(1967-01-31) January 31, 1967 (age 57) Durango, Colorado, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight
205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school
Widefield (Security, Colorado)
College
Penn State (1985–1989)
NBA draft
1989: undrafted
Playing career
1989–2001
Position
Small forward
Number
17
Coaching career
2010–present
Career history
As player:
1989–1990
Sporting Club of Portugal
1990–1994
Toyota Pacers
1994
Atlanta Hawks
1995
Pittsburgh Piranhas
1995–2000
Toyota Pacers
2000–2001
Toshiba Brave Thunders
As coach:
2010–2011
JX-Eneos Sunflowers (assistant)
2011–2012
Japan women's national team (assistant)
2012–2013
Phoenix Mercury (assistant)
2014–2016
JX-Eneos Sunflowers (assistant)
2016–2017
JX-Eneos Sunflowers
2017–2021
Japan women's national team
2021–present
Japan men's national team
Career highlights and awards
5× JBL Scoring Leader (1990–1993, 1995)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Basketball coaching
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
Team
FIBA Asia Cup
2017 Bangalore
Japan
2019 Bangalore
Japan
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta
Japan
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]
^"Tom Hovasse". Basketball Reference. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
^Walker, Teresa M. (August 5, 2021). "Not so crazy: Hovasse, Japan making women's hoops history". Associated Press. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
^"Basketball: Hovasse replaces Lamas as Japan men's team head coach". Kyodo News. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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