Jurica Golemac
Jurica Golemac (born May 29, 1977) is a Croatian-born Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as the head coach for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian League, ABA League and the EuroCup. He is 2.09 m (6 ft 10¼ in) tall and weighs 102 kg (225 lbs). He can played at both the forward and center positions. Professional career. In his professional career Golemac had played with the following clubs: Zrinjevac, Union Olimpija, Geoplin Slovan, Efes Pilsen, Cibona, Ural Great, Hapoel Jerusalem, Paris-Levallois, Panellinios, Virtus Roma, Panathinaikos, Zadar, Colossus Rhodes, Alba Berlin, Sidigas  Avellino and Krka. He retired from playing professional basketball in January 2013 after knee injury. Internationally, Golemac played for the senior Slovenian men's national team at the 2003, 2005 and at the 2009 EuroBasket tournaments. Coaching career. Golemac started his coaching career as an assistant coach to Slaven Rimac at Cibona, in November 2013. The surprising victory at the 2013–14 ABA League final four in Belgrade was followed by a string of bad results which resulted in Rimac and Golemac being sacked in December 2015. In 2016, Golemac was appointed the assistant coach of the Georgia national team and  the head coach of Tajfun Šentjur of the Slovenian League. In May 2017, Golemac was named the head coach of Koper Primorska. In his inaugural season with the club, Primorska won first trophies in its history, including the Slovenian Cup and Supercup. In 2019, Primorska managed to win the ABA League Second Division, being consequently promoted to the First Division. Besides this success, the club also won the first domestic league title, and the second domestic cup in the history. On 20 December 2019, Golemac resigned from Koper Primorska. On January 27, 2020, Golemac was appointed the head coach of  the Slovenian club Cedevita Olimpija, following the departure of his former colleague Slaven Rimac.