Aubin-Thierry Goporo Explained

Aubin-Thierry Goporo
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:172
League:SEC
Team:Tennessee Volunteers
Position:Director of Student-Athlete Development
Birth Date:15 May 1968
Birth Place:Bangui, Central African Republic
Nationality:Central African / American
College:Florida Tech (1992–1996)
Draft Year:1996

Aubin-Thierry Goporo (born 15 May 1968) is a Central African basketball coach and former player who is the Director of Student-Athlete Development for the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team.[1] He played college basketball for the Florida Tech Panthers and graduated in 1996. Goporo competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics with the Central African Republic national basketball team and became the coach of the team for the FIBA Africa Championships in 2015.[2] He is the former head basketball coach and athletic director at Florida Air Academy in Melbourne, Florida. He amassed a 309–47 record and won 5 state championships in 15 seasons.

He is the younger brother of fellow basketball player and coach Frédéricque Rufin Goporo.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aubin Goporo . University of Tennessee Athletics . 13 July 2020.
  2. Aubin-Thierry Goporo. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054234/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/aubin-thierry-goporo-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 .
  3. Web site: Central African Republic Basketball needs to re-emerge . FIBA . 13 July 2020 . 13 July 2013.