Jurica Golemac


Jurica Golemac is a Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian League, ABA League and the EuroCup.
He is 2.09 m tall and weighs 102 kg. He can played at both the forward and center positions.

Professional career

In his professional career, Golemac has played with the following clubs: Zrinjevac, Union Olimpija, Geoplin Slovan, Efes Pilsen, Cibona, Ural Great, Hapoel Jerusalem, Paris-Levallois, Panellinios, Virtus Roma, Panathinaikos, Zadar, Colossus Rhodes, Alba Berlin and Sidigas Avellino, Krka. He retired from basketball in January 2013 after knee injury.

National team

Golemac played for the senior men's Slovenian national team at EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2005, and at EuroBasket 2009.

Coaching career

Cibona (2013–2015)

Golemac started his coaching career as an assistant coach to Slaven Rimac in Cibona, in November 2013. The surprising victory at the 2013–14 ABA League Final Four held in Belgrade was followed by a string of bad results which resulted in Rimac and Golemac being sacked in December 2015.

Georgia and Tajfun Šentjur (2016–2017)

In 2016, Golemac was appointed an assistant coach for the Georgia national team and the head coach for Tajfun Šentjur of the Slovenian League.

Koper Primorska (2017–2019)

In 2017, Golemac was named a head coach for Koper Primorska. In his premier season in the club, Primorska won first trophies in club history: the 2018 Slovenian Cup and the 2018 Slovenian Supercup. In 2019, Primorska won the ABA League Second Division and was consequently promoted to the First Division. Besides this success, he won the first Slovenian League and the second Slovenian Cup in club history.
On 20 December 2019, Golemac resigned.

Cedevita Olimpija (2020–present)

On 27 January 2020, Golemac was appointed a head coach for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian League, ABA League and the EuroCup, following the departure of Slaven Rimac.