Goran Topić Explained

Goran Topić
League:ABA League
Team:FMP
Position:Assistant coach
Basketball League of Serbia
Birth Date:3 May 1967
Birth Place:Vršac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
Coach Start:1992
Cyears1:1992–2003
Cteam1:Hemofarm Women (youth)
Cyears2:2003–2004
Cteam2:Hemofarm Women
Cyears3:2004–2012
Cteam3:Hemofarm (assistant)
Cyears4:2012–2014
Cteam4:Crvena zvezda (assistant)
Cyears5:2014–2015
Cteam5:Turów Zgorzelec (assistant)
Cyears10:2016–2018
Cteam10:Vršac (assistant)
Cyears11:2018
Cteam11:Vršac
Cyears12:2021–present
Cteam12:FMP (assistant)

Goran Topić (Serbian: Горан Топић; born 3 May 1967) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and scout, who is an assistant coach of FMP of the ABA League and the Basketball League of Serbia.

Coaching career

Men's club basketball

From 2007 to 2012, Topić had been a part of coaching staffs of the Hemofarm head coaches Miroslav Nikolić,[1] Vlada Vukoičić, Stevan Karadžić, Željko Lukajić,[2] and Nebojša Bogavac.

In September 2012, he was added to the coaching staff of Crvena zvezda as an assistant coach.[3] [4] He worked there until the end of the 2013–14 season.[5] During the 2014–15 season, he was an assistant coach for the Turów Zgorzelec of the Polish Basketball League.[6] In 2016, he worked as an assistant coach for the Vršac under head coach Milan Gurović.[7] After Gurović left Vršac, Topić continued to work as a part of the staff of new head coach Vladimir Đokić.[8]

On January 21, 2018, Topić was named a head coach for Vršac.[9]

In May 2022, Topić signed a contract extension with FMP.[10]

Women's club basketball

On June 27, 2003, Topić was named the new head coach of Hemofarm.[11]

National team

In 2012, Topić was an assistant coach for the women's national team of Serbia in the Marina Maljković's staff.[12] Also in the same year, he was an assistant coach of Dušan Ivković in the men's national team of Serbia.[13]

Scouting career

In 2014, Topić was added as a national team scout for the Serbia men's national basketball team. He was a staff member of a head coach Aleksandar Đorđević for two FIBA World Cups (2014 and 2019), the 2016 Summer Olympics, and two EuroBaskets (2015 and 2017).[14] [15]

Career achievements

As scout

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trener Hemofarma podnio ostavku nakon poraza od Zadra. ezadar.rtl.hr. 10 October 2017.
  2. Web site: 2010-2011 KK Vrsac Swisslion Roster. basketball.realgm.com. 10 October 2017.
  3. Web site: Goran Topić pojačanje stručnog štaba KK Crvena zvezda. telegraf.rs. 10 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Asistent Dude Ivkovića pojačao stručni štab Crvene zvezde. sport.blic.rs. 10 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Topic Coach Profile. eurobasket.com. 10 October 2017.
  6. Web site: Intervju: Goran Topić član stručnog štaba reprezentacije Srbije. evrsac.rs. 10 October 2017.
  7. Web site: Gurović ostao bez posla. mondo.rs. 10 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Gurović dobio naslednika: Đokić novi trener Vršca. juznibanat.rs. 10 October 2017.
  9. Web site: ZAMENA ZA ĐOKIĆA Goran Topić novi trener Vršca. sport.blic.rs. 22 January 2018.
  10. Web site: FMP čuva kompletnu struku . b92.net . 29 May 2022.
  11. Web site: Goran Topić trener ženske ekipe Hemofarma. b92.net. 10 October 2017. sr.
  12. Web site: Seniorska ženska reprezentacija iz 2012. godine. kss.rs. 10 October 2017.
  13. Web site: Seniorska muška reprezentacija iz 2012. godine. kss.rs.
  14. Web site: 2015: Vodič za medije. kss.rs. 10 October 2017.
  15. Web site: 2017: EP. kss.rs. 10 October 2017.