Career
He played for Partizan (1967–1971), and Bosna (1971–1979). Pešić is also one of the most successful European basketball coaches. He led a Yugoslavia junior team, that featured future international stars Vlade Divac, Saša Đorđević, Toni Kukoč, and Dino Rađa to victory in the 1987 International Basketball Federation World Junior Championship (later split into separate under-19 and under-21 events), defeating the United States of America twice during the tournament.
On 16 November 2010, he was named the coach of Power Electronics Valencia for the rest of the 2010-2011 season.
In November 2012, Pešić was named a head coach of the German team Bayern München. On 28 February 2015, he extended his contract with the club until 2017.
Along with Serbian, Pešić also possesses German citizenship.
