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Thomas Wayne Hovasse (born January 31, 1967) is an American basketball coach and former player. After growing up in Security, Colorado, he played college basketball at Penn State.[1] After not being selected in the 1989 NBA draft, he played professional basketball from 1989 to 2001, including a brief stint with the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association during the 1994–95 season and 10 seasons for teams in Japan.

He coached the Japan women's squad to the silver medal at the 2020 Olympics.[2] He is currently the coach of the Japan men's national basketball team.[3]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1994–95 Atlanta 2 0 2.0 .000 .000 – .0 .0 .5 .0 0.0

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
JX 2016–17 27 27 0 1.000 1st 7 7 0 1.000 Champion


Hovasse coached the Japan women's national basketball team at the 2020 Olympics.

References

  1. ^ "Tom Hovasse". Basketball Reference. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Walker, Teresa M. (August 5, 2021). "Not so crazy: Hovasse, Japan making women's hoops history". Associated Press. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Basketball: Hovasse replaces Lamas as Japan men's team head coach". Kyodo News. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

External links


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hovasse