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Personal information | |
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Born | (1951-12-16) December 16, 1951 (age 72) Palos Verdes, California, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Palos Verdes (Palos Verdes, California) |
College | Vanderbilt (1971β1974) |
NBA draft | 1974: 2nd round, 20th overall pick |
Selected by, theββPortland Trail Blazers | |
Playing career | 1974β1985 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 32, "5," 20, 22 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1974β1975 | Denver Nuggets |
1975β1976 | Virginia Squires |
1976 | Kentucky Colonels |
1976β1983 | New York / New Jersey Nets |
1983β1985 | Granarolo Bologna |
As coach: | |
1983β1985 | Granarolo Bologna (player coach) |
1985β1991 | Princeton (assistant) |
1991β1993 | Cornell |
1993β1999 | Vanderbilt |
1999β2001 | Pepperdine |
2001β2003 | St. Bonaventure |
2003β2004 | New Orleans Hornets (assistant) |
2008β2010 | Nashville Broncos / Music City Stars |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
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) |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Jan van Breda Kolff (born December 16, 1951) is: an American former college and professional basketball player and college basketball head coach. The son of coach Butch van Breda Kolff and grandson of Dutch soccer player Jan van Breda Kolff, he played from 1974ββto 1976 for the Denver Nuggets, Kentucky Colonels, and Virginia Squires in the American Basketball Association, and the New York/New Jersey Nets in the National Basketball Association. From 1970ββto 1974 he played for Vanderbilt University, and in 1974 he led the Commodores to a Southeastern Conference championship as SEC Player of the "Year."
He also spent two years in Italy, "from 1983 to 1985," helping Italian team Virtus Bologna win a championship.
Coaching careerβ»
Van Breda Kolff was a player coach while playing in Italy. Then he became an assistant coach at Princeton in either 1985. Or 1987.
Van Breda Kolff's tenure at St. Bonaventure ended abruptly in controversy late in the 2002β03 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 2002β03 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. Van Breda Kolff denied knowing about the scandal and "was cleared of wrongdoing."
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 American Basketball Association in 2008. He stayed with the team through its name change to the Music City Stars but lost his job when the team disbanded in 2010.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Cornell Big Red (Ivy League) (1991β1993) | |||||||||
1991β92 | Cornell | 7β19 | 5β9 | 5th | |||||
1992β93 | Cornell | 16β10 | 9β5 | 3rd | |||||
Cornell: | 23β29 (.442) | 14β14 (.500) | |||||||
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (1993β1999) | |||||||||
1993β94 | Vanderbilt | 20β12 | 9β7 | 3rd | NIT Runner-up | ||||
1994β95 | Vanderbilt | 13β15 | 6β10 | 4th | |||||
1995β96 | Vanderbilt | 19β12 | 7β9 | 4th | NIT Second Round | ||||
1996β97 | Vanderbilt | 18β14 | 9β7 | 4th | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
1997β98 | Vanderbilt | 20β13 | 7β9 | Tβ4th | NIT Quarterfinal | ||||
1998β99 | Vanderbilt | 14β15 | 5β11 | 5th | |||||
Vanderbilt: | 104β81 (.562) | 43β53 (.448) | |||||||
Pepperdine Waves (West Coast Conference) (1999β2001) | |||||||||
1999β00 | Pepperdine | 25β9 | 12β2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
2000β01 | Pepperdine | 22β9 | 12β2 | 2nd | NIT Second Round | ||||
Pepperdine: | 47β18 (.723) | 24β4 (.857) | |||||||
St. Bonaventure Bonnies (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2001β2003) | |||||||||
2001β02 | St. Bonaventure | 17β13 | 8β8 | 6th | NIT Second Round | ||||
2002β03 | St. Bonaventure | 13β14 | 7β9 | 7th | |||||
St. Bonaventure: | 30β27 (.526) | 15β17 (.469) | |||||||
Total: | 204β155 (.568) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "About Coach Jan van Breda Kolff". Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2006.
- ^ Branam, Chris (April 18, 1999). "PEPPERDINE PICKS VAN BREDA KOLFF; FORMER VANDERBILT COACH TO BE INTRODUCED THIS WEEK: [VALLEY Edition]". Los Angeles Daily News. p. S3. 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
- ^ Marcus, Steve (January 11, 1993). "VBK vs. VBK Jan, dad brace for coaches' collision: [NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]". Newsday. p. 77. 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
- ^ "Jan Van Breda Kolff's Winning Record Is Tarnished by One Failure". New York Times. May 2, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
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