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Central African-American basketball player
Aubin-Thierry Goporo
Tennessee Volunteers
PositionDirector of Student-Athlete Development
LeagueSEC
Personal information
Born (1968-05-15) 15 May 1968 (age 56)
Bangui, Central African Republic
NationalityCentral African / American
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
CollegeFlorida Tech (1992–1996)
NBA draft1996: undrafted

Aubin-Thierry Goporo (born 15 May 1968) is a Central African basketball coach and former player who is the Director of Student-Athlete Development for the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team. He played college basketball for the Florida Tech Panthers and graduated in 1996. Goporo competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics with the Central African Republic national basketball team and became the coach of the team for the FIBA Africa Championships in 2015. He is the former head basketball coach and athletic director at Florida Air Academy in Melbourne, Florida. He amassed a 309–47 record and won 5 state championships in 15 seasons.

He is the younger brother of fellow basketball player and coach Frédéricque Rufin Goporo.

References

  1. ^ "Aubin Goporo". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aubin-Thierry Goporo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. "Central African Republic Basketball needs to re-emerge". FIBA. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2020.


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