Aubin-Thierry Goporo

{{short description|Central African-American basketball player}}

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| league = SEC

| team = Tennessee Volunteers

| position = Director of Student-Athlete Development

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|5|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bangui, Central African Republic

| nationality = Central African / American

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| college = Florida Tech (1992–1996)

| draft_year = 1996

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Aubin-Thierry Goporo (born 15 May 1968) is a Central African basketball coach and former player who is the Director of Student-Athlete Development for the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team.{{cite web |title=Aubin Goporo |url=https://utsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/aubin-goporo/1902 |website=University of Tennessee Athletics |accessdate=13 July 2020}} He played college basketball for the Florida Tech Panthers and graduated in 1996. Goporo competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics with the Central African Republic national basketball team and became the coach of the team for the FIBA Africa Championships in 2015.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/aubin-thierry-goporo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054234/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/aubin-thierry-goporo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Aubin-Thierry Goporo}} He is the former head basketball coach and athletic director at Florida Air Academy in Melbourne, Florida. He amassed a 309–47 record and won 5 state championships in 15 seasons.

He is the younger brother of fellow basketball player and coach Frédéricque Rufin Goporo.{{cite web |title=Central African Republic Basketball needs to re-emerge |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/central-african-republic-basketball-needs-to-re-emerge |website=FIBA |accessdate=13 July 2020 |date=13 July 2013}}