Miodrag Perišić (basketball)

Miodrag Perišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Перишић; born 28 August 1972) is a Serbian[1] professional basketball coach, who currently serves as the head coach of Al Ittihad Alexandria of the Egyptian Basketball Super League (EBSL).

Miodrag Perišić
Perišić in 2022
US Monastir
PositionHead coach
LeagueChampionnat National A
BAL
Personal information
Born (1972-08-28) 28 August 1972
Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Coaching career1999–present
Career history
As coach:
1999–2001Avala Ada
2001–2002KK Nova Pazova
2002–2004Avala Ada
2004–2008U Cluj-Napoca
2008–2009Otopeni
2009–2011Zamalek
2011–2012Anibal Zahle
2012–2015Sibiu
2015–2016Tadamon Zouk
2016–2017Manama
2017Tadamon Zouk
2017–2018Byblos
2018Timișoara
2018–2020Beirut Club
2020–2022US Monastir
2022Al Ittihad Alexandria
2023-presentUS Monastir
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

Coaching career

Born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), Perišić started coaching Crvena zvezda youth system.[2] In 1999, he became the first head coach of newly established club Avala Ada.[3] In 2004, Perišić became the head coach of U Cluj-Napoca in Romania.[4]

The 2018–19 season with Timișoara of the Romanian Liga Națională. On 6 December 2018, he departed from Timișoara.[5] On 28 July 2020, he signed to become the head coach of the Qatar national team.[6] On January 1, 2019, Perišić signed with Beirut Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. He led the team to two finals of the Arab Club Basketball Championship in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, Perišić signed to become the head coach of US Monastir of the Tunisian Championnat National A and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). On 28 May 2022, he won the 2022 BAL Finals with Monastir.[7][8]

Perišić signed with Al Ittihad Alexandria in Egypt in June 2022.[9] He was sacked after four months after Al Ittihad was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Arab Basketball Championship. He rejoined US Monastir shortly after.[10]

National team coaching career

In 2020, Perišić coached the Qatar men's national basketball team.[11]

Honours

US Monastir
Beirut Club
Manama
  • Bahraini Supercup: (2016)

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %

BAL

Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
2022 Monastir 441.8002nd in Sahara Conference3301.000 Won BAL Championship

References


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