Born in Odessa, Soviet Union, Golovin moved to Hungary in 1992 and since then obtained the Hungarian citizenship.

[3] In 2012 he took the head coach position at Kiskunhalasi NKSE and under his management the team produced one of the surprise performances in the 2012–13 season.

[2] At the end of the season he was signed by Siófok KC to replace Szilárd Kiss, who became the youth director of the club.

[4] In March 2018 he took over the head coach position at Hungary women's national junior handball team from János Hajdu.

[6] 1) Hajdu acted as caretaker head coach due to the illness of Bøhn