Yukinori Suzuki (鈴木裕紀, Suzuki Yukinori) is the former head coach of the Shimane Susanoo Magic in the Japanese B.League.[1] He played college basketball for Nippon Sport Science University. He was selected by the Oita Heat Devils with the 10th overall pick in the 2005 bj League draft.

Yukinori Suzuki
Suzuki in 2011
Iwate Big Bulls
PositionHead coach
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1977-05-27) May 27, 1977 (age 46)
Totsuka-ku, Yokohama
NationalityJapanese
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight154 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High schoolShonan Institute of Technology (Fujisawa, Kanagawa)
College
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As player:
2001-2005Niigata Albirex BB
2005-2011Oita Heat Devils
As coach:
2011-2015Oita Heat Devils
2015-2017Kanazawa Samuraiz
2017-2020Shimane Susanoo Magic
2022-presentIwate Big Bulls
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x bj League Three-point field goal leader
  • bj League Best 5

Power harassment edit

B.League suspended Suzuki for two months on January 21, 2020. For his power harassment to an assistant and a player, he is not allowed to coach.[2]

Career statistics edit

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season edit

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005-06 Oita 39 31.46 .427 .437 .820 2.41 4.10 0.51 0.00 8.00
2006-07 Oita 34 33.03 .400 .337 .780 1.74 3.53 0.62 0.00 9.41
2007-08 Oita 35 30.80 .425 .504 .776 1.69 3.20 0.49 0.00 9.69
2008-09 Oita 48 38 28.31 .401 .369 .705 2.33 3.52 0.65 0.02 5.90
2009-10 Oita 52 23.06 .431 .344 .778 1.65 1.88 0.52 0.00 5.69
2010-11 Oita 48 19 13.77 .360 .268 .778 0.79 0.81 0.15 0.00 2.46
Career 256

Head coaching record edit

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
Oita Heat Devils 2011-12 52 23 29 .442 7th in Western - - - -
Oita Heat Devils 2012-13 52 21 31 .404 8th in Western - - - -
Oita Heat Devils 2013-14 52 20 32 .385 8th in Western - - - -
Oita Heat Devils 2014-15 52 18 34 .346 7th in Western 3 1 2 .333 Lost in 1st round
Kanazawa Samuraiz 2015-16 50 27 23 .540 7th in Western 2 0 2 .000 Lost in 1st round
Kanazawa Samuraiz 2016-17 42 36 6 .857 1st in B3 10 8 2 .800 2nd in Final stage
Shimane Susanoo Magic 2017-18 60 11 49 .183 6th in Western - - - relegated to B2
Shimane Susanoo Magic 2018-19 60 43 17 .717 2nd in B2 Western 4 2 2 .500 promoted to B1
Shimane Susanoo Magic 2019-20 29 10 19 .345 - - - - -
 
Suzuki at Akita Prefectural Gymnasium

References edit

  1. ^ Shimane Susanoo Magic (7 March 2018). "鈴木裕紀". Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ^ "規約違反による制裁決定について".