Thomas Wisman
Wisman in 2019 | |
| New Taipei Kings | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | Taiwan Professional Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 28, 1949 |
| Nationality | Australian / American |
| Career information | |
| High school | Christian Brothers (Quincy, Illinois) |
| College | |
| Coaching career | 1976–present |
| Career history | |
| As a coach: | |
| 1976–1978 | Crystal Palace |
| 1980–1982 | Solent Stars |
| 1988–1989 | Isuzu Motors (assistant) |
| 1991–1996 | Newcastle Falcons |
| 1996–1997 | Wonju Naray Blue Bird (assistant) |
| 1997–2004 | Isuzu Motors / Yokohama Giga Cats (assistant) |
| 2005–2007 | Jomo Sunflowers (assistant) |
| 2008–2010, 2014–2017 | Link Tochigi Brex |
| 2018–2020 | Yokohama B-Corsairs |
| 2021–2022 | Gunma Crane Thunders |
| 2024–present | New Taipei Kings (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
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Thomas Robert Wisman (born March 28, 1949) is an Australian-American professional basketball coach who is the assistant coach for the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He was head coach of the national teams of England, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and Qatar.
Wisman attended Christian Brothers High School (now Quincy Notre Dame High School) in Quincy, Illinois, and graduated in 1967. He played two seasons at Rockhurst College before he transferred to Quincy College in 1970 where he played until 1972.
He won the 1995 NBL Coach of the Year Award while coaching Newcastle Falcons of the National Basketball League in Australia.
He won the championship of the 2009-10 Japanese Basketball League as head coach of Link Tochigi Brex.