Goyang Sono, who dismissed Kim Tae-sul, appointed Son Chang-hwan, the power analysis coach, as the new coach
Apr 14, 2025
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Sono announced on the 14th that he will sign a three-year contract with new coach Son Chang-hwan and start a new season. Sono quickly began to deal with the team by placing Son four days after announcing on the 10th that he would dismiss Kim Tae-sul, the youngest head coach of the KBL, for poor performance and failure to rebuild the team.
If former head coach Kim Tae-sul was a star player, new head coach Sohn did not perform remarkably when he was a player, but his rich front-facing experience is his strength. It can be said to be a similar move to Busan KCC coach Jeon Chang-jin. Attention is also being paid to what kind of performance Sono, who chose to take a substantial step rather than splendor, will show next season.
Sono said, "Son has been in harmony with the players since he was a coach with his soft leadership, and he is also good at analyzing power and international affairs.""I will understand the club well and lead the team so that the current players can demonstrate their abilities on the court" he said.
Coach Sohn joined Anyang SBS Stars (currently Jeong Kwan-jang) as the seventh-ranked player in the second round of the 1999 KBL rookie draft and retired from active duty in 2003. He started his front career in the public relations team and then played for 10 years until 2015 at Anyang KT&G after winning the title of Korea's first power analyst in 2005, contributing to the team's first victory in the 2011-2012 season. Since 2015, he has made his debut as a coach for the same team, winning two championships, and joining Sono as the founding coach and continuing his leadership career until this season.
"I feel heavy, but I'm grateful to the club for their trust," Son said. "I'll be a leader who thinks of the players first, and I'll make good use of the power analysis to develop the strengths of the players so that I can give fans the pleasure of watching basketball with victory."
Sono also added Tyler Gatlin, a former NBA G League leader, to the vacant head coach. Ghatlin coached with the Norton Arizona Sons in the NBA G League during the 2017-2018 season and coached with the Stockton Kings in the NBA G League from 2018 to 2020. In addition, he moved to Jeonju KCC (currently Busan KCC) in 2020 and formed a relationship with KBL for two years, served as the head coach at Kyoto Hanraiz in the first division of the Japanese B League in 2022, and then took the helm again in the third division of the Tokyo Hachioji Trainor in 2024. The club expects that it will also help recruit foreign players. Meanwhile, coaches Kim Kang-sun and Park Chan-hee, who spent their first season as leaders, also remained in office.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
