Bob Nash (basketball)

Bob Nash

Nash in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1950-08-24) August 24, 1950 Hartford, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	Hartford Public (Hartford, Connecticut)
College	San Jacinto (1968–1970) Hawaii (1970–1972)
NBA draft	1972: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career	1972–1979
Position	Small forward
Number	33, 4, 55
Coaching career	1987–present
Career history
As player:
1972–1974	Detroit Pistons
1974–1975	San Diego Conquistadors
1977–1979	Kansas City Kings
As coach:
1987–2007	University of Hawaii (assistant)
2007–2010	University of Hawaii
2010–2011	Saitama Broncos
2012–2017	Toyama Grouses
2018–2019	Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka
Career highlights and awards
Number 33 retired by Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Robert Lee Nash (born August 24, 1950) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He took over for the retired Riley Wallace in April 2007 and was fired after the 2009–10 season. He had a 34-56 record as head coach over his three seasons at the helm.

A 1968 graduate of Hartford Public High School, Nash played college basketball for the UH-Manoa in the early 1970s and was a member of the school's most successful men's basketball team up to the time.

Nash played professionally during the 1970s as a member of the Detroit Pistons, San Diego Conquistadors and Kansas City Kings. He then became an assistant coach at Hawaii in 1987 and held that position until he was promoted to head coach in 2007.

Nash was inducted into the Hartford Public High School Hall of Fame in 2004.

He became the head coach of the Saitama Broncos in the bj league in Japan in 2010, where his son Bobby also played. Nash left the team after the March 11 Japanese earthquake as the team shut down for the rest of the season. Nash has been the head coach for the Toyama Grouses in the bj league since 2012.

Nash coaching Toyama at bj league finals

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hawaii (Western Athletic Conference) (2007–2010)
2007–08	Hawaii	11–19	7–9	5th
2008–09	Hawaii	13–17	5–11	8th
2009–10	Hawaii	10–20	3–13	9th
Hawaii:		34–56 (.378)	15–33 (.313)
Total:		34–56 (.378)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

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
Saitama Broncos	2010-11	38	14	24	.368	-	-	-	-	–	-
Toyama Grouses	2012-13	52	35	17	.673	3rd in Eastern	6	3	3	.500	Lost in 2nd round
Toyama Grouses	2013-14	52	42	10	.808	1st in Eastern	4	2	2	.500	3rd place
Toyama Grouses	2014-15	52	35	17	.673	5th in Eastern	2	0	2	.000	Lost in 1st round
Toyama Grouses	2015-16	52	39	13	.750	1st in Eastern	6	5	1	.833	Eastern Champions
Toyama Grouses	2016-17	60	18	42	.300	5th in Central	-	-	-	–	-
Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka	2018-19	53	12	41	.226	6th in Western	-	-	-	–	relegated to B2

External links

• Bob Nash. basketball-reference