Jasmin Repeša – Wikipedia

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Croatian basketball coach

Jasmin Repeša
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Position Victoria Libertas Pesaro (Head coach)
Born (1961-06-01) 1 June 1961 (age 61)
Čapljina, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Coaching career 1995–present
1995–1997 Cibona
1997–2000 Tofaş
2000–2001 Split CO
2001 Śląsk Wrocław
2001–2002 Cibona
2002–2006 Fortitudo Bologna
2006–2008 Lottomatica Roma
2010–2011 Benetton Treviso
2011–2012 Cibona
2012–2013 Unicaja Málaga
2013–2015 Cedevita
2015–2017 Emporio Armani Milano
2018–2019 Budućnost
2020–2021 Victoria Libertas Pesaro
2021 Fortitudo Bologna
2022– Victoria Libertas Pesaro
As head coach

  • 6× Croatian League champion (1996, 1997, 2002, 2012, 2014, 2015)
  • 2× Turkish League champion (1999, 2000)
  • 2× Italian League champion (2005, 2016)
  • 4× Croatian Cup winner (1996, 2002, 2014, 2015)
  • 2× Turkish Cup winner (1999, 2000)
  • 2× Italian Cup winner (2016, 2017)
  • Montenegrin Cup winner (2019)
  • 2× Italian Supercup winner (2005, 2016)

Jasmin Repeša (born 1 June 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian professional basketball coach and former player whose last coached team was Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Serie A.

Repeša has won numerous pro club competitions during his head coaching career, and he was also a somewhat successful basketball player during his youth, while playing for KK Čapljina early on in his pro career.

Early life[edit]

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

Coaching career[edit]

On 21 June 2013, Repeša was appointed head coach of Cedevita of the Croatian League. His son Dino was named his assistant.[1] In 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.[2]

On 26 June 2015, Repeša signed a contract to become the head coach of Italian team Olimpia Milano.[3] In June 2017 he was sacked. On 30 December 2018, Repeša was named the head coach of Budućnost, which role he took after Aleksandar Džikić resigned.[4] In April 2019 following a loss to Crvena zvezda in the ABA League finals, Repeša resigned.[5]

On 23 June 2020, Repeša came back to Italy, signing a deal with Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the LBA.[6] He decided to exit from the contract at the end of the season.[7]

On 24 May 2021, Repeša signed a multi-year contract to come back at Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Serie A.[8] However, on 26 September 2021, he resigned from his post after only one game of regular season.

Coaching record[edit]

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G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague[edit]

National team coaching career[edit]

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.[9]

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.[10] On 12 November 2018, the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (KSBiH) named Vedran Bosnić as the permanent head coach of the team.[11]

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