Marko Barać (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Бараћ; born 18 March 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who works as the head coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
.jpg) Barać with Bahçeşehir Koleji in 2025 | |
| Bahçeşehir Koleji | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | BSL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 18 March 1989 |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Coaching career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 2013–2014 | We're Basket Ortona |
| 2014–2015 | Czarni Słupsk (assistant) |
| 2016–2018 | Torlak |
| 2018–2019 | Mladost Zemun |
| 2019–2022 | Igokea (assistant) |
| 2019, 2022 | Igokea (interim) |
| 2022–2025 | Mega Basket |
| 2025–present | Bahçeşehir Koleji |
| Career highlights | |
As assistant coach:
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Medals | |
Coaching career
editIn 2009, Barać joined a youth system of Superfund as an assistant coach. In 2011, he joined the Crvena zvezda under-18 team as an assistant coach, as well. For the 2013–14, Barać was the head coach for We're Basket Ortona of the Italian 3rd-tier Serie B.[1] Barać was an assistant coach for Energa Czarni Słupsk during the 2014–15 PLK season under Dejan Mijatović.[2] Barać coached Belgrade-based team KK Torlak for two seasons, between 2016 and 2019. In the 2018–19 KLS season, Barać was head coach for Mladost Zemun.[3]
In August 2019, Barać joined Bosnian team Igokea as an assistant coach. Occasionally, he was the interim head coach due to health issues of the Igokea head coaches Aleksandar Trifunović (October 2019) and Dragan Bajić (January 2022).[4][5][6][7] He left Igokea in June 2022.[8]
On 20 June 2022, Mega Basket hired Barać as their new head coach.[9]
On 12 June 2025, Bahçeşehir Koleji hired Barać as their new head coach.[10]
National team coaching career
editBetween 2012 and 2014, Barać was an assistant coach for Serbian youth teams led by head coach Dejan Mijatović, winning three medals. In August 2012, he won a bronze medal with Serbia U18 at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. With the Serbia under-19 team he won a silver medal at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. In July 2014, Barać won a bronze medal with Serbia U20 at the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[3]
Career achievements
edit- As assistant coach
- Bosnian League champion: 2 (with Igokea: 2019–20, 2021–22)
- Bosnian Cup winner: 2 (with Igokea: 2020–21, 2021–22)
References
edit- ↑ "ORTONA/SAN VITO CAPOLISTA SOLITARIA E IMBATTUTA AL GIRO DI BOA". roseto.com. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "Asystent trenera Energi Czarnych Słupsk rozstał się z klubem". gp24.pl. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- 1 2 "Marko Barać za MVP: Partizan se ne odbija". mvp.rs. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "ABA liga: Igokea dočekuje Partizan". atvbl.rs. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "Igokea appoint Dragan Bajić as new head coach and add Michael Green to the 2019/20 roster". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "Marko Barać o razlozima ispadanja Igokee iz BCL-a". bhbasket.ba. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "Marko Barać, pomoćni trener Igokee o odgađanju utakmica: Neka ovo bude samo loša sedmica na poslu". glassrpske.com. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "Marko Barać otišao iz Igokee, menja ga Nišlija Marko Cvetković". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ↑ "Barać zvanično preuzeo Megu Mozzart: Jedva čekam početak priprema". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ↑ SPORTS, beIN (2025-06-12). "Bahçeşehir Koleji nde Marco Barac dönemi". beinsports.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2025-06-12.
External links
edit- Coach Profile at eurobasket.com