# Marko Milič

Marko Milič (born May 7, 1977) is a Slovenian basketball coach and former player who most recently served as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He represented the senior Slovenian national basketball team.

## Playing career
### Professional career

After being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997 NBA draft (34th pick overall), Milič's rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns. After seeing limited NBA duty (44 career games) during his two seasons with the Suns, he returned to Europe and played for Union Olimpija (where he started playing senior basketball), Real Madrid (two stints), Fortitudo Bologna (Italian League runner-up), Pesaro (2004 Italian Cup finalist) and Virtus Bologna. He also represented Fenerbahçe in the first part of the 1998–99 season, due to the NBA season's lockout, returning to Phoenix in January 1999.
Milič won four Slovenian Leagues and four Slovenian Cups with Union Olimpija and led the team to its only EuroLeague Final Four appearance so far, in 1997. With Real Madrid he had his biggest success as a player with the ULEB Cup title of 2007 paired with a Spanish League title that same year. He also won the Kuwait League in 2014.
On October 14, 2015, he announced his retirement from playing professional basketball. On October 29, 2015, Union Olimpija retired Marko Milič's #12 jersey.

### National team career

With the junior national teams of Slovenia, Milič played at the 1994 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship and the 1996 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship.
Milič played for the senior national basketball team of Slovenia, from 1995 until 2006. He played at the EuroBasket 1995, EuroBasket 1997, EuroBasket 1999, EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2005 and 2006 FIBA World Championship.

## Coaching career

In 2022, Milič was hired as an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks under head coach Jason Kidd who was his teammate in the Phoenix Suns. He stepped down as an assistant coach of the Mavericks on February 9, 2025, following the trade of Luka Dončić.

## Personal life

Milič's father, Vladimir Milić, a Serb from Croatia based in Belgrade, was a shotputting champion in former Yugoslavia. His mother, Metka Papler, was also a successful sportswoman in Yugoslavia. His daughter is a tennis player Ela Nala Milić.

## Club career statistics
### EuroLeague

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| 2000–01 | Real Madrid | 15 | 8 | 22.5 | .519 | .300 | .556 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | .0 | 9.3 | 10.9 |
| 2001–02 | Skipper Bologna | 18 | 15 | 21.1 | .496 | .267 | .659 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .1 | 9.3 | 8.7 |
| 2004–05 | Scavolini Pesaro | 22 | 19 | 26.1 | .489 | .250 | .617 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | .0 | 10.4 | 11.2 |
| 2006–07 | Union Olimpija | 11 | 11 | 26.5 | .611 | .200 | .550 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | .1 | 15.1 | 16.3 |
| 2007–08 | Union Olimpija | 14 | 14 | 30.3 | .517 | .125 | .744 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | .1 | 15.6 | 15.8 |
| 2008–09 | Union Olimpija | 6 | 4 | 21.3 | .378 | .0 | .714 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | .0 | 9.0 | 9.3 |
| 2009–10 | Entente Orléanaise | 3 | 1 | 9.1 | 1.0 | .0 | .667 | 2.0 | .0 | .3 | .0 | 2.7 | 5.0 |
| Career | Career | 89 | 72 | 25.5 | .513 | .239 | .628 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | .0 | 11.0 | 11.7 |

### NBA
#### Regular season

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 1997–98 | Phoenix | 33 | 0 | 4.9 | .609 | .500 | .647 | .8 | .4 | .3 | .0 | 2.8 |
| 1998–99 | Phoenix | 11 | 0 | 4.8 | .400 | .000 | — | .5 | .2 | .3 | .1 | 1.5 |
| Career | Career | 44 | 0 | 4.9 | .560 | .429 | .647 | .7 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 2.5 |

#### Playoffs

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 1998 | Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | .667 | — | — | .5 | .0 | .5 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Career | Career | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | .667 | — | — | .5 | .0 | .5 | .0 | 2.0 |