Mototaka Kohama
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | October 17, 1932 Tokyo |
| Died | 12 January 2017 (aged 84) Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sumida Technical HS (Tokyo, Japan) |
| Position | Head coach |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1951-1958 | Nippon Mining |
| As coach: | |
| ? | Showa Gakuin HS |
| ? | Yasuda Life |
| ? | Hitachi Totsuka Leopard |
| 1977 | Hosei University |
| 1979 | Japan National |
| 1984-1989 | Japan |
| 1996-2000 | Japan |
| 1982-1992 | Akita Isuzu Motors/Isuzu Motors Lynx |
| 1994-2005 | Isuzu Motors Lynx/Giga Cats/Yokohama Giga Cats |
| 2007-2017 | Ikai Red Chimps |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Mototaka Kohama (小浜元孝, Kohama Mototaka) was a Japanese basketball Head coach for the Akita Isuzu Motors, Isuzu Motors Lynx/Giga Cats and Yokohama Giga Cats. He was known as the “Godfather of Japanese basketball,” and served as head coach of the Japan national basketball team three times. Growing up in Akita during WWII as a young boy, he was told to stop playing basketball because it was an American sport. The pioneer studied basketball coaching at the University of Kentucky.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Odeven, Ed (13 January 2017). "Japan hoop legend Kohama dead at 84". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ Odeven, Ed (11 February 2017). "Kohama's legacy certain to live on". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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