Thomas Wisman is an Australian-American

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coach and a former player. He was head coach of the national teams of

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and

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. He won the 1995

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while coaching

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of the National Basketball League in Australia. He won the championship of the 2009-10 Japanese Basketball League as head coach of

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Head coaching record

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, style="text-align:left;", 2009-10 , 42, , 27, , 15, , , , style="text-align:center;", 2nd, , , 6, , 5, , 1, , , style="text-align:center;", JBL Champions , - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", 2014-15 , 54, , 43, , 11, , , , style="text-align:center;", 2nd in Easten, , , 4, , 2, , 2, , , style="text-align:center;", 3rd , - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", 2015-16 , 54, , 43, , 11, , , , style="text-align:center;", 2nd, , , 5, , 3, , 2, , , style="text-align:center;", 3rd , - , - style="background:#FDE910;" , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", 2016-17 , 60, , 46, , 14, , , , style="text-align:center;", 1st in Eastern, , , 6, , 5, , 1, , , style="text-align:center;", Champions , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;", 2018-19 , 60, , 14, , 46, , , , style="text-align:center;", 6th in Central, , , -, , -, , -, , , style="text-align:center;", - , - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", 2019-20 , 32, , 8, , 24, , , , style="text-align:center;", Fired, , , -, , -, , -, , , style="text-align:center;", - , -

References

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