Miodrag Vesković (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Весковић, born September 23, 1950[1]) is a Serbian professional basketball coach.

Miodrag Vesković

Personal information
Born	(1950-09-23) 23 September 1950 (age 72) Sarajevo, PR BiH, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Career history
As coach:
00	Željezničar Women
1990–1991	Elemes Šibenik
1991	SFR Yugoslavia Women
00	Hemofarm Women
1999	FR Yugoslavia Women
2000–2001	Saint Petersburg Lions
2001–2002	Arkadia Traiskirchen
2003	Serbia and Montenegro Women
2003–2005	Lavezzini Parma
2007–2010	Spartak Noginsk
2010–2011	Serbia Women
Career highlights and awards
Yugoslav Women's League champion (1991)
Medals Women's Basketball Head Coach for  Yugoslavia EuroBasket Women 1991 Israel Team

Coaching career

Vesković coached the Željezničar Sarajevo[2] and Elemes Šibenik in the Yugoslav Women's League. With Elemes Šibenik he won the National Championship in 1990–91 season.[3] Later, he coached Hemofarm in the Basketball League of Serbia and Montenegro, Lavezzini Parma in the Italian Serie A1 and Spartak Noginsk in the Russian Premier League.[4]

Vesković coached men's teams such as Saint Petersburg Lions for the 2000–01 Euroleague season[5] and Arkadia Traiskirchen in the Austrian Bundesliga.

National team

Vesković was appointed four times as the head coach for women's national team of Yugoslavia and Serbia. He coached the national team under all four state names: SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. He coached SFR Yugoslavia national team at the 1991 European Women Basketball Championship where he won silver medal. Vesković coached FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro national teams at 1999 EuroBasket Women and 2003 EuroBasket Women.

Career achievements

• Yugoslav Women's League champion: 1 (with Elemes Šibenik: 1990–91)
• FR Yugoslavia Women's Cup winner: 1 (with Hemofarm: 1998–99)

Personal life

Vesković married Gordana Grubin (born 1972), a Serbian retired basketball player.[6]

References