Godfrey Owese Okumu
is a Kenyan volleyball coach. He is also a former player who has played for the Kenyan national volleyball team. Okumu is a native of
Nyanza.
Playing career
As a player, Okumu played for various clubs as well as the Kenyan men's national volleyball team
from 1990 to 2003.
After his retirement, he moved to Japan.
He worked as an English teacher in the
Kumamoto Prefecture in 2002 before coaching.
Coaching career
Godfrey Okumu is a holder of a FIVB Level 3 coaching certificate and is a member of the Japanese Society of Volleyball Research.
In Japan
After his playing career, Okumu moved to Japan sometime in the 2000s.
Okumu served as part of the coaching staff of the
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler is a men's volleyball team based in Oita City, Oita, Japan. It plays in V.League 1, the top tier of the Japanese volleyball league. It represented Japan at the 2014 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.
''Weisse ...
men's professional volleyball club from 2006 to 2012.
He also served as coach of the Hataka Girls High School volleyball team as well.
Kenyan women's national team
The
Kenyan women's national team had Okumu as part of their coaching staff at the
2006
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and
2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championships, as well as in the
2011
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and
2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cups.
In the Philippines
Okumu served as head Coach of
UP Lady Fighting Maroons
The University of the Philippines Lady Maroons is the official women's volleyball team of the University of the Philippines. Founded in the same year as the first season of its major league, UAAP, the Lady Fighting Maroons are the first-ever ...
, the women's volleyball collegiate team of the
University of the Philippines.
[ In September 2017, Okumu was announced as the new head coach of the team. Okumu's first stint with the team was at UAAP Season 80 which took place 2018.][ Okumu has said that he will introduce the "Japanese style" of play to the collegiate team which he learned in his Japan stint.]
Personal life
Okumu has a daughter named Hawi Fuyumi, who plays professionally in Japan. As of 2017, Fuyumi plays for Hitachi Rivale
is a women's volleyball team based in Hitachinaka city, Ibaraki, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The owner is Hitachi Automotive Systems.
History
*It was founded in November 1980 as Hitachi Sawa Rivale.
*It was promoted to the V.League in 199 ...
.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Nyanza Province
Kenyan men's volleyball players
Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines
Kenyan sports coaches
University of the Philippines Diliman faculty
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