The Japan Basketball Association officially introduced former University of Alabama coach David Hobbs as the new men's national team head man on Tuesday.
"I'm very happy to be the head coach for the Japan national team," Hobbs, 59, said at a Tokyo news conference. "I look at it as a great honor and I'm looking forward to the challenge of being the head coach."
Hobbs agreed to a one-year contract to coach the team.
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