Boško Božić

Boško Božić, nicknamed Pepsi, and also known as Boško Božić Pepsi, (16 December 1952 – 27 December 2018) was a Croatian professional basketball coach.

He founded KK Siget in 1970 as 18-year-old, with a group of friends and basketball enthusiasts, in the neighborhood of his home. After four years, Božić replaced the player's jersey with a coaching role, and in 1976 the club grew into a neighborhood box and was renamed the "Novi Zagreb".

Božić in his coaching role led the team all the way to the first league in the former state. In independent Croatia, the club changed its name to KK Zagreb, and it achieved its greatest success in 2011, when it won the Croatian League and played in the EuroLeague. But by that time, Božić was no longer in the leading club structures, because in 1999 he decided to retire after a confrontation with then club president Željko Čović.

He was named the head coach for the Croatia national team in 1999, and led the team at the EuroBasket in France, where Croatia, led by Toni Kukoč, won the eleventh place and Božić terminated his contract. Then, he dedicated himself to running for the president of the Association of Croatian Basketball Coaches, of which he was president for many years. Exactly one month ago, he was awarded to the Franjo Bučar National Sports Award.

He died in Zagreb on 27 December 2018, aged 66.[1][2]

References
  1. "Preminuo legendarni košarkaški trener Boško Božić Pepsi". sport.hrt.hr (in Croatian). 27 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. "Evo tko je sve bio na komemoraciji za legendarnog trenera Boška Božića Pepsija". www.tportal.hr (in Croatian). 3 January 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
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