Hakan Demir Named Iran Basketball Coach
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turkish coach Hakan Demir was named the new head coach of the Iran basketball team.
He will coach Team Melli in the 2023 FIBA World Cup and 2022 Asian Games.
Hakan Demir, who undertook the position of assistant of head coach Ergin Ataman in Turkey's national team in the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, coaches Manisa Metropolitan Belediyespor, one of the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League teams.
Having previously experienced coaching abroad, including in Switzerland’s Herens Basket and Romania’s Dinamo Bucharest teams, Hakan Demir also undertook the head coaching of Turkish teams such as Beşiktaş, TOFAŞ, Banvit, Trabzonspor and Pınar Karşıyaka.