Jasmin Repeša

Jasmin Repeša (born 1 June 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian professional basketball coach, and former player. He currently serves as head coach for Napoli of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Repeša has won numerous pro club competitions during his coaching career, and was also a somewhat successful basketball player during his playing days, especially with KK Čapljina early on in his pro career. His son Dino, born in 1992, is also working as a basketball coach.

Early life Repeša was a basketball player for his hometown team KK Čapljina during the 1980s.

Coaching career On 21 June 2013, Repeša was appointed head coach of Cedevita of the Croatian League. His son Dino was named his assistant. In his inaugural season, the club won the domestic league championship and managed to reach the semifinals of the ABA League playoffs. In April 2015 Repeša announced his departure from Cedevita bench at the end of the season, citing health reasons. On 25 June he officially resigned and was replaced with Veljko Mršić, his assistant.

On 26 June 2015, Repeša signed a contract to become the head coach of Italian team Olimpia Milano. In June 2017 he was sacked. On 30 December 2018, Repeša was named the head coach of Budućnost, after Aleksandar Džikić resigned. In April 2019 following a loss to Crvena zvezda in the ABA League finals, Repeša resigned.

On 23 June 2020, Repeša came back to Italy, signing a deal with Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the LBA. He decided to exit from the contract at the end of the season.

On 24 May 2021, Repeša signed a multi-year contract to come back at Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Serie A. However, on 26 September 2021, he resigned from his post after only one game of regular season.

After spending a year as the sport manager at the Croatian Basketball Federation, in June 2024, Repeša was announced as the head coach for the newly promoted Trapani Shark of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. He led the team to the best record of 22–8 in this season, including the team qualified to the 2025 Italian Basketball Cup until being eliminated by the seventh-seeded Trieste in the quarterfinals and he led the team into second place in the league's standings and reaching to the playoffs for the first time in the history. He led the team in the playoffs before being eliminated by Brescia in the semifinals. That means Repeša made his best performance in the season which the team qualified to European competitions in the following 2025–26 Basketball Champions League for the first time in history. On 4 December 2025, Repeša eventually left Trapani.

Coaching record

EuroLeague

National team coaching career

In 2005 after Croatia's unsuccessful EuroBasket tournament, Neven Spahija resigned from the national team bench and Repeša took the head coach role. He led the squad at the 2007 EuroBasket, 2008 Summer Olympic Games and at the 2009 EuroBasket.

On 9 February 2012, following the unsuccessful 2011 EuroBasket, Repeša took Croatia bench the second time in his coaching career, this time instead of Josip Vranković, leading the team at the 2013 EuroBasket in Slovenia, where Croatia managed to reach the semifinal of that tournament after 18 years; he also led them at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, after which Repeša parted ways with the Croatian national team.

On 2 September 2018, Repeša was named the interim head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team, after Duško Vujošević resigned due to the health reasons. On 12 November 2018, the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (KSBiH) named Vedran Bosnić as the permanent head coach of the team.