Men's basketball Popov coached
Lions Vršac in the 2003–04 season and Bosnian team
Leotar Trebinje during 2007–08 season.
Women's club basketball Popov spent a big part of his coaching career with
Hemofarm from Vršac. He was an assistant coach from 1993 to 1999, and a head coach three times: 1999–2003, 2004–2005 and 2010–2013. Also, Popov coached teams in Italy and
Romania. He was a coach of Italian team Mercede Basket Alghero for two seasons. In Romania, he was a head coach for
CSU Alba Iulia for five seasons. During the 2019–20 season Popov coached Tianjin Ronggang of the
Women's Chinese Basketball Association.
Women national teams ;FR Yugoslavia Popov was a head coach for the
FR Yugoslavia women's national team at the
EuroBasket Women 2001 and
2002 FIBA World Championship for Women. ;Romania Popov was a head coach for the
Romania women's national team. ==Career achievements and awards==