Rostislav Vergun

Rostislav Vergun (Russian: Ростислав Николаевич Вергун, Belarusian: Расціслаў Мікалаевіч Вергун; born Chernihiv 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.

Rostislav Vergun
Tsmoki Minsk
PositionHead coach
Personal information
Born (1982-03-26) 26 March 1982
Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityBelarusian
Career information
Playing career2001–2014
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career2013–present
Career history
2000–2003Weatherford Junior College
2003–2005Birmingham–Southern College
2004–2008Mogilev's Borisfen
2008–2012Minsk-2006
2013–2014Mogilev's Borisfen
As coach:
2013–2014Mogilev's Borisfen
2014–2017Tsmoki Minsk (assistant)
2015–2017Tsmoki Minsk (co-trainer)
2017–2019Tsmoki-Minsk II
2019–Tsmoki Minsk
2019–Belarus

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] repeatedly won the Belarusian Premier League in 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 and also the Belarusian Cup in the season 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.

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 Cup of Belarus-2017 and 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, Rostislav Vergun extended his contract with Tsmoki Minsk.[11]

Personal life

He born in Chernihiv, but he moved at the early age to Mogilev in Belarus.

Honours

As a player
BC Tsmoki-Minsk

As a Coach
Tsmoki-Minsk II
BC Tsmoki-Minsk

References
  1. "Rostislav Vergun". www.realgm.com. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. "Rostislav Vergun SF #24". www.pressball.by. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  3. "Ростислав Вергун: «Зачем женский баскетбол, когда есть мужской?»". www.by.tribuna.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. "Баскетбол. НБЛ. "Виталюр" стал чемпионом лиги". www.tribuna.com. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. "Баскетбол. НБЛ. "Виталюр" стал чемпионом лиги". www.pressball.by. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  6. "Rostislav Vergun". www.sport.de. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. "Александр Крутиков и Егор Мещеряков покидают клуб". www.bc-tsmoki.by. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  8. "Rostislav Vergun named head coach of Belarus national team". Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  9. "Ростислав Вергун назначен главным тренером мужской сборной Беларуси". www.pressball.by. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  10. "Ростислав Вергун. Постараюсь в Лас-Вегасе найти "Цмокам" жемчужину". www.pressball.by. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  11. "Vergun extended his contract with the Dragons". www.bc-tsmoki.by. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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