Saša Kosović

Saša Kosović (; born July 18, 1979) is a Serbian–Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current assistant coach for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League.

Early life Kosović was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to a Bosnian-Serb family. He started to train basketball at age 7 for his hometown team Bosna. He was born in the same year that Bosnia won the European Champions Cup. He trained there until 1992 when he had to move because of the war.

Kosović played for Mladost from Gacko and Leotar Trebinje. After two seasons playing in the First League of Republika Srpska, he decided to retire as a player. In 1999, he moved to Belgrade, Serbia to start his professional education. Kosović earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of Belgrade in 2006. In 2014, he graduated from a program for a basketball coach. Since then he has been a part of coaching staffs of the Zvezda head coaches, as follows Svetislav Pešić, Milivoje Lazić, Vlada Vukoičić, Dejan Radonjić, Dušan Alimpijević, Milenko Topić, Milan Tomić, Andrija Gavrilović, Dragan Šakota, and Saša Obradović. Over eleven seasons with the Zvezda, he won 20 national and Adriatic titles.

National team coaching career

In August 2022, Kosović was named an assistant coach for the Serbia national team under Svetislav Pešić. He was a staff member at EuroBasket 2022.

Career achievements As assistant coach Serbian League champion: 7 (with Crvena zvezda: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22) Adriatic League champion: 6 (with Crvena zvezda: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22) Serbian Cup winner: 6 (with Crvena zvezda: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2021–22) Adriatic SuperCup winner: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 2018)