Jan van Breda Kolff
New Orleans Hornets (assistant) | |
| 2008–2010 | Nashville Broncos / Music City Stars |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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As coach:
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| Career ABA and NBA statistics | |
Points | 3,696 (6.2 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 2,572 (4.3 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,178 (2.0 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Jan van Breda Kolff (born December 16, 1951) is an American former
He also spent two years in Italy, from 1983 to 1985, helping Italian team Virtus Bologna win a championship.
Coaching career
Van Breda Kolff was a player coach while playing in Italy. Then he became an assistant coach at Princeton in either 1985 or 1987.[2][3]
Van Breda Kolff's tenure at St. Bonaventure ended abruptly in controversy late in the 2002–03 season. St. Bonaventure declared junior college transfer Jamil Terrell eligible to play without sitting out a year (as he would have been under NCAA rules if he had earned an associate degree), even though Terrell had only earned a welding certificate. Athletic director Gothard Lane had told school president Robert Wickenheiser that Terrell was ineligible to play that year. However, Wickenheiser, under prodding from his son Kort, who was also one of Van Breda Kolff's assistants, unilaterally declared Terrell eligible. School officials didn't seek guidance from the NCAA about Terrell's eligibility until the 2002–03 season was nearly over. The Bonnies were forced to forfeit every game in which Terrell played, and were also barred from the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. In protest, the Bonnies players opted to sit out the last two games.[4][5] Van Breda Kolff denied knowing about the scandal and was cleared of wrongdoing.[6]
On April 25, 2007, he was named as one of three finalists to become the new head coach of UC Riverside's men's basketball program.
Van Breda Kolff was named coach of the Nashville Broncos of the
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Cornell Big Red (Ivy League) (1991–1993) | |||||||||
| 1991–92 | Cornell | 7–19 | 5–9 | 5th | |||||
| 1992–93 | Cornell | 16–10 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
| Cornell: | 23–29 (.442) | 14–14 (.500) | |||||||
| Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (1993–1999) | |||||||||
| 1993–94 | Vanderbilt | 20–12 | 9–7 | 3rd | NIT Runner-up | ||||
| 1994–95 | Vanderbilt | 13–15 | 6–10 | 4th | |||||
| 1995–96 | Vanderbilt | 19–12 | 7–9 | 4th | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 1996–97 | Vanderbilt | 18–14 | 9–7 | 4th | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| 1997–98 | Vanderbilt | 20–13 | 7–9 | T–4th | NIT Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1998–99 | Vanderbilt | 14–15 | 5–11 | 5th | |||||
| Vanderbilt: | 104–81 (.562) | 43–53 (.448) | |||||||
| Pepperdine Waves (West Coast Conference) (1999–2001) | |||||||||
1999–00
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Pepperdine | 25–9 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
| 2000–01 | Pepperdine | 22–9 | 12–2 | 2nd | NIT Second Round | ||||
| Pepperdine: | 47–18 (.723) | 24–4 (.857) | |||||||
| St. Bonaventure Bonnies (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2001–2003) | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | St. Bonaventure | 17–13 | 8–8 | 6th | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 2002–03 | St. Bonaventure | 13–14 | 7–9 | 7th | |||||
| St. Bonaventure: | 30–27 (.526) | 15–17 (.469) | |||||||
| Total: | 204–155 (.568) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "About Coach Jan van Breda Kolff". Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2006.
- ProQuest 281815979. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
Jan van Breda Kolff began his coaching career as a player-coach in Italy's professional league from 1983-85. He was an assistant at Princeton from 1987-91
- ProQuest 278580625. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
He did some sports broadcasting after his playing days, then became an assistant to Pete Carril at Princeton from 1985-'91
- ^ Weiss, Dick. Bona AD: wronged for doing right. New York Daily News, April 19, 2003.
- ^ 2004 infraction report
- New York Times. May 2, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2010.