Thomas Wisman

Thomas Wisman
	Wisman in 2019
New Taipei Kings
Position	Assistant coach
League	Taiwan Professional Basketball League
Personal information
Born	April 4, 1949 (age 75)
Nationality	Australian / American
Career information
High school	Christian Brothers (Quincy, Illinois)
College	Rockhurst; Quincy (1970–1972);
Coaching career	1976–present
Career history
As coach:
1976–1978	Crystal Palace
1980–1982	Solent Stars
1988–1989	Isuzu Motors (assistant)
1991–1996	Newcastle Falcons
1996–1997	Wonju Naray Blue Bird (assistant)
1997–2004	Isuzu Motors / Yokohama Giga Cats (assistant)
2005–2007	Jomo Sunflowers (assistant)
2008–2010,; 2014–2017	Link Tochigi Brex
2018–2020	Yokohama B-Corsairs
2021–2022	Gunma Crane Thunders
2024–present	New Taipei Kings (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	2× Japanese League champion (2009, 2017); Japanese League Coach of the Year (2017); NBL Coach of the Year (1995);

Thomas Wisman (born April 4, 1949) is an Australian-American professional basketball coach who is the assistant coach for the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He was head coach of the national teams of England, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and Qatar.^[1]^[2]

Wisman attended Christian Brothers High School (now Quincy Notre Dame High School) in Quincy, Illinois, and graduated in 1967.^[3] He played two seasons at Rockhurst College before he transferred to Quincy College in 1970 where he played until 1972.^[3]

He won the championship of the 2009-10 Japanese Basketball League as head coach of Link Tochigi Brex.^[4]

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	25	13	12	.520	5th	-	-	-	–	-
Link Tochigi Brex	2009-10	42	27	15	.643	2nd	6	5	1	.833	JBL Champions
Link Tochigi Brex	2014-15	54	43	11	.796	2nd in Eastern	4	2	2	.500	3rd
Link Tochigi Brex	2015-16	54	43	11	.796	2nd	5	3	2	.600	3rd
Link Tochigi Brex	2016-17	60	46	14	.767	1st in Eastern	6	5	1	.833	Champions
Yokohama B-Corsairs	2018-19	60	14	46	.233	6th in Central	-	-	-	–	-
Yokohama B-Corsairs	2019-20	32	8	24	.250	Fired	-	-	-	–	-

^ 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).
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Tom Wisman '67". Quincy Notre Dame. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ 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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