Ferndale Parks and Recreation
Creating our community through people, parks,and programs.
Ferndale Parks and Recreation
Creating our community through people, parks,and programs.
Instruction for all levels provided by Coach Pop (Justin Popov)
Justin Popov enters his 3rd Season at U of M Dearborn as an Assistant Coach.
Popov comes to UM-Dearborn as a well-recognized player development coach in both men’s and women’s basketball across the state of Michigan.
Popov was a two-time Class C First Team All-State basketball player at Harper Woods High School. He led the state of Michigan in scoring during his senior year in 2005 with 31ppg. He attended Trine University in Angola, Ind., for one year and averaged 21 points in nine games as a freshman before transferring to the University of Detroit Mercy for the rest of his college career.
Years later, Popov gained an NBA D-League Draft Camp invite and was later offered an opportunity to play professional basketball in the NBL Canada and NBA D-League.
A native of Hamtramck, Mich., Popov graduated from the University of Detroit Mercy with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in 2010. He is married and has 2 children and his passion is youth skill development.