Thomas Wisman

Thomas Wisman is an Australian-American basketball coach and a former player. He was head coach of the national teams of England, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and Qatar.[1][2]

Thomas Wisman
Personal information
Born (1949-04-04) April 4, 1949
NationalityAustralian / American
Career information
CollegeQuincy College
PositionHead coach
Career history
As coach:
1976-1978Crystal Palace (basketball)
1980-1982Solent Stars
1982England
1982–1985Hong Kong
1985–1986Malaysia
1988-1989Isuzu Motors (associate)
1991–1996Newcastle Falcons
1996-1997Wonju Naray Blue Bird
1997-2004Isuzu Motors/Yokohama Giga Cats(associate)
2005-2007Jomo Sunflowers (associate)
2008-2010Link Tochigi Brex
2010–2012Japan
2012–2013Qatar
2014-2017Link Tochigi Brex
2018-2020Yokohama B-Corsairs
Career highlights and awards

He won the 1995 NBL Coach of the Year Award while coaching Newcastle Falcons of the National Basketball League in Australia.

He won the championship of the 2009-10 Japanese Basketball League as head coach of Link Tochigi Brex.[3]

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
Link Tochigi Brex 2008-09 251312.5205th--- -
Link Tochigi Brex 2009-10 422715.6432nd651.833 JBL Champions
Link Tochigi Brex 2014-15 544311.7962nd in Easten422.500 3rd
Link Tochigi Brex 2015-16 544311.7962nd532.600 3rd
Link Tochigi Brex 2016-17 604614.7671st in Eastern651.833 Champions
Yokohama B-Corsairs 2018-19 601446.2336th in Central--- -
Yokohama B-Corsairs 2019-20 32824.250Fired--- -


References

  1. Chris, Aju George (25 July 2012). "World Cup qualification top priority for Wisman". Doha Stadium Plus. Aspire Printing. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015. The 63-year-old [Wisman] is currently on his fifth national team job after England (1982), Hong Kong (’82 to ’85), Malaysia (’85 to ’86) and Japan (2010 to ’12).
  2. Henson, Joaquin (6 August 2013). "Wisman wise man for Qatar". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. Odeven, Ed (18 February 2012). "Search on for new coach after JBA drops Wisman". The Japan Times. Retrieved 27 September 2015.


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