Budućnost VOLI appoint Dejan Milojević as new head coach

Thursday, 28. January 2021 at 17:44

Dejan Milojević is coming back to Podgorica! 

Dejan Milojevic (Photo: Mega Bemax/Ivica Veselinov)

It is official! Dejan Milojević is the new head coach of Budućnost VOLI!

Milojević has therefore returned to the club in which he spent 4 years as a player. He played for Budućnost VOLI from 2000 to 2004 and during that period he helped the team win the 2001 national championship and the 2001 national cup.

After finishing his player’s career, Dejan Milojević has decided to remain in basketball and become a basketball coach. He worked as the first team head coach of Mega Soccerbet from 2013 to 2020 with whom he reached the ABA League Finals in the 2015/16 season. During the time he spent in Mega Soccerbet, 11 players of this club were drafted by the NBA teams, while the most famous of them all is certainly Nikola Jokić who is currently one of the best players in the world.

During his coaching career, Dejan Milojević has already worked with several players of current Budućnost VOLI roster, including Nikola Ivanović, Danilo Nikolić, Petar Popović and Zoran Nikolić.

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Dejan Milojević je novi trener KK Budućnost Volija

Čovjek čiju su igračku karijeru obilježile i četiri godine u kojima je nosio naš dres, i lavovski se borio pod koševima, čime je stekao veliku ljubav i priznanje naših navijača.

Milojević, koji je tih godina bio naš najbolji igrač, 2001. godine učestvovao je u osvajanju duple krune u tadašnjoj Yuba ligi, kao i u Jugoslovenskom kupu.

Branio je "plavo-bijele" boje i u tri sezone najjačeg evropskog takmičenja - Evrolige.

Na kraju svoje košarkaške karijere, otisnuo se u trenerske vode, gdje je sa velikim uspjehom vodio ekipu Mega Basketa.

Pod njegovom trenerskom palicom čak 11 igrača je draftovano u NBA ligu, a svakako najpoznatije ime je Nikola Jokić, trenutno jedan od najboljih košarkaša u svijetu.

U svojoj trenerskoj kampanji imao je priliku da vodi neke naše aktuelne košarkaše, pa je tako sarađivao sa Nikolom Ivanovićem, Danilom Nikolićem, Petrom Popovićem, Zoranom Nikolićem.

Našem novom treneru želimo puno uspjeha u daljem radu, da nas vodi na isti način na koji nas je predstavljao noseći naš dres, a poznajući njegovo poznavanje košarke, pedagoški pristup, temperament, nemamo sumnje da su pred nama uspješne sezone.

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