Rostislav Vergun Explained

Rostislav Vergun
Position:Head coach
Team:Tsmoki Minsk
Birth Date:1982 3, df=y
Birth Place:Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:Belarusian
Career Start:2001
College:Weatherford Junior College (2000-2003)Birmingham–Southern College (2003-2005)
Career End:2014
Career Position:Point guard
Coach Start:2013
Years1:2004–2008
Team1:Mogilev's Borisfen
Years2:2008–2012
Team2:Minsk-2006
Years3:2013–2014
Team3:Mogilev's Borisfen
Cyears2:2013–2014
Cteam2:Mogilev's Borisfen
Cyears3:2014–2017
Cteam3:Tsmoki Minsk (assistant)
Cyears4:2015–2017
Cteam4:Tsmoki Minsk (co-trainer)
Cyears5:2017–2019
Cteam5:Tsmoki-Minsk II
Cyears6:2019–
Cyears7:2019–
Cteam7:Belarus

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.

Career

He 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

He 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

As a player

BC Tsmoki-Minsk

As a Coach

BC Tsmoki-Minsk

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rostislav Vergun . www.realgm.com . 29 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Rostislav Vergun SF #24 . www.pressball.by . 29 September 2020 . 26 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190126220858/https://www.pressball.by/articles/basketball/belarus/103710 . dead .
  3. Web site: Ростислав Вергун: "Зачем женский баскетбол, когда есть мужской?" . www.by.tribuna.com . 2 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Баскетбол. НБЛ. "Виталюр" стал чемпионом лиги . www.tribuna.com . 3 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Баскетбол. НБЛ. "Виталюр" стал чемпионом лиги . www.pressball.by . 1 October 2020.
  6. Web site: Rostislav Vergun . www.sport.de . 3 October 2020.
  7. Web site: Александр Крутиков и Егор Мещеряков покидают клуб . www.bc-tsmoki.by . 29 September 2020 . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191102034005/http://bc-tsmoki.by/aleksandr-krutikov-i-egor-meshheryakov-pokidayut-klub . dead .
  8. Web site: Rostislav Vergun named head coach of Belarus national team. 27 December 2019 . 27 December 2019.
  9. Web site: Ростислав Вергун назначен главным тренером мужской сборной Беларуси . www.pressball.by . 29 September 2020.
  10. Web site: Ростислав Вергун. Постараюсь в Лас-Вегасе найти "Цмокам" жемчужину . www.pressball.by . 29 September 2020.
  11. Web site: Vergun extended his contract with the Dragons . www.bc-tsmoki.by . 29 September 2020.