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Another American, Brett Brown, quit the job
last October in the wake of the postponement of the Games for a
year and his sacking by the Philadelphia 76ers.
Goorjian, the most successful coach in the history of
Australia's National Basketball League, also led the Boomers at
the 2004 Athens Olympics, where they finished ninth, and the
Beijing Games four years later, when they were seventh.
His team for the Beijing tournament included NBA players Andrew
Bogut, Patty Mills and Joe Ingles, who are all expected to
feature in Tokyo as Australia seek their first medal in their
15th Olympic campaign.
"Being reunited with some of the guys I previously coached at
the Beijing Olympics is an exciting prospect," said the
67-year-old Californian.
"Australia is very fortunate to have such a talented group of
athletes at this time. There is certainly a feeling of
unfinished business, so there is a strong commitment from these
players to participating in the Tokyo Olympics."
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on
Wednesday that the NBA had agreed to a shortened season to allow
players from the league to compete in Tokyo.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by ...)
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