Rostislav Vergun (Russian: Ростислав Николаевич Вергун, Belarusian: Расціслаў Мікалаевіч Вергун; born 26 March 1982) is a Belarusian professional basketball coach and former player.[1] He is the head coach of Tsmoki Minsk and the Belarus national team.
| Tsmoki Minsk | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 26 March 1982 Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Career information | |
| College | Weatherford Junior College (2000-2003) Birmingham–Southern College (2003-2005) |
| Playing career | 2001–2014 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2004–2008 | Mogilev's Borisfen |
| 2008–2012 | Minsk-2006 |
| 2013–2014 | Mogilev's Borisfen |
| As coach: | |
| 2013–2014 | Mogilev's Borisfen |
| 2014–2017 | Tsmoki Minsk (assistant) |
| 2015–2017 | Tsmoki Minsk (co-trainer) |
| 2017–2019 | Tsmoki-Minsk II |
| 2019– | Tsmoki Minsk |
| 2019– | Belarus |
Career
editHe studied at the American University of Birmingham-Southern as accountancy.[2] From 2000 to 2003 he played for Weatherford Junior College and from 2003 to 2004 for Birmingham–Southern College
After that he went to Belarus and from 2004 until 2008, he played for the Mogilev's Borisfen.[3] From 2008 to 2012, he played for the club Minsk-2006,[4] He played in the Non-Professional Basketball League of Belarus for BIT (2015) and Vitalyur (2015–2016), became the NBL champion (2015/2016),[5] bronze medalist (2014/2015).
Coaching career
editHe finished his playing career in 2012, but in the 2013/2014 season, as the head coach of Mogilev's Borisfen, he was forced to enter the field as a player due to funding problems.
In August 2014, he was appointed assistant head coach of the club Tsmoki Minsk, and in 2015 was appointed as co-trainer.[6]
In 2017, he was appointed as head coach of the reserve team BC Tsmoki-Minsk II, that won the Belarusian Premier League in 2017–18.
In January 2019, Vergun was appointed head coach of the Tsmoki Minsk club.[7] In December 2019, Vergun was appointed head coach of the Belarus national team.[8][9][10] In July 2020, Vergun extended his contract with Tsmoki Minsk.[11]
Honours
editAs a player
edit- BC Tsmoki-Minsk
- Belarusian Premier League (4) 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
As a Coach
edit- BC Tsmoki-Minsk
- Belarusian Premier League (4) 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
References
edit- ^ "Rostislav Vergun". www.realgm.com. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Rostislav Vergun SF #24". www.pressball.by. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Ростислав Вергун: "Зачем женский баскетбол, когда есть мужской?"". www.by.tribuna.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Баскетбол. НБЛ. "Виталюр" стал чемпионом лиги". www.tribuna.com. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Баскетбол. НБЛ. "Виталюр" стал чемпионом лиги". www.pressball.by. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Rostislav Vergun". www.sport.de. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Александр Крутиков и Егор Мещеряков покидают клуб". www.bc-tsmoki.by. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Rostislav Vergun named head coach of Belarus national team". 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Ростислав Вергун назначен главным тренером мужской сборной Беларуси". www.pressball.by. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Ростислав Вергун. Постараюсь в Лас-Вегасе найти "Цмокам" жемчужину". www.pressball.by. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Vergun extended his contract with the Dragons". www.bc-tsmoki.by. Retrieved 29 September 2020.