Brian Goorjian

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Brian Warwick Goorjian (born 28 June 1953) is an American-Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL). In an NBL coaching career spanning over 20 years, Goorjian has won seven championships: two with the South East Melbourne Magic, four with the Sydney Kings and one with the South Dragons. He previously served as the head coach of the Australia men's national basketball team from 2001 to 2008 and again from 2020 to 2024. In 2009, Goorjian became the head coach of the Dongguan Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and stayed with the team for six seasons. He served as an assistant coach for the Guangdong Southern Tigers from 2015 to 2016 and as a special advisor to the Shanghai Sharks from 2016 to 2018. Goorjian returned to coaching duties when he joined the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in 2018 as an assistant coach for one season. After spending a decade in the CBA, he returned to the...

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