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 career, by playing with KK Zadar. … 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), told him about life in college, and … 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 Ranko Žeravica. He won a silver medal at the 1967 FIBA World Championship. At the 1968 Summer Olympics 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 land where the embassy now stands. Ćosić died in Baltimore 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. … See more

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