2022-23 Season Head Coach Contract Signed (New) | Chiba Jets

We are pleased to announce that Chiba Jets Funabashi has signed a contract (new) for the 2022-23 season with coach John Patrick Head.

John Patrick Head Coach

• Date of Birth: February 29, 1968
  Birthplace: USA
  Career:
  ・ 1999-2002 JBL Super League Bosch Blue Winds Head Coach
  ・ 2003-2005 Germany ProA Gottingen Head Coach
  ・ 2005-2006 JBL Super League Toyota Motor Alvark (now Alvark Tokyo) Head Coach
  ・ 2006-2007 Germany ProA Gottingen (Germany) Head Coach
  2007-2011 Germany Bundesliga Gottingen Head Coach
  2011-2012 Germany Bundesliga s.Oliver Wurzburg Head Coach
  2013-2022 Germany Bundesliga MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Head Coach

  Awards and achievements:
  ・ 2005-2006 JBL Super League League Championship
  ・ 2005-2006 JBL Super League Coach of the Year Award
  ・ 2006-2007 German ProA League Championship
  ・ 2006-2007 Germany ProA Bundesliga Coach of the Year Award
  ・ 2008-2009 Germany Bundesliga Coach of the Year Award
  ・ 2009-2010 German Bundesliga League championship
  ・ 2009-2010 Germany Bundesliga Coach of the Year Award
  ・ 2017-2018 Germany Bundesliga Champions League Coach of the Year Award
  ・ 2020-2021 Germany Bundesliga Bundesliga Coach of the Year Award

[Comment by John Patrick HC]

We look forward to working with Chiba Jets players and staff, and playing our games in front of the league’s most enthusiastic fans.

We want to attract fast-paced, offense and defense-filled play.

Personally, I’m very happy to be back in Japan following coaching in Europe for 16 years.

〈原文〉 I am looking forward to the opportunity to work with the players and staff of the Chiba jets, and to play our games in front of what I have heard are the most enthusiastic fans in the league. We want to play with a fast pace and with energy on offense and defense. For me personally it is a great pleasure to be back in Japan following 16 years of coaching in Europe.