the training center. 토토사이트The coach made the ‘decision to break up with basketball’ just a year ago. In 2004, at the time, he took over as coach of SBS (KGC) and entered the path of a leader, but it was not smooth and the hiatus was long. In 2006, he took over as acting manager of newcomer KT&G after SBS, but was not promoted to manager. In 2007, he was appointed as the head coach of Orion (Day One) and became the acting manager in 2008. He was promoted to manager this time, but resigned midway through the season. In 2012, he was again appointed as Samsung’s head coach, and two years later he became acting manager again, but that’s it. The director had no choice but to yield to another leader. He was appointed as the national team coach in 2015, and in 2018 he served as acting manager again and became the manager. However, he resigned in 2021 when the national team operation was not easy due to Corona 19.
Acting coach is a total of 4 times, including 3 times in the pro and 1 time in the national team. On the other hand, he was only appointed as a manager by a professional club once, and even that season was not complete. After he left the national team, no professional clubs were interested in him, so he decided to let go. His age, being in his mid-fifties, was also a burden.
He suffered the resignation or resignation of his boss, the manager, four times, but he reliably dealt with the confusion and agitation caused by it as an acting manager. On the contrary, he was evaluated as unreliable to entrust the command tower. It’s because of a kind of stereotype that power is lacking. Most basketball coaches are strong goals. He dominates the squad, is hot, and screams as if he has boiled a train firebox. Intense training, strict team control, and fierce protest are the typical image of a basketball command tower. He doesn’t get along with Kim Sang-shik.
But KGC reached out to him. KGC viewed Kim’s softness as an advantage, not a disadvantage. Director Kim, who has a calm and warm personality, was appointed in May of last year. His contract is for 2 years. In this way, he has a unique career as a director of KGC, following SBS coach and acting director of KT&G, which is home to Anyang.
Director Kim cannot find authority. He is a believer in laissez-faire, and has implanted his autonomous DNA into the KGC squad. He minimizes interference with the squad and leaves management to the coaches. Listen to the opinions of the coaches and players rather than instructing them. He never shouts, and naturally induces communication. Coach Kim’s theory is that ‘a fan who came to the stadium is clearly watching, but shouting at players and scolding them is an attitude of ignoring fans and players’. So he praises more often than scolds, and focuses on strengths rather than weaknesses. He drastically cut back on team training and replaced it with individual training. This is the reason why the nickname ‘Sik Burge’ came from combining Kim Sang-sik and his father. Coach Kim explained, “The center of the team is not the coach, but the players.” “In order for both the team and individual players to develop, the players themselves must find their own motivation, and it is the manager’s role to induce that.”
The soft, common sense, and cozy father-in-law’s ‘dad leadership’ shone throughout the season. KGC took first place without losing the lead even once in the regular league. And won the championship match. 1st place in the regular league wire-to-wire and achieved a combined victory. The club’s 4th championship win, 2nd combined championship. Including the East Asian Super League, they achieved the ‘triple crown’. 1st place in the regular league wire-to-wire and winning the championship match is the second KGC ever after Hyundai Mobis in the 2018-2019 season. Coach Kim, who returned to professional basketball after 8 years, was registered as the first coach to win the championship game and win the regular league wire-to-wire in his first season.
Coach Kim considers the players and all members of KGC as family. He personally takes care of all the big things, including his birthday. Last month, he personally sent Byeon Jun-hyeong and Han Seung-hee, who had enlisted in Sangmu, to the Army Training Center in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province. Director Kim promised Byun Jun-hyeong and Han Seung-hee, who were entering the training center, to receive military training well and to live a healthy and solid military life, and to visit them. Last February, I visited Dongguk University with coaches Choi Seung-tae and Cho Seong-min to celebrate the graduation of rookie Yujin. There was no precedent for a professional club coaching staff to participate in a rookie’s graduation ceremony. Director Kim explained that “I wanted to revive the newcomer’s spirit”. It was a surprise visit that Eugene did not inform in advance.
Coach Kim sent captain Yang Hee-jong to the court 3.4 seconds before the end, leading 100-97 in Game 7 of the championship decision, which confirmed the championship. Yang Hee-jong, who had been active at KGC for 15 years and retired after the championship match, was considerate so that he could enjoy the thrill of winning at the last moment.
