| Kazuo Nakamura | |
| Birth Date: | 4 December 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Oga, Akita |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Highschool: | Akita (Akita, Akita) |
| College: | Shibaura Institute of Technology |
| Coach Start: | 1966 |
| Years1: | 1962 |
| Team1: | Tekkosha |
| Years2: | 1963–1965 |
| Team2: | Akita Isuzu Motors |
| Cyears1: | 1966–1974 |
| Cteam1: | Kakumei Joshi HS |
| Cyears2: | 1974-1992 |
| Cteam2: | Kyodo Oil Sunflowers |
| Cyears3: | 1995-1998 |
| Cteam3: | Akita Keizai University |
| Cyears4: | 1998-2011 |
| Cteam4: | OSG/Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix |
| Cyears5: | 2011-2014 |
| Cteam5: | Akita Northern Happinets |
| Cyears6: | 2015-2016 |
| Cteam6: | Niigata Albirex BB |
| Cyears7: | 1978-1981 1985-1990 |
| Cteam7: | Japan National Women |
| Highlights: |
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is a former professional basketball head coach for Hamamatsu, Akita and Niigata and a former college basketball head coach for Akita Keizaihoka University in Japan.[1] [2] Nakamura always said to players, "Play basketball with all your heart."[3] He admires Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight. Nakamura also served for the San Antonio Silver Stars as a scout in Asia. He currently teaches amateurs in Akita prefecture.
|- | style="text-align:left;"|Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix| style="text-align:left;"|2008-09| 52||36||16|||| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Eastern|||4||2||2||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Second Round|- |- style="background:#FDE910;"| style="text-align:left;"|Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix| style="text-align:left;"|2009-10| 52||41||11|||| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Eastern|||4||4||0||| style="text-align:center;"|Bj Champions|- |- style="background:#FDE910;"| style="text-align:left;"|Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix| style="text-align:left;"|2010-11| 46||40||6|||| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Eastern|||4||4||0||| style="text-align:center;"|Bj Champions|- | style="text-align:left;"|Akita Northern Happinets| style="text-align:left;"|2011-12| 52||28||24|||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Eastern|||6||3||3||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Second Round|-| style="text-align:left;"|Akita Northern Happinets| style="text-align:left;"|2012-13|52||26||26|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Eastern|||5||2||3||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Second Round|-| style="text-align:left;"|Akita Northern Happinets| style="text-align:left;"|2013-14| 52||40||12|||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Eastern|||6||5||1||| style="text-align:center;"|Eastern Champions|-| style="text-align:left;"|Niigata Albirex BB| style="text-align:left;"|2015-16| 52||34||18|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Eastern|||2||0||2||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round|-|- class="sortbottom"! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Akita totals! 156||94||62|||| ||17||10||7|||||- class="sortbottom"! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Bj league totals! 358||245||113|||| ||31||20||11||||