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Brian Goorjian

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Born
1953 (70 years old)

Birth Place

Glendale, California

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Manager

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6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

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Illawarra Hawks

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Australian NBL

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Brian Warwick Goorjian (born 28 July 1953) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL). He is the winningest coach in Australian basketball and his career has been called the most successful in NBL history by Basketball Australia. In an NBL coaching career spanning over 20 years, Goorjian has won six championships: two with the South East Melbourne Magic, three with the Sydney Kings and one with the South Dragons. He served as the head coach of the Australia men's national basketball team from 2001 to 2008.

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 NBL in 2020 as the head coach of the Hawks.