Mile Protić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миле Протић, born 2 October 1950) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1950-10-02) 2 October 1950 (age 71) Belgrade, FNR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Coaching career | 1970–2017 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1970–1973 | Karaburma (youth) |
| 1973–1981 | Crvena zvezda (youth) |
| 1979 | Crvena zvezda |
| 1981–1984 | Borovo Vukovar (youth) |
| 1984–1986 | Varda |
| 1986–1988 | Mladost Nova Pazova |
| 1988–1992 | Crvena zvezda (youth) |
| 1992–1994 | Levski Totel |
| 1996–1998 | Beovuk |
| 1999–2001 | Zvezda Ruma |
| 2001–2002 | Milicionar Belgrade |
| 2003–2008 | Probasket Belgrade (youth) |
| 2008–2009 | AEL Limassol (assistant) |
| 2010–2011 | Balkan Botevgrad (youth) |
| 2011–2013 | Shangdong Provence U19 |
| 2015–2017 | Qingdao U19 |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Protić coached Belgrade-based team Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav First Federal League over 8 games during the 1978–79 season.[1][2] He coached Bulgarian team Levski Sofia in the first half of the 1990s where he won two Bulgarian League championships (1992–93, 1993–94) and one Bulgarian Cup (1993).[3]
Protić was a youth coach for Balkan Botevgrad.[4]
Protić was a coach at the Crvena zvezda youth teams. In recent years, he has been working as a youth coach in Qingdao, Shandong, China.[5]
Protić owns a Belgrade-based club Probasket for a youth development.[6]
In July 2016, Serbian coach Dušan Ivković reportedly tried to attack Protić after a quarrel with him at the basketball clinic in the Šumice Center.[7][8]