In 2009, Goorjian became the head coach of the Dongguan Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and stayed with the team for six seasons.

[4] Goorjian served as the inaugural head coach of the Ballarat Miners in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) in 1986.

[citation needed] Goorjian won the first of his six championships in 1992 against the Melbourne Tigers and was named the Lindsay Gaze Coach of the Year.

[citation needed] Following the loss to the 36ers, Goorjian had another change of team by merger when the Magic merged with cross-town rivals the North Melbourne Giants to form the Victoria Titans.

At the end of the 2001–02 season, the financially struggling Victoria Titans went into administration and were sold to new owners associated with the former North Melbourne Giants, who controversially fired Goorjian.

Goorjian coached Sydney to five Grand Final series in six years, despite being forced to constantly re-build the team after each season.

The Dragons folded at the end of the season despite their title win, prompting Goorjian to seek a position overseas.

[citation needed] After the CBA season has finished, Goorjian became Special Advisor of the Shanghai Sharks in early 2016, responsible for player development, talent identification, scouting and game analysis.

[citation needed] After leaving the Sharks, Goorijan moved to the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in 2018 as an assistant coach, and remained there for one season.

[citation needed] On 23 June 2020, returned to Australia and signed with Illawarra Hawks of the NBL as their new head coach.

[11] On 6 March 2024, Goorijan signed a three-year deal to return as head coach of the Sydney Kings.

[citation needed] In November 2020, Goorjian returned as head coach for the Australian men's national basketball team for the 2020 Summer Olympics where the team won the bronze medal and Australia's first ever medal in Olympic men's basketball.

[15] In 2003 the NBL Hall of Fame selection committee voted Brian Goorjian the best coach of the first 25 years of the National Basketball League.