New Heroes Den Bosch | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | Dutch Basketball League |
Personal information | |
Born |
Pula, SFR Yugoslavia |
April 16, 1971
Nationality | Croatian |
Coaching career | 2000–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
2000–2004 | Ludwigsburg (assistant) |
2004–2008 | Ludwigsburg |
2010 | Ventspils |
2010 | BG Karlsruhe |
2011–2015 | Mitteldeutscher BC |
2016 | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
2017–present | New Heroes Den Bosch |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Silvano Poropat (born April 19, 1971) is a Croatian professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of New Heroes Den Bosch of the Dutch Basketball League. Poropat started his coaching career in 2000, and since then he has coached in Germany, Latvia and the Netherlands.
On January 1, 2010, Poropat was signed by Latvian side BK Ventspils as their new head coach. On May 5, 2011, Poropat was fired after failing to reach the LKL finals.
From 2011 until 2015, Poropat was the head coach of German side Mitteldeutscher BC. In the 2011–12 season, Poropat won the second division ProA with Mitteldeutscher and promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga. He was named the BBL Coach of the Year of the 2013–14 season.
On March 3, 2016, Telekom Baskets Bonn signed Poropat as their new head coach.
On May 31, 2017, Poropat signed a 2-year contract with New Heroes Den Bosch of the Dutch Basketball League.