UNICS announced the signing of 56-year-old Croatian specialist Velimir Perasovic as head coach.
Velimir Perasovic had an outstanding career as a basketball player: he became a three-time Euroleague champion (1989-91), won 4 times Yugoslavian championship (1988-1991), 5 times was named the best scorer of the Spanish championship (1993, 1999-2002).
Immediately after his playing career ended in 2003 Perasovic headed Split. During his 18 years as a head coach he has led teams from Croatia, Spain and Turkey. Also, Velimir Perasovic was the head coach of the Croatian national team.
As a head coach, Perasovic won the European Cup (2014), the Spanish Cup and Super Cup (2006), the Turkish Cup (2010), and was twice Croatian champion (2009-10). He was named Spain’s coach of the year in 2014.
