Thomas Wayne Hovasse (born January 31, 1967) is an American basketball coach and former player. After growing up in Security, Colorado, he played college basketball at Penn State. After not being selected in the

1989 NBA draft The 1989 NBA draft took place on June 27, 1989, in New York City. Despite eight of the top ten picks being considered busts, including the first two picks Pervis Ellison and Danny Ferry, the draft produced many talented players such as Shawn Ke ...

, he played professional basketball from 1989 to 2001, including a brief stint with the

Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at ...

of the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

during the 1994–95 season and 10 seasons for teams in Japan. He coached the Japan women's squad to the silver medal at the 2020 Olympics. He is currently the coach of the

Japan men's national basketball team The Japan national basketball team is administered by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA), (Japanese: 日本バスケットボール協会, ''Nihon Basukettobōru Kyōkai''). At the 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Japan has one of Asi ...

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Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

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* 1967 births Living people Alvark Tokyo players American expatriate basketball people in Japan American expatriate basketball people in Portugal American men's basketball players American women's basketball coaches Atlanta Hawks players Basketball coaches from Colorado Basketball players from Colorado Japanese Olympic coaches Kawasaki Brave Thunders players Penn State Nittany Lions basketball players People from Durango, Colorado Pittsburgh Piranhas players Small forwards Undrafted National Basketball Association players {{US-basketball-coach-stub