| Hikmet Vurgun | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2007–2014 | İzmir BB GSK | ||
2014– | Ardeşen GSK | ||
Hikmet Vurgun is a Turkish handball coach, academic for physical education and sports and former handball player.
Hikmet Vurgun married Nilgün Akış, [1] also a handball coach, academic and former handball player. [2]
Vurgun graduated from Ege University in İzmir and obtained a master's degree in 2000. [3] Pursuing an academic career, he was employed end 2004 as a research assistant at the same university. [4]
He taught sports coaching in his capacity as assistant professor at the Physical Education and Sports College of the Celal Bayar University in Manisa. [5] In 2014, he was admitted to the faculty of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University in conjunction with his move to the Ardeşen GSK in Rize. [6] [7]
Vurgun began his sports career as a handball player in İzmir. [8]
In 2007, Vurgun attended a coaching course of the European Handball Federation. [9] The same year, he was appointed head coach of İzmir BB GSK's women's handball team. [10] [11] [12] [13] In June 2014, he transferred to the Rize-based team Ardeşen GSK. [8]
After retiring from playing, he continued his sports career as coach. [2] In 2007, he was appointed assistant to Péter Kovács, the Hungarian head coach of the Turkey women's national handball team. [10] [14] After serving as assistant coach until 2010, [15] [16] he was promoted to the position of head coach of the women's national team, [17] [18] and the manager of the national team. [19] [20] [21]