Rajko Toroman ( sr-Cyrl, Рајко Тороман; born February 10, 1955) is a Serbian professional

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coach.

Coaching career

Before 2016, he served as a team consultant for the

Barako Bull Energy Cola The Barako Bull Energy were a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002 as the FedEx Express. From its first season until 2005, the team was dubbed as the FedEx Express before changing to Air21 Express. From the 2009 PBA Fies ...

and the

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in the

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. He previously coached the

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having been hired by country's basketball federation

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. Toroman led the Philippines into 4th place in the

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. From 2014 to 2016, he served as the head coach of the

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. Before working in the Philippines, he worked with the Iranian Basketball Team which brought the country to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. He is slated to represent the Philippines in the upcoming 2019

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as the lead assistant coach for

Mighty Sports Mighty Sports (sometimes referred to as Mighty Sports - Go for Gold for sponsorship reasons) is a basketball team based in the Philippines playing in various domestic tournaments. The team won four championships in the Republica Cup in 2013, 2014, ...

Personal life

Toroman is married, has one daughter, who was married to basketball player

Mladen Šekularac Mladen Šekularac ( sr-cyrl, Младен Шекуларац; born January 29, 1981) is a Montenegrin basketball coach and former professional player. Playing career At one point Šekularac was considered to be one of the biggest European talent ...

. Toroman's nephew Denis plays professional basketball for KK Luka Koper in the

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