# Warriors Assistant coach Dejan Milojevic dies at 46, Caradic Failure

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**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dies-at-46-caradic-failure/996247 "2024-01-17T23:31:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dies-at-46-caradic-failure/996247/1 "2024-01-17T23:31:54Z")

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Dejan retired from playing in 2009.

He was part of the Warriors 2022 National Championship.

It’s note worthy because of Dejan Milojević age and apparent physical condition. Asst Coaches are hustling on the court during practice squads. He must have passed a physical when he was hired in 2021.

One minute you’re eating dinner with the Coaches and team and the next dying at 46. I feel bad for his wife and two children.

> **[Dejan Milojević](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejan_Milojevi%C4%87)**
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> As head coach:
> As assistant coach: 
> Dejan Milojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Милојевић; 15 April 1977 – 17 January 2024) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. At the time of his death, he was an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
> Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), Milojević played professionally as a power forward from 1994 until 2009, appearing for the FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro league teams Beovuk, FMP, Budućn...

> **[Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic dies of heart attack](https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dies-heart-attack/story?id=106457880)**
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> Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic died of a heart attack during a team dinner Tuesday night, according to the organization.

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dies-at-46-caradic-failure/996247/2 "2024-01-18T14:53:42Z")

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That’s rough, only one year older than me and most likely in significantly better shape. You just never know.

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**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dies-at-46-caradic-failure/996247/3 "2024-01-19T02:56:39Z")

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Yeah, some people eat like crap, smoke, drink, and are sedentary while living into their eighties. Others eat well, exercise, and die in their 40s of heart attacks.

My SIL had a friend whose husband just literally dropped dead while out jogging in a park-like wooded area in Austin- it was some sort of freak thing with his heart and had nothing to do with his diet or conditioning. I suspect Milojevic’s issue was something similar.