Velimir Gašić

Velimir Gašić (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Гашић; born 10 May 1964) is a Serbian professional basketball coach for Sloboda Užice of the Basketball League of Serbia.

Velimir Gašić
Sloboda Užice
PositionHead coach
LeagueBasketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (1964-05-10) 10 May 1964
Aleksandrovac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Coaching career1984–present
Career history
As coach:
1991–1993Partizan (assistant)
1993–1995Kikinda
1995–1996Borac Banja Luka
1996–1998Radnički Belgrade
1999–2001Borac Banja Luka
2001–2003Sloboda Dita
2006–2007Vojvodina Srbijagas
2010Metalac
2012–2015Partizan (assistant)
2016–2017Sloboda Tuzla
2020–2022Sutjeska
2022–presentSloboda Užice
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Head Coach for  Serbia and Montenegro
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2005 İzmirTeam
Assistant Coach for  FR Yugoslavia
FIBA Under-21 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place1997 AustraliaUnder-21

Early life

Gašić was born in Aleksandrovac, SR Serbia, in 1964, but only a year later he moved to Rijeka, where his father get a job.[1] He finished elementary and high school in Rijeka. earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rijeka in 1986, and he also studied at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education. He first studied under professor Aleksandar Nikolić at the University of Belgrade, and then graduated in the University of Sarajevo in 1985, at the basketball department.[1]

Coaching career

Youth system

Gašić began his coaching career in 1984 with Kvarner from Rijeka where he coached cadet and junior team. In 1989, he moved to Belgrade and became a coach of youth teams for Partizan.[1]

Senior teams

In 1991, Gašić was named an assistant coach for Partizan, under head coach Željko Obradović. In the 1991–92 season, Partizan won the FIBA European League.[1] Later, he coached Kikinda, the Bosnian team Borac Banja Luka, 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.[1]

Gašić coached Serbian League teams Vojvodina Srbijagas during the 2006–07 season and Metalac[2][3] 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 Duško Vujošević. During three seasons with Partizan he won the Adriatic League championship and two Serbian League championships.

On July 13, 2016, Gašić signed to be the head coach of the OKK Sloboda Tuzla.[4][5] They parted ways in December 2017.[6][7]

In July 2020, Gašić signed for the Montenegrin team Sutjeska.[8] In March 2022, he parted ways with Sutjeska.[9]

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 2005 Summer Universiade in İzmir, Turkey. Also, he was an assistant coach of the Serbia national team at the EuroBasket 2007.

Career achievements
As a head coach
As an assistant coach

References
  1. "Došao da radi i unapredi". revija.kolubara.info. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. "Gašić trener valjevskog Metalca". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. "Metalac i Gašić raskinuli saradnju, stiže Stepandić". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. "Velimir Gašić novi trener OKK Sloboda". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. "Vratio se u Tuzlu: Velimir Gašić novi trener OKK Slobode". klix.ba. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. "Velimir Gašić više nije trener OKK Sloboda Tuzla". tuzlanski.ba. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  7. "Velimir Gašić: Nisam trener koji misli da od njega počinje i s njim završava košarka!". tuzlalive.ba. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  8. "Velimir Gašić preuzeo Sutjesku". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  9. "Gašić više nije trener Sutjeske". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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