Tigran Gyokchyan (in

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

Տիգրան Գյոկչյան, in

Western Armenian Western Armenian (Classical Armenian orthography, Classical spelling: , ) is one of the two standard language, standardized forms of Armenian language, Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Arme ...

Տիգրան Կէօքճեան; born January 3, 1965) is an

basketball coach who currently coaches the Lebanese women's national basketball team and is the head coach for Armenian basketball team

BC Dvin The Armenia Basketball League A (Armenian: ), is the top men's official basketball league in Armenia. The first season of the competition was launched in 2017. Since 2019, it has been renamed the VBET A-League after a headline sponsorship agreeme ...

Coaching career

In 2016 Gyokchyan as coach of

Armenia national basketball team The Armenian national basketball team (, ''Hayastani basketboli azgayin havak'akan'') is the national basketball team representing Armenia. The national team is directed by the Basketball Federation of Armenia. Since 2006, the President of the ...

, he led them to their first ever European basketball title, helping them win the

FIBA European Championship for Small Countries The FIBA European Championship for Small Countries is the lowest-ranked tier of the biennial FIBA EuroBasket competition, organized by FIBA Europe FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketba ...

, defeating the hosts

Andorra national basketball team The Andorra national basketball team is the national team of Andorra. The national team has always represented in the EuroBasket Division C. It also takes part well in Games of the Small States of Europe. History Despite not joining FIBA until ...

in the final 79–71.Armenia becomes champion of the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
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Personal life

His son, Hayk, is a notable basketball player who plays for

Homenetmen Beirut B.C. Homenetmen Beirut ( ar, نادي الهومنتمن; ), or simply Homenetmen, is the basketball department of Homenetmen Lebanon, Homenetmen, a Armenians in Lebanon, Lebanese-Armenian multi-sports club based in Beirut, Lebanon. The club was estab ...

and the

Lebanese national team The Lebanon national football team,french: Équipe du Liban de football controlled by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), have represented Lebanon in association football since their inception in 1933. The squad is governed by the As ...

, also played 2015–2016 season with the Lebanese club

Hekmeh BC Sagesse Sports Club (), known as Hekmeh ( ar, الحكمة) in Arabic, is a Lebanese sports club based in Beirut. The basketball team was established in 1992, as part of the Club Sagesse established in 1943 with mainly the football (soccer) tea ...

References

External links

Profile at FIBA.comProfile at Asia-Basket.com
Lebanese people of Armenian descent Living people 1965 births Basketball coaches of international teams {{Lebanon-basketball-bio-stub