Rajko Toroman is back.
The Serbian coach who started the Gilas Pilipinas program is making a comeback in Philippine basketball.
Toroman makes PBA comeback
Sources said the veteran internationalist is returning to play the role of coaching consultant for Converge in the PBA and College of St. Benilde in the NCAA.
He is expected to arrive from Serbia on Wednesday night.
Toroman led Iran to the top of Fiba Asia and into the 2008 Beijing Olympics before being tapped to start the Smart Gilas program, coaching the Philippine team from 2009 to 2011.
See Sean Anthony recalls stint with Rajko's original Smart Gilas team
Working in the PBA isn't new to Toroman, who took a job as consultant for the Petron Blaze Boosters in 2012.
After getting released a year into a two-year deal with Petron, Toroman went on to join Barako Bull. The partnership lasted less than a year.
He went on to coach the Jordanian national team, several pro ballclubs, and later the Indonesian team from 2019 to 2022.
Toroman was part of the coaching staff of the Indonesian squad that beat Gilas in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold-medal match.
At Benilde, he is expected to work with Blazers coach Charles Tiu, who was part of Toroman's staff at Smart Gilas.
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