Jovica Arsić

Jovica Arsić is a Serbian professional basketball coach, born in Leskovac on 3 November 1968. He began coaching at Zdravlje in the 1996–97 season in the B league and later served as head coach through 2003. He then led Lavovi 063 (2003–04) and NIS Vojvodina (2004–05), returning to Zdravlje in 2006–07.

In 2001–02 he was head coach of the FR Yugoslavia U20 national team, winning silver at the Global Games in Dallas (2002) and gold at the Balkan Games in Ohrid (2002). In 2001 he was also an assistant to Svetislav Pešić with the senior FR Yugoslavia team that won EuroBasket gold in Turkey. In 2006 he coached the Serbia U18 national team to fifth place.

From 2007 to 2009 he was head coach of the North Macedonia national team, guiding them to EuroBasket 2009, while also coaching Strumica (Macedonian SuperCup winner in 2007) and later Cherkaski Mavpy in Ukraine. With Lukoil Academic in Bulgaria (2009–11 and 2014–15) he won two Bulgarian League titles (2010, 2011) and a Bulgarian Cup (2011).

He later coached BCM U Pitești in Romania (2015–16), Borac Čačak (2018–19), and Balkan Botevgrad (2019–21). Since 2023 he has been head coach of Enisey Krasnoyarsk in the VTB United League, joining the EHCB as a EuroCup Head Coach member in July 2026.