Rajko Toroman

Rajko Toroman
	Toroman in May 2008.
Converge FiberXers
Position	Consultant
Personal information
Born	February 10, 1955 (age 69); Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Coaching career	1991–present
Career history
As coach:
1991–1996	FR Yugoslavia (assistant)
1992	Sloga
1993	Vojvodina
1994–1995	Pagrati
1995–1997	Spartak
1996	FR Yugoslavia U-22
1997–1998	Anwil Włocławek
1999	Radnički Belgrade
1999–2001	Power Wevelgem
2002–2003	MyGuide Amsterdam
2003–2004	Keravnos
2004–2005	Henan Dragons
2005	Igokea
2005–2007	Debreceni
2007–2008	Iran
2009–2011	Philippines
2012	Petron Blaze Boosters (consultant)
2013	Barako Bull Energy (consultant)
2014–2016	Jordan
2016–2018	Tianjin Ronggang
2018–2019	Al-Muharraq
2019–2022	Indonesia
2023–present	College of Saint Benilde (consultant)
2023–present	Converge FiberXers (consultant)
Men's Basketball
Head Coach for Iran
FIBA Asia Championship
Head Coach for Yugoslavia
'22 & under' European Championship

Rajko Toroman (Serbian Cyrillic: Рајко Тороман; born February 10, 1955) is a Serbian professional basketball coach.

Coaching career

Before 2016, he served as a team consultant for the Barako Bull Energy Cola and the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association.^[1] He previously coached the Philippines men's national basketball team having been hired by country's basketball federation Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas. Toroman led the Philippines into 4th place in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship. From 2014 to 2016, he served as the head coach of the Jordanian national basketball team.^[2]

Before working in the Philippines, he worked with the Iranian Basketball Team which brought the country to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.^[3]

He represented the Philippines in the 2019 William Jones Cup as the lead assistant coach for Mighty Sports.^[4]

Personal life

Toroman is married, has one daughter, Sandra, who was married to basketball player Mladen Šekularac. Toroman's grandson and Sansra's son, Djordje Sekularac was a member of the Serbian Under-16 team and was starting small forward for the U18 Partizan Belgrade team in the Junior Euroleague.^[5] Toroman's nephew Denis plays professional basketball for KK Luka Koper in the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League.

References

^ "PBA: More active role for Rajko | Tempo - News in a Flash". Tempo. Archived from the original on 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2012-09-19. 08-24-12
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^ [1] Toroman leaves Iran on good terms, pens Philippines deal
^ Li, Matthew (21 May 2019). "Charles Tiu to reunite with mentor Rajko Toroman in Mighty Sports". Tiebreaker Times. Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^ Badua, Snow (19 March 2024). "Rajko Toroman grandson now a standout in Serbia's U16 team". SPIN. Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

External links

Video interview with Rajko Toroman @ fiba.com

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[1] "PBA: More active role for Rajko | Tempo - News in a Flash". Tempo. Archived from the original on 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2012-09-19. 08-24-12

[2] "提示".

[3] [1] Toroman leaves Iran on good terms, pens Philippines deal

[4] Li, Matthew (21 May 2019). "Charles Tiu to reunite with mentor Rajko Toroman in Mighty Sports". Tiebreaker Times. Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

[5] Badua, Snow (19 March 2024). "Rajko Toroman grandson now a standout in Serbia's U16 team". SPIN. Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

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