Dragiša Šarić

Dragiša Šarić
Personal information
Born	27 January 1961; Bijeljina, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Died	19 July 2008 (aged 47); Pula, Croatia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Career information
NBA draft	1983: undrafted
Playing career	1978–1999
Position	Small forward
Coaching career	1999–2008
Career history
As player:
1978–1980	Radnik Bijeljina
1980–1981	Ušće
1981–1987	Radnički Beograd
1987–1991	Vojvodina
1991–1992	Partizan
1992–1993	Profikolor Pančevo
1993–1994	Honvéd
1994–1997	Beobanka
1999	Skallagrímur
As coach:
1999	Skallagrímur
2001–2002	Lavovi 063 (assistant)
2003–2005	NIS Vojvodina (assistant)
2005–2007	Vizura Ušće
2007	Mega Aqua Monta
2007–2008	Partizan (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	EuroLeague champion (1992); Yugoslav League champion (1992); Yugoslav Cup winner (1992);

Dragiša Šarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша Шарић; 27 January 1961 – 19 July 2008) was a Serbian basketball player and coach.

Career[edit]

Šarić played for several clubs in his country, most notably with the KK Partizan generation that won the 1991–92 Euroleague.

Šarić was an assistant coach with Partizan. Before that, he was also the head coach of Vizura.

Šarić was also player-coach for Úrvalsdeild karla club Skallagrímur from July 1999^[1] until his resignation in November that same year.^[2]

Šarić died while on a vacation in Pula, Croatia on 19 July 2008 from heart-related issues.^[3]

^ "Saric þjálfar Skallagrím". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 23 July 1999. p. C1. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ "Tómas Holton tekur við Skallagrími". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 November 1999. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ B92 (2008-07-19). "Umro Dragiša Šarić". Retrieved 2019-02-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

This biographical article relating to a Serbian basketball figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.