Janko Popovic is entering his second season as director of basketball operations with Robert Morris University in 2018-19 after being hired in August of 2017.
“We are very excited to have Janko on staff,” said head coach Charlie Buscaglia. “He brings great energy, work ethic, and passion to our program. We will continue to put a great deal of effort into our organization in all areas, and our video editing. We will look for Janko to serve very strongly in these areas for the program.”
In Popovic’s first season on staff, the Colonials won a school-record 25 games in 2017-18 and earned a bid in the Postseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) after collecting a share of the Northeast Conference (NEC) regular-season crown.
Popovic arrives in Moon Township after spending the last two seasons as a graduate assistant with Winthrop. His duties at Winthrop included scouting opponents, compiling all the video and written scouting reports, clipping and making practice and game bits that were shown to players for teaching purposes, and running the video during recruiting visits and scout presentations. Popovic worked with Schaquilla Nunn, a third round pick by the San Antonio Stars in the 2017 WNBA Draft, at Winthrop in 2015-16, and also coached the 2015-16 Big South Defensive Player of the Year in Aliyah Kilpatrick and 2016-17 All-Big South First Team selection Erica Williams.
Prior to coaching at Winthrop, Popovic played basketball for two seasons at Glenville State before completing his junior and senior seasons at LeMoyne-Owen. A native of Belgrade, Serbia, Popovic arrived in the United States in 2009 and played high school basketball at Mountain State Academy in West Virginia.
Popovic graduated from LeMoyne-Owen in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science degree in information technology. He later earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Winthrop in 2017.
