Basketball - HOVASSE Thomas Wayne

United States of America

Date of Birth: 31 Jan 1967

Gender: Male

Function : Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events Entered

Discipline	Event	Rank
Basketball	Women JPN Japan	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #09 JPN Japan 74 FRA France 70	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #22 USA United States 86 JPN Japan 69	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #33 NGR Nigeria 83 JPN Japan 102	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #43 JPN Japan 86 BEL Belgium 85	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Semifinal #48 JPN Japan 87 FRA France 71	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Gold Medal Game #52 USA United States 90 JPN Japan 75	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

He played professional basketball in Japan for 10 years. (usatoday.com, 27 Sep 2018)

He played for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA during the 1994/95 season. (usatoday.com, 27 Sep 2018; hoopshype.com, 01 Apr 1995)

He coached the Japan women's basketball team to victory at the Asia Cup in 2017 and 2019. (newscabal.co.uk, 01 Oct 2019; fiba.basketball, 08 Feb 2018)

Appointment:

Previous role:

He was an assistant coach with the Japan women's basketball team before he was appointed head coach. Prior to that he was a coach for the JX Eneos Sunflowers, a team in the Women's Japan Basketball League [WJBL].

General Interest

General
UTILISING STRENGTHS
His coaching style is to try to adapt his system to Japanese basketball culture, rather than impose a style of play that the team is not used to. "To me it's almost an advantage to be small and have the discipline that we have. It's the culture of Japan basketball. When I got into it, I was amazed at what they do. The strength is there. I'm just trying to tweak it." (usatoday.com, 27 Sep 2018)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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