Kazuo Nakamura (basketball)
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.jpg) Nakamura at Akita Prefectural Gymnasium (2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | December 4, 1940 Oga, Akita | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Akita (Akita, Akita) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Shibaura Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1966–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1962 | Tekkosha | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | Akita Isuzu Motors | ||||||||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1974 | Kakumei Joshi HS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974-1992 | Kyodo Oil Sunflowers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995-1998 | Akita Keizai University | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998-2011 | OSG/Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011-2014 | Akita Northern Happinets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-2016 | Niigata Albirex BB | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978-1981 1985-1990 | Japan National Women | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kazuo Nakamura (中村 和雄, Nakamura Kazuo, born December 4, 1940) is a former professional basketball head coach for Hamamatsu, Akita and Niigata and a former college basketball head coach for Akita Keizaihoka University in Japan.[1][2] Nakamura always said to players, "Play basketball with all your heart."[3] He admires Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight. Nakamura also served for the San Antonio Silver Stars as a scout in Asia. He currently teaches amateurs in Akita prefecture.
