| Cibona | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | ABA League Croatian League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1978-01-17)17 January 1978 (age 47) | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2000: 2nd round, 47th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1993–2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
Playing | |||||||||||||||
| 1993–1999 | Zagreb | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Cibona | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Split CO | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Cibona | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Široki Hercegtisak | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Zadar | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Zagreb | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Zrinjski Mostar | ||||||||||||||
Coaching | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Zrinjevac | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016, 2017–2021 | Gorica | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019, 2022–2023 | Croatia (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Cibona | ||||||||||||||
| 2023—2025 | Croatia | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
As player
As head coach
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Stats atBasketball Reference  | |||||||||||||||
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Josip Sesar (born 17 January 1978) is a Croatian professionalbasketballcoach and former player who is the head coach for Dinamo Zagreb of theCroatian League and Alpe Adria Cup.
Sesar started training basketball when he was ten. He was 182 cm tall at the time. In 1992 he leftZrinjski Mostar forSplit. Since the youth coach did not consider him a prospect, his father took him toZagreb. In 1993, he started his professional career there. After six successful seasons with Zagreb, in 1999, Sesar signed his second professional contract, namely withCibona. At the2000 NBA draft he was drafted by theSeattle SuperSonics and then traded to theBoston Celtics. However, he never played a game for the Celtics or any other NBA team, making him 1 of 8 players from the 2000 NBA Draft to never play in the league.
Sesar was the MVP of the1996 European Championship for junior men, held in France.[1] He also participated in the1995 World Championship for junior men.
He was part of seniorCroatia national team selections at the1997 EuroBasket,1999 EuroBasket qualification and the2001 EuroBasket.[2]
In July 2011, Sesar became a coach for the youth selections ofCibona.[3] In July 2022, Cibona hired Sesar as their new head coach.[4]
