Du Feng (; born July 30, 1981 in

Ürümqi Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...

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) is a

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professional

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coach and former player. He is the current head coach of China's national team and also head coach of his longtime club, the

Guangdong Southern Tigers Guangdong Hongyuan Southern Tigers () or Guangdong Southern Tigers, also known as Guangdong Dongguan Bank () for sponsorship reasons, are a Chinese professional basketball team owned by the Guangdong Winnerway (Hongyuan) Group. The team is one o ...

. At a height of 2.07 meters (6' 9"), and a weight of 100 kilograms (220 pounds), he played as a

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Playing career

Professional

Du was the

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(CBA) Finals MVP in 2004 with the

, a team based in

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Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, where he completed his career and retired from competition at the close of the 2011-12 CBA season.

National team

Du competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics with the Chinese men's national basketball team (Team China). He also helped China finish with silver medals at the 2002 Asian Games and the

2009 FIBA Asia Championship The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, Chi ...

Coaching career

Professional

Du started his coaching career as an assistant to Li Chunjiang at Guangdong in the 2012-13 CBA season, but moved into the head coaching spot on an interim basis when Li resigned in January, after nearly 13 years leading the Southern Tigers. The team went on to win their record-tying eighth title in the 2013 CBA Finals with Du being named head coach on a permanent basis as a result of that success. Guangdong did not return to the championship round again until the 2017 CBA Finals when they lost to the

Xinjiang Flying Tigers The Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers () is a professional basketball team based in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. The team play its home games at the Hongshan Arena, which has a capacity for 3,800 spectators. The club joined the Chinese Basketball ...

National team

In April 2017, it was revealed that Du was appointed as the head coach of one of the two Chinese national basketball teams formed by the

, in preparation for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and

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. Du was assigned to coach the China Blue team while Li Nan would mentor the China Red team. In September 2018, Li Nan was announced as the head coach of China's reunified national team, while Du would return to his previous job with the

. Du was selected as head coach of China's squad for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.

References

External links

Player profile at www.Asia-Basket.com
1981 births Living people Centers (basketball) Guangdong Southern Tigers players Power forwards (basketball) Basketball players from Xinjiang People from Ürümqi Chinese men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of China Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games silver medalists for China Basketball players at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Hui sportspeople 2006 FIBA World Championship players 2002 FIBA World Championship players {{PRChina-basketball-bio-stub