Career
Honored Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1943). Honored coach of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1957). Since 1947 Stepan Spandaryan on coaching.
In 1951-1952 and 1956-1961 he headed the coaching staff of the men"s team of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1959, the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics national team was close to winning the world title, but for political reasons refused to go to the match against a team from Taiwan and was disqualified.
In the 1965-1966 year, Stepan Spandaryan coached the women"s team in Chile. Later he worked in the department of the Sports Committee of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics basketball.
Over the years, he was a member and Chairman of the Presidium of the Basketball Federation of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, the chairman of the All-Union Council of coaching. The son of well-known literary critic, essayist and leader of the Russian revolutionary movement Suren Spandaryan.