[1] Lazić earned his master's degree from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Sport and Physical Education.
While working at FMP, Lazić got his first taste of the NBA through Summer League coaching stints in 2007 with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls.
[3] Later, Lazić got fired on 4 October 2012 after two consecutive losses in the first two games at the start of the 2012–13 Adriatic League season.
[4] In June 2013, he was named the head coach of Śląsk Wrocław of the Polish Basketball League.
[7][8] In his Partizan debut on 31 October, Lazić led the team to a 90–84 overtime loss to Igokea in the Adriatic League.