Mark Berokoff and Anthony Separovich have been named as Assistant Basketball Coaches at the University of Portland.
Mark Berokoff has joined the University of Portland men’s basketball program as an assistant coach, head coach Shantay Legans announced. Berokoff joins the Pilots after serving the last four seasons as head coach at NAIA Oklahoma City University.
Berokoff has won more than 400 career games along with multiple state and national championships as a head coach. He has had success as a high school head coach, AAU club coach and all levels of college basketball.
He collected 54 wins while at OCU and developed Rashuan Coleman into an All-American in his first season with the Stars.
Berokoff previously led Randall University to three national titles and five national semifinals appearances in nine years (2012-21) at the National Christian College Athletic Association Division II level while serving as both head coach and athletic director. Berokoff guided the Saints to three straight championships (2016, 2017 and 2018) and was named the national coach of the year in 2016 and 2019.
Five players garnered national player of the year awards under Berokoff at Randall (Trey Sneed 2016, ’17 and ’18; Antonio Wilson ’19 and Jordan Marshall 2021). He also mentored 16 all-Americans, three national tournament outstanding players and one scholar All-American. The Saints went 147-122 under Berokoff’s tutelage, often competing against higher level teams from the NCAA.
Prior to Randall, Berokoff served as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I stops with Louisiana Tech and Texas State. He also was a junior college assistant coach with Hill College.
At the high school level, Berokoff had a career record of 225-77 in 10 years of coaching, including winning the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Championship with Calvary Chapel Downey in 2001. He also was involved with the Los Angeles Rockfish AAU team where he coached more than 50 future Division I players including current Pilot head coach, Shantay Legans.
In 2005, he became as the vice president of operations and head coach of the Lincoln Generals in the All-American Professional Basketball League (AAPBL). Other highlights included stints at the prestigious ABCD Camp led by legendary Sonny Vaccaro and helping establish the 1Dream Foundation, a non-profit organization which provides educational opportunities for foreign athletes.
Berokoff was the head coach of the Bandits in the hit television series “Slamball” on SpikeTV and serving as a basketball coordinator for the major motion picture “Coach Carter.”
After earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2006 at Regis University, Berokoff secured his master’s in business administration from Randall University (2016).
Portland men’s basketball has named Anthony Separovich as an assistant coach, head coach Shantay Legans announced. Separovich brings a wealth of experience and a strong international pedigree to the Pilots.
A proven leader in player development, international recruiting, and high-performance coaching, Separovich comes to The Bluff with a decorated background as a player, program director, and mentor to hundreds of elite athletes. He has served as the AUSA Hoops Program and Recruiting Director since 2022.
In his role, Separovich has been instrumental in recruiting, mentoring and guiding boys and girls basketball players from Australia to earn collegiate scholarships in the United States. A record number of student athletes (500 male and female) represented AUSA in AAU Tournaments across the U.S. in 2025. He helped place more than 100 student-athletes at U.S. colleges over the past three years, including a record 50 in 2024.
Separovich also has extensive head coaching experience at both the club and school levels in Australia. He coached the Norths Bears Club to the 2014 championship and Shore School to an undefeated conference record and state title during the 2020-21 season. His role as Shore School’s Basketball Program Director had him overseeing 460-plus athletes and 50-plus staff members.
Separovich played college basketball at NCAA Division II Bloomfield College in New Jersey from 2005-07.
Portland basketball and current head coach Shantay Legans both have a long history of successful basketball recruiting in Australia. The Pilots had four Australians on last year’s roster including WCC Freshman of the Year, Austin Rapp, and All-WCC Second Team selection, Max Mackinnon.
Portland has four more Aussies on the 2025-26 roster with incoming transfers Riley Parker and James O’Donnell and freshman recruit Joel Foxwell joining returning redshirt Carlin Briggs.
