Mile Protić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миле Протић, born 2 October 1950) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach.

Mile Protić
Personal information
Born (1950-10-02) 2 October 1950 (age 74)
Belgrade, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Coaching career1970–2017
Career history
As coach:
1970–1973Karaburma (youth)
1973–1981Crvena zvezda (youth)
1979Crvena zvezda
1981–1984Borovo Vukovar (youth)
1984–1986Varda
1986–1988Mladost Nova Pazova
1988–1992Crvena zvezda (youth)
1992–1994Levski Totel
1996–1998Beovuk
1999–2001Zvezda Ruma
2001–2002Milicionar Belgrade
2003–2008Probasket Belgrade (youth)
2008–2009AEL Limassol (assistant)
2010–2011Balkan Botevgrad (youth)
2011–2013Shangdong Provence U19
2015–2017Qingdao U19
Career highlights and awards

Coaching career

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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]

Personal life

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In July 2016, Serbian coach Dušan Ivković and Protić reportedly got into a verbal altercation at a basketball clinic in the Šumice Center that nearly turned physical.[7][8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History of Crvena zvezda". Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  2. ^ Црвена звезда је добила свог 35. тренера у историји. sd-crvenazvezda.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Mile Protić: Jokićeva "kamera" sa milion očiju". usns.rs. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Balkan - the greens debut in BIBL". balkanleague.net. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ^ Kesar za “Sport” o novom pleju Partizana: Kad ga krene - nema spasa!
  6. ^ "KK Probasket Beograd". kkprobasket.rs. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Protić: Ivković pokušao fizički da me napadne". rtrs.tv. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Mile Protić za "Blic": Istina je, Duda Ivković je pokušao fizički da me napadne". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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