Rostislav Vergun
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_-_1.jpg) Vergun in 2023 | |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| League | VTB United League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 26 March 1982 |
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Listed weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
| Career information | |
| College |
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| Playing career | 2004–2012 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 2004–2008 | Mogilev's Borisfen |
| 2008–2012 | Minsk-2006 |
| 2013–2014 | Mogilev's Borisfen |
Coaching | |
| 2013–2014 | Mogilev's Borisfen |
| 2014–2017 | Tsmoki Minsk (assistant) |
| 2017–2019 | Tsmoki-Minsk II |
| 2019–2023 | Minsk |
| 2019–present | Belarus |
| 2023–2026 | Uralmash |
| 2026 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (interim) |
| 2026–present | Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
As player:
As head coach:
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Rostislav Mykolaevich 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 currently the assistant coach of Zenit Saint Petersburg and the head coach of Belarus national team.[2][3]
He studied at the American University of Birmingham-Southern as accountancy.[4] 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.[5] From 2008 to 2012, he played for the club Minsk-2006,[6] He played in the Non-Professional Basketball League of Belarus for BIT (2015) and Vitalyur (2015–2016), became the NBL champion (2015/2016),[7] bronze medalist (2014/2015).
Coaching career
Early 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.[8]
BC Tsmoki-Minsk II
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.
BC Tsmoki-Minsk
In January 2019, Vergun was appointed head coach of the Tsmoki Minsk club.[9] In July 2020, Vergun extended his contract with Tsmoki Minsk.[10]
Belarus national team
In December 2019, Vergun was appointed head coach of the Belarus national team.[11][12][13]
BC Uralmash
In December 2023 he was appointed head coach of Uralmash.[14][15] He led his new club to a solid seventh place in the VTB United League and earned a place in the playoffs.[16] In March 2025, with his new club he won the Russian Basketball Cup.[17]
Honours
As a player
- BC Tsmoki-Minsk
- Belarusian Premier League (4) 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
As a Coach
- BC Tsmoki-Minsk
- Belarusian Premier League (5) 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Belarusian Basketball Cup (4) 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- BC Uralmash Yekaterinburg
- Russian Basketball Cup (1): 2024-2025
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