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YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, ARMENPRESS. Detroit Pistons assistant coach Rex Kalamian will be the new head coach of the Armenian National Basketball Team, the Basketball Federation of Armenia said.
Kalamian will lead the team to the European Championship due June 28-July 3 in Malta.
Earlier, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted : “Detroit Pistons assistant Rex Kalamian has agreed to become the new head coach of the Armenian national team, Kalamian tells ESPN. His grandmother escaped the Armenian genocide as a teenager to come to the United States, and both his parents are Bronx-born Armenian-Americans.”
Earlier in January, sources familiar with the mattertold ARMENPRESS that Kalamian could become the new head coach of the Armenian basketball team.
Kalamian serves as assistant coach for theDetroit Pistonsof the NBA.
He previously had coaching terms with theLos Angeles Clippers,Denver Nuggets,Minnesota Timberwolves, Sacramento Kings,Oklahoma City Thunder, andToronto Raptors.