Bay Area Dragons appoint six-time Australian NBL champion Brian Goorjian as head coach on two-year deal
- Goorjian is widely considered the most successful coach in the history of Australia’s National Basketball League
- ‘Brian Goorjian is one of the best coaches in the world and holds a deep understanding of Asian basketball,’ East Asia Super League CEO says
Six-time Australian National Basketball League (NBL) champion Brian Goorjian has been selected as the first head coach of Hong Kong’s Bay Area Dragons.
Goorjian – who led Australia’s national team to a maiden Olympic medal in Tokyo last summer – is widely considered one of the most successful coaches in the NBL, and has played an integral role in the development of Asian basketball.
He coached in the China Basketball Association (CBA) for more than a decade and became the first foreign coach of the year during the 2013-2014 CBA season.
“Being the first guest club in the Philippine Basketball Association in two decades while competing in the premier league in Asia, East Asia Super League, is an exciting prospect,” Goorjian said.
In March this year, the Dragons announced they would relocate to the Philippines for their inaugural season, to avoid travel-related restrictions in their home city of Hong Kong.