Miro Jurić (born 10 August 1972) is a Croatian professional
basketball
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coach and former player. He is an assistant coach for
Šibenka of the
Croatian League.
National team career
Jurić was a member of the cadet
Yugoslavia national team that won the silver medal at the
1989 European Championship in Spain.
He was also a member of the senior
Croatia national team that won the bronze medal at the
1994 World Cup
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.
Coaching career
Šibenka (2010–2019; 2020–present)
Following his retirement from playing professional
basketball
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, Jurić was appointed assistant coach for
Šibenka under the coaching staff of the head coach
Jeronimo Šarin, in 2010, which role he took alongside Nenad Amanović and his former team-mate Petar Maleš.
On 11 May 2018, after the head coach
Vladimir Anzulović
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Playing ca ...
parted ways with the club, Jurić was named his successor as the head coach at his hometown club. In his official
head coach
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ing debut, on 6 October, Jurić led the team to an 86–79 home win against
Gorica.
On 2 November 2019, following a 111–77 away loss to
Cibona
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in the
Croatian League, he was sacked by the club.
On 24 June 2020, following the appointment of
Dženan Rahimić
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as head coach for Šibenka, Jurić was named his assistant.
References
1972 births
Living people
Croatian basketball coaches
Croatian men's basketball players
KK Split players
Basketball players from Šibenik
1994 FIBA World Championship players
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