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Boris Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky in 2012
Personal information
Born9 December 1953 (1953-12-09) (age 71)
Penza, Russia
Sport
SportBasketball
ClubPlayer: Dynamo Kuibyshev (1971–73)
Azov Tolyatti (1973–75)
Pamir Dushanbe (1975–79)
Coach: SKA Kiev (1979–81)
DAAZ Ulyanovsk (1982–83)
Tajikistan SSR team (1983–87)
BC Donetsk (1987–90)
BC Avtodor Saratov (1991–92)
BC Aleskram Kiev (1992–93)
BC Donetsk (1993–94)
BC Kiev-Basket (1994–95)
BC Avtodor Saratov (1995–96)
CSK VVS Samara (1996–2002)
EVRAZ Yakterinburg (2002–03)
BC UNICS (2003–05)
Dynamo Moscow (2005–06)
Chevakata Vologda (2006–09)
WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk (2009–14)
BC Krasnye Krylia (2014–15)
Burevestnik Yaroslavl (2015–)

Boris Ilyich Sokolovsky (Template:Lang-ru, born 9 December 1953) is a Russian professional basketball coach and former basketball player. Since 1986, he worked as an assistant coach with the Soviet and then Russian men's and women's basketball teams, and in 2009, he was named as the best women's basketball coach in Russia.[1] Between 2010 and 2012 he headed the Russia women's national basketball team.[2][3]

Club playing career

Sokolovsky played basketball for several clubs, from 1971–1979. '

Coaching career

Sokolovsky started working as a coach in 1979, in Kiev, Ukraine.

Personal

In 1983, Sokolovsky moved to Tajikistan, where he married Valentina, a national team basketball player. They have a son, Aleksei, and daughters Irina and Olga. Aleksei works as a basketball coach, while Irina and Olga are international basketball players.[2]

References

Template:Russia Women Basketball Squad 2012 Summer Olympics