Kevin Yurkus

American professional basketball coach
Kevin Yurkus
Saigon Heat
PositionHead coach
LeagueASEAN Basketball League
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Coaching career1994–present
Career history
As coach:
2016–2017Nakhon Pathom Mad Goats
2017–2019Cantho Catfish
2019–2020Saigon Heat (VBA)
2019–2022Saigon Heat
2019–2022Vietnam National Basketball Team
Career highlights and awards
As a head coach:
  • 2017, 2018 Vietnam Basketball Association Coach of the Year[1]
  • 2018 Vietnam Basketball Association Champion[1]
  • 2020 Vietnam Basketball Association Champion
Medals
Representing  Vietnam
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place Philippines 2019[2] Team

Kevin Yurkus is an American professional basketball coach who was most recently head coach of Saigon Heat and the Vietnam national basketball team.

Coaching career

Club coaching career

From 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

From 2019 to 2022, Yurkus was the head coach of the senior Vietnamese national basketball team.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Kevin Yurkus says goodbye to Cantho Catfish Việt Nam News, 11 January 2019. Accessed 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ Richard Dy (10 December 2019). "Vietnam beats Indonesia in bronze medal game for historic medal". ESPN. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ^ 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

  • Asia-basket.com profile

Videos

  • HLV xuất sắc nhất VBA 2017: HLV Kevin Yurkus của Cantho Catfish – Youtube.com video (in Vietnamese)


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