Boris Ilyich Sokolovsky (russian: Бори́с Ильи́ч Соколóвский, born 9 December 1953) is a Russian professional
basketball coach
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and former
basketball
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player. Since 1986, he has worked as an assistant coach, first with the Soviet, and then with the Russian men's and women's national basketball teams. In 2009, he was named
the best women's basketball coach in Russia.
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Club playing career
Sokolovsky played basketball with several Soviet clubs
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, from 1971 to 1979.
Coaching career
Sokolovsky started working as a coach
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Guidance/instruction
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in 1979, in Kiev, Ukraine
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. Between 2010 and 2012, he was the head coach
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of the Russian women's national basketball team.[
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Personal
In 1983, Sokolovsky moved to Tajikistan
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, where he married Valentina, a national team basketball player. They have a son, Aleksei, and daughters Irina
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and Olga. Aleksei works as a basketball coach, while Irina and Olga are international basketball players.[
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See also
* List of EuroBasket Women winning head coaches
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References
Living people
1953 births
Russian basketball coaches
BC Avtodor coaches
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