Slavoljub Gorunović
Serbian basketball coach
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Slavoljub Gorunović (Serbian: Славољуб Горуновић; born February 15, 1970), nicknamed Lale, is a Serbian basketball coach.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 15, 1970 |
| Coaching career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 2015–2016 | Trabzonspor (Player development coach) |
| 2016 | Ase Essaouria |
| 2018 | BC Kazma (Player development coach) |
| 2018–2019 | Tianjin Gold Lions (associate HC) |
| 2021–2022 | FFB Suzhou |
| 2021 | US Monastir |
| 2021–2022 | Kaohsiung Steelers (assistant) |
| 2022 | Kaohsiung Steelers |
| 2023 | TNT Tropang Giga (consultant) |
| 2023–2024 | IHC Apes |
| Career highlights | |
| As consultant: | |
Career
Gorunović worked in several countries like his home country Serbia, Qatar, Russia, Turkey, Morocco, Kuwait, China, Tunisia, Taiwan, and in the Philippines.
His work in Taiwan was being an assistant coach to the Kaohsiung Steelers, and when the head coach was fired, he was promoted.[1][2] He was fired later when the new season began.[3]
His notable work was from TNT Tropang Giga, when he was hired as an active consultant to interim coach and general manager Jojo Lastimosa.[4][5] Guronovic runs the everyday practices and timeout huddles. They won a championship in 2023 PBA Governors' Cup finals defeating Barangay Ginebra. He served on the team until the first conference of the next season.[6]
He later coached the IHC Apes and was later fired.[7]