Basketball is a global game, just ask new assistant basketball coach Ivo Simovic. After growing up and playing in Serbia, then coaching in Spain and Connecticut, he now calls Charlotte home.
Simovic began playing basketball when he was in sixth grade, and continued throughout high school. During that time in Simovic’s life, a civil war within the Yugoslovian countries created a tough situation. During the wartime period there was also an economic crisis. With lack of funds and the chaos of war, Simovic saw basketball as an out.
“That was an escape, not only from bombing. We didn’t have enough money in that moment to go watch a movie or invite your girlfriend to dinner.