BC Astana hire Serbian coach Aleksandar Trifunović
ASTANA. December 5. KAZINFORM Professional Basketball Club "Astana" has officially announced that experienced Serbian coach Aleksandar Trifunović has been hired as the team's new head coach.
According to Sports.kz web portal, Trifunović born in 1967 began his professional career with Red Star Belgrade in 2001 as a general manager. Next year he trained the team in the capacity of the head coach.
In the year 2006/07 Trifunović continued his professional coaching career in Lithuania where he assisted the head coach of Lietuvos Rytas basketball club. The team reached the ULEB Cup finals and won the Baltic league championship that season. One year later the Serbian specialists helped the club advance to the Euroleague Top 16 stage with 11 wins in 14 games of the regular championship.
After his success in Lithuania, Trifunović landed his another coaching job in Greece and later returned to Lithuanian to helm BC Žalgiris in the year 2011/12.