Brian Goorjian is the most successful coach in Australian basketball, commencing his NBL coaching career in 1988. He has coached nearly 700 games with a remarkable 70% winning percentage. Brian has won five NBL championships and five “Coach of the Year” awards, something no other coach has accomplished. He was voted by his peers the greatest coach in the NBL's first 25 seasons.
More recently, Goorjian's Sydney Kings created history by winning three consecutive NBL Grand Finals between 2002 and 2005. Teams coached by Brian Goorjian have reached the semi finals or better for 20 consecutive seasons, which is quite remarkable and virtually unchallenged in any code. Last season, Goorjian coached the Sydney Kings team to a record-breaking 27 wins and just 3 losses in the regular season.
Goorjian is also coach of the Australian men's national team, the Boomers. He is the first foreign-born coach to hold the position, and led the team to Commonwealth Games gold in 2006. He attended his first Olympics in Athens 2004 and led Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. American-born Goorjian played at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California before coming to Australia in 1977 as a player.
This is his first season as head coach of the Crazy John's South Dragons. Goorjian’s previous clubs included the Eastside Spectres (1988-1991), South East Melbourne Magic (1992-1996), Victoria Titans (1997-2001) and Sydney Kings (2002-2008).
As a speaker Brian is considered one of the most entertaining and passionate of all the elite sports coaches.
topics
· Creating A Winning Team
· Coping With Change In The Workplace
· Maintaining A Winning Position In A Highly Competitive Environment
· Teamwork
· Surviving A Merger (In Brian’s Case, Two!!)
· What It Takes To Be Successful
· Providing Good Leadership & Developing Potential
· Coping With Failure And Coming Out On Top
· Developing A Culture
A quick snapshot of his career:
Brian has coached over 700 games in the NBL with a remarkable 70% winning percentage. His achievements during this time include:
· Winning 5 championships
· Having his teams reach the semi-finals or better for 17 consecutive seasons
· Being voted NBL coach of the year 4 times
· Voted the "greatest" coach ever in the first 25 years of the NBL’s history
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