Ćosić was born in Zagreb (PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia), on 26 November 1948, to Ante and Darinka Ćosić. He was raised in Zadar, and in 1965, he started his club basketball playing … See more

In the summer of 1968, Ćosić was in a European team with Finnish player Veikko Vainio. Vainio, a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), … See more

Ćosić made his national team debut for Team Yugoslavia, at the age of 17, after being called up to the senior team by head coach See more

Diplomacy
Ćosić turned down coaching offers so that he could help Croatia during war-time in the early 1990s. He was positioned in the embassy of Croatia … See more

At the 1973 NBA draft, Ćosić was picked by the Los Angeles Lakers, in the 5th round (84th overall). He rejected several professional offers from the NBA and ABA, and returned home to See more

He first coached the Zadar team upon returning from BYU in 1973. However, he found it too exhausting being a coach, club director and player. In 1976 he coached the Ljubljana Brest … See more

In the years following his career in basketball, Ćosić worked in the United States, as a diplomat, at the Croatian embassy in Washington, D.C., having helped secure the … See more