Coach Kim was a shooter during his active career. He went through Bae Jae-joong, Yang Jeong-go, Korea University, Unemployment Team, and Corporate Bank before becoming a pro. His height was 182 cm, and he was on the small side in the past, but his accurate 3-point shot was excellent. But he always kept his distance from winning. Even in the unemployment team, even after the pros were launched, they have never reached the top. This is the first win as a leader. In the 2022-2023 season, he even received the Korean Basketball League (KBL) coach award, so’mourning’ broke out. KGC gave coach Kim, who had the best season, a gift of a one-year extension of the contract period, and coach Kim will lead the team until the 2024-2025 season.
Coach Kim is now preparing for another challenge. Center Oh Se-geun, who was a member of the championship and a mainstay, moved to SK, and forward Moon Seong-gon, who boasts the strongest defense, moved to KT. Byun Jun-hyeong, a guard and the center of tactics and strategy, joined Sangmu. All of the Big 3 are gone. In fact, you have to play next season with a completely different team.
It reached the top in the 2022-2023 season, but it was not even mentioned as a candidate for the championship ahead of the season. In particular, Jeon Seong-hyun, who was the main scorer, left KGC and wore a Day One uniform as a free agent (FA), raising concerns about power leakage. However, director Kim brought Bae Byeong-jun and Jeong Jun-won to fill the void left by Jeon Seong-hyun. In addition, he strengthened his power by ensuring sufficient rest for the main players and narrowing the gap in skills between the main players and candidates by increasing the travel time of bench members.
Director Kim is determined to turn the crisis caused by the departure of Oh Se-geun, Moon Seong-gon, and Byun Jun-hyung into an opportunity. KGC recruited center Lee Jong-hyun, forward Jeong Hyo-geun, and guard Choi Seong-won from the free agency market to fill the positions of the Big 3 winning members. Although there has been a major change in the composition of personnel, I believe that it can be overcome sufficiently if we maintain a well-organized organizational power, extensive mercenary skills, and airborne balance, as in the 2022-2023 season.
Passion for basketball, mild personality, etc. My father is a midwife who was born in KBL
There are many rich people who have inherited generations in basketball. This is because physical conditions, especially height, and complex athletic abilities such as endurance and agility are required. Inheriting excellent athletic DNA from his father, he was naturally introduced to basketball. Former national team coach Heo Jae and brothers Woong (KCC) and Hoon (Sangmu) are representative. Brothers Dong-hyeon (KCC) and Jin-mo (Korea Gas Corporation), sons of Day One coach Kim Seung-gi, are also professional basketball players. Lee Chang-soo-Won-seok (Samsung), Jeong Jae-geun-Hoyoung (DB), and Yang Won-joon-Jaehyeok (Gas Corporation) have also been involved in professional basketball for generations.
KGC Ginseng Corporation director Kim Sang-sik is also a second-generation basketball player. His father is former KBL president Kim Young-ki (87, photo), who served as a midwife during the birth of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). Former president Kim went through Bae Jae High School, Korea University, and Industrial Bank of Korea, and was active as a national representative. He served as the 3rd president from 2002 to 2004 and the 8th president from 2014 to 2018 after serving as executive director and vice president of KBL.
Kim Yeong-gi-Sangsik Father and son have served as national team coaches for generations. Former president Kim served as the national coach and led the team to victory in the Asian Men’s Basketball Championship (1969) and the Asian Games (1970) for the first time in Korean basketball history. Coach Kim led the national team until 2021. Both the father and son were guards during their active career.
Former president Kim left the biggest footprint in Korean basketball history. He was a superstar as a player, achieved outstanding results as a manager, and especially drew the outline of KBL and took the lead in launching it. He has been successful as a player, leader, and administrator, and is respected by his junior basketball players for his extensive knowledge and gentle personality.
Coach Kim was called ‘Kim Young-ki’s son’ from the moment he started playing basketball. So I gritted it even more. He believed that he should be recognized for his father’s skills, not his reputation, and that if he did not meet his expectations, he would be a burden to his father.
Former President Kim has a deep debt to his son. It is because of the thought that his son’s leadership life was not smooth because of his father. Entrusting Kim Young-ki’s son as the director is bound to be burdensome. In fact, coach Kim served as acting manager three times in professional basketball before taking the KGC baton, but he was promoted to manager only once.
As he climbed to the top in the 2022-2023 season, Kim Young-ki and common sense laid down the burden on his mind. His father is proud of his son who has proven his leadership skills, and his son is proud of his father who silently supports him. Director Kim said, “My father is still like a mountain that I can’t climb.”