Mihailo Pavićević

Mihailo Pavićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Павићевић; born March 15, 1958) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. He currently works as the head coach for Mornar of the Montenegrin Basketball League and the ABA League.

Mihailo Pavićević

Mornar Bar
Position	Head coach
League	ABA League Montenegrin League
Personal information
Born	(1958-03-15) 15 March 1958 (age 67) Bar, PR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin
Listed height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
NBA draft	1980: undrafted
Playing career	1976–1989
Position	Guard
Coaching career	1989–present
Career history
As a player:
1976–1979	Mornar
1979–1981	Budućnost
1981–1988	Mornar
1988–1989	Budućnost
1989	Omonia Nicosia
As a coach:
1989–1996	Mornar
1996–1997	Crvena zvezda (assistant)
1997, 1998	Crvena zvezda
2000–2009	Espoon Honka
2011–2013	Mornar
2013–2015	Liaoning Flying Leopards
2017–present	Mornar
Career highlights
As head coach Montenegrin League champion (2018) YUBA League champion (1998) 5× Finnish League champion (2001–2003, 2007, 2008) 2× Finnish Cup winner (2001, 2009) Finnish League Coach of the Year (2003)

Playing career

Pavićević has spent most of his playing career in his native Bar playing for the local team Mornar. On two occasions he played for Budućnost in Podgorica, and he ended his playing career in Omonia Nicosia.^[1]

Coaching career

Pavićević started coaching in 1989 in Mornar, before moving to the Crvena zvezda in 1996. With the Zvezda he won the YUBA League championship in the 1997–98 season.^[1]

Between 2000 and 2009, Pavićević led Espoon Honka and won five Finnish championships and two Finnish Cups. He managed to promote several important Finnish players, such as Petteri Koponen, Sasu Salin, Kimmo Muurinen, and others.

In 2013, Pavićević became the coach of the Chinese club Liaoning Flying Leopards, with whom he had managed to qualify for the playoff finals in the 2014–15 season where they lost from the Beijing Ducks.

Prior to the 2017–18 season, Pavićević became the head coach for Mornar.^[2]

National team coaching career

Between 2011 and 2014, Pavićević was the head coach of the Montenegro national under-20 team.

Personal life

His brother is Đorđije Pavićević, a basketball coach and former head coach of Mornar.^[2]

His daughter Tamara Pavićević is a fashion blogger.^[3]

Career achievements

As head coach

• Montenegrin League champion: 1 (with Mornar Bar: 2017–18)
• YUBA League champion: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1997–98)
• Finnish League champion: 5 (with Espoon Honka: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08)
• Finnish Cup winner: 2 (with Espoon Honka: 2000–01, 2008–09)

Individual

• Finnish League Coach of the Year – 2003

See also

• List of KK Crvena zvezda head coaches