Marko Milič (born May 7, 1977) is a Slovenian basketball coach and former player currently working as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He represented the senior Slovenian national basketball team.
1994
With the junior national teams of Slovenia, Milič played at the 1994 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship and the 1996 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship.
1995
Milič played for the senior national basketball team of Slovenia, from 1995 until 2006.
He played at the EuroBasket 1995, EuroBasket 1997, EuroBasket 1999, EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2005 and 2006 FIBA World Championship.
In 2022, Milič was hired as an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks.
Milič's father, Vladimir Milić, a Serb from Croatia based in Belgrade, was a shotputting champion in former Yugoslavia.
His mother, Metka Papler, was also a successful sportswoman in Yugoslavia.
His daughter is a tennis player Ela Nala Milić.
1997
After being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997 NBA draft (34th pick overall), Milič's rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns.
Milič won four Slovenian Leagues and four Slovenian Cups with Union Olimpija and led the team to its only EuroLeague Final Four appearance so far, in 1997.
1998
He also represented Fenerbahçe in the first part of the 1998–99 season, due to the NBA season's lockout, returning to Phoenix in January 1999.
2004
After seeing limited NBA duty (44 career games) during his two seasons with the Suns, he returned to Europe and played for Union Olimpija (where he started playing senior basketball), Real Madrid (two stints), Fortitudo Bologna (Italian League runner-up), Pesaro (2004 Italian Cup finalist) and Virtus Bologna.
2007
With Real Madrid he had his biggest success as a player with the ULEB Cup title of 2007 paired with a Spanish League title that same year.
2014
He also won the Kuwait League in 2014.
2015
On October 14, 2015, he announced his retirement from playing professional basketball.
On October 29, 2015, Union Olimpija retired Marko Milič's #12 jersey.
