Krešimir Ćosić

Krešimir Ćosić

Krešo Ćosić, 1970
Personal information
Born	(1948-11-26)November 26, 1948 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died	May 25, 1995(1995-05-25) (aged 46) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality	Croatian
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College	BYU (1970–1973)
NBA draft	1973 / Round: 5 / Pick: 84th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career	1965–1983
Position	Center
Coaching career	1984–1991
Career history
As player:
1965–1969	KK Zadar
1973–1976	KK Zadar
1976–1978	AŠK Olimpija
1978–1980	Sinudyne Bologna
1980–1983	KK Cibona
As coach:
1984–1985	KK Split
1986–1988	Yugoslavia
1987–1988	Virtus Bologna
1988–1991	AEK Athens
Career highlights and awards
2x EuroBasket MVP (1971, 1975) 2x Fourth-team All-American – NABC (1972, 1973) 3× First-team All-WAC (1971–1973) No. 11 retired by BYU
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
FIBA Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Medals Representing  Yugoslavia Summer Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Team 1976 Montreal Team 1980 Moscow Team FIBA World Cup 1967 Montevideo Team 1970 Ljubljana Team 1974 Puerto Rico Team 1978 Philippines Team FIBA EuroBasket 1969 Italy Team 1971 West Germany Team 1973 Spain Team 1975 Yugoslavia Team 1977 Belgium Team 1979 Italy Team 1981 Czechoslovakia Team Mediterranean Games 1967 Tunis Team 1971 Izmir Team

Krešimir Ćosić (Croatian pronunciation: [krěʃimir t͡ɕɔ̌ːsit͡ɕ]; 26 November 1948 – 25 May 1995) was a Croatian professional basketball player and coach.

He was a collegiate All-American at Brigham Young University who represented Yugoslavia internationally, and is a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame. He was also a notable church leader and missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as the deputy ambassador of Croatia to the U.S. in Washington, D.C.

In 1996, Ćosić became only the third international player ever elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Croatian Basketball Cup and KK Zadar's home arena are named after him.

Ćosić was born in Zagreb, SR Croatia on 26 November 1948 to Ante and Darinka Ćosić. He was raised in Zadar, and in 1965 started his basketball career playing for KK Zadar.

He made his national team debut for Yugoslavia at the age of 17 after being called up by Ranko Žeravica, and won a silver medal at the 1967 FIBA World Championship. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he won another silver medal. While with Zadar he won three Yugoslav League titles: 1965, 1967 and 1968.

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