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Milivoje Lazić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миливоје Лазић, born May 13, 1978) is a Slovenian-born Serbian professional basketball coach.
Early life
Lazić was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia). He played basketball for Smelt Olimpija and Slovenian national U-14 team. In 1991 he moved to Belgrade because of breakup of Yugoslavia.
In Serbia he played for OKK Beograd and Kolubara from Lazarevac. Due to the serious injury Lazić had to retire from professional basketball.
He obtained master's degree at University of Belgrade, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education.
Coaching career
Lazić began his coaching career with FMP in Belgrade. In 1998, he became the coach for youth teams. In 2005 he moved to senior squad. While working at FMP, Lazić got his first taste of the NBA through Summer League coaching stints in 2007 with Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls.
In 2010, he joined the Partizan staff of head coach Vlada Jovanović. A year later, he joined the Crvena zvezda staff of head coach Svetislav Pešić.
After end of 2011–12 season and resign of coach Pešić, Lazić become the head coach of Crvena zvezda. Later, Lazić got fired on 4 October 2012 after two consecutive losses in the first two games at the start of the 2012-13 Adriatic League season.
In June 2013, he was named the head coach of Śląsk Wrocław of the Polish Basketball League.