Kevin Yurkus is an American professional basketball coach who was most recently head coach of Saigon Heat and the Vietnam national basketball team.
| Saigon Heat | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | |||||||||||
| League | ASEAN Basketball League | |||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1994–present | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| As coach: | ||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Nakhon Pathom Mad Goats | |||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Cantho Catfish | |||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Saigon Heat (VBA) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Saigon Heat | |||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Vietnam National Basketball Team | |||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
As a head coach:
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Medals
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Coaching career
editClub coaching career
editFrom 2016–2017, he coached the Nakhon Pathom Mad Goats in Thailand. After that, he came to Vietnam to coach Cantho Catfish from 2017–2019.
National team coaching career
editFrom 2019 to 2022, Yurkus was the head coach of the senior Vietnamese national basketball team.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Kevin Yurkus says goodbye to Cantho Catfish Việt Nam News, 11 January 2019. Accessed 6 February 2020.
- ^ Richard Dy (10 December 2019). "Vietnam beats Indonesia in bronze medal game for historic medal". ESPN. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ HLV Kevin Yurkus "bật mí" về danh sách đội tuyển bóng rổ Việt Nam tham dự SEA Games 30 Huy Pham (Kenh14.vt), 9 September 2019. Accessed 7 February 2020. (in Vietnamese)
External links
editVideos
edit- HLV xuất sắc nhất VBA 2017: HLV Kevin Yurkus của Cantho Catfish – Youtube.com video (in Vietnamese)
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