Goorjian set to coach 250th Kings game

Three days after chalking up his 850th NBL game, Brian Goorjian will coach his 250th Sydney Kings game - the first individual ever to do so - on Sunday, when his Hoops Capital side battle Cairns.

During that tenure, Goorjian has guided the purple and gold to three championships, from 2003-2005.

Ahead of the clash with the Taipans, let's take a statistical deep dive into Goorjian's career with the harbour city side - where he has never missed the post-season:

• Games coached at the Kings: 249.
• Total games won: 178.
• Total games lost: 71.
• Total winning percentage: 71.5.
• Playoff games coached: 36.
• Playoff games won: 23
• Playoff games lost: 13.
• Playoff winning percentage: 63.9.
• Semi-finals reached: six.
• Grand finals reached: five.

Comparatively, the next four longest-tenured Kings coaches include Bob Turner (195 games with a win percentage of 54.9), Brett Brown (89 games with a win percentage of 48.3), Andrew Gaze (86 games with a win percentage of 48.8) and Chase Buford (68 games with a win percentage of 69.1).

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League-wide, Goorjian will become just the 10th in NBL history to chalk up 250 games as coach, following in the footsteps of Lindsay Gaze (663 with Melbourne Tigers), Brendan Joyce (387 with Illawarra Hawks), Brian Kerle (342 with Brisbane Bullets), Phil Smyth (299 with Adelaide 36ers), Trevor Gleeson (270 with Perth Wildcats), Aaron Fearne (264 with Cairns Taipans), Dean Vickerman (260 with Melbourne United), Ian Stacker (259 with Townsville Crocodiles) and Andrej Lemanis (258 with New Zealand Breakers).

Tickets to the round 16 clash, tipping off at 4.15pm at Qudos Bank Arena, are still available here.