new head coach.[2][4][5] He parted ways with Zrinjski in December 2011.[6]

In 2017, Parežanin was appointed as the head coach for the Astana Presidential Club Basketball Academy.[7] In March 2022, Astana hired Parežanin as their new head coach, following departure of Darko Russo.[8]

National teams

Parežanin was an assistant coach for the Kazakhstan national team at the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification.[9]

References
  1. "NESUĐENI KUVAR NA košarkaškom terenu". infobiro.ba. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. "Dejan Parezanin is HKK Zrinjski′s new coach". balkanleague.net. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. "Dejan Parežanin novi trener Bosne". klix.ba. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. "Parežanin dvije godine u Zrinjskom". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. "Dejan Parežanin novi trener Zrinjskog". klix.ba. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. "Razišli se Parežanin i Zrinjski". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. "Astana Presidential Sports Club Opens Basketball Academy at Nazarbayev University". astanatimes.com. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. "Parežanin za spas". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  9. "Kazakhstan at 2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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