Josip Sesar

Cibona
Position	Head coach
League	ABA League Croatian League
Personal information
Born	(1978-01-17) 17 January 1978 (age 46) Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
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
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career	1993–2009
Position	Shooting guard
Coaching career	2010–present
Career history
As player:
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
As coach:
2010–2011	Zrinjevac
2015–2016, 2017–2021	Gorica
2018–2019, 2022–2023	Croatia (assistant)
2022–present	Cibona
2023—present	Croatia
Career highlights and awards
As player 5× Croatian League champion (2000–2004) 2× Croatian Cup champion (2001, 2002) European U-18 Championship MVP (1996) As head coach Croatian Cup winner (2023)
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men’s basketball Representing  Croatia European U-18 Championship 1996 France U-18 Team

Josip Sesar (born 17 January 1978) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Dinamo Zagreb of the Croatian League and Alpe Adria Cup, and for the senior Croatia national team.

Playing career

Sesar started training basketball when he was ten. He was 182 cm tall at the time. In 1992 he left Zrinjski Mostar for Split. Since the youth coach did not consider him a prospect, his father took him to Zagreb. In 1993, he started his professional career there. After six successful seasons with Zagreb, in 1999, Sesar signed his second professional contract, namely with Cibona. At the 2000 NBA draft he was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics and then traded to the Boston 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.

National team career

Sesar was the MVP of the 1996 European Championship for junior men, held in France.^[1] He also participated in the 1995 World Championship for junior men.

He was part of senior Croatia national team selections at the 1997 EuroBasket, 1999 EuroBasket qualification and the 2001 EuroBasket.^[2]

Coaching career

In July 2011, Sesar became a coach for the youth selections of Cibona.^[3] In July 2022, Cibona hired Sesar as their new head coach.^[4]