Protić coached Belgrade-based team Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav First Federal League over 8 games during the 1978–79 season.
In recent years, he has been working as a youth coach in Qingdao, Shandong, China.
[5] Protić owns a Belgrade-based club Probasket for a youth development.
[6] In July 2016, Serbian coach Dušan Ivković and Protić reportedly got into a verbal altercation at a basketball clinic in the Šumice Center that nearly turned physical.
[7][8] Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.