Makoto Hasegawa (basketball) explained

Makoto Hasegawa
Birth Date:	2 April 1971
Birth Place:	Omonogawa, Akita
Nationality:	Japanese
League:	B.League, FIBA 3X3
Team:	Akita Northern Happinets
Position:	Unaffiliated director
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	1
Weight Lb:	187
Highschool:	Noshiro Technical (Noshiro, Akita)
College:	Nihon University
Career Position:	Point guard
Career Start:	1994
Career End:	2013
Coach Start:	2014
Years1:	1994–1996
Team1:	Matsushita Electric
Years2:	1996–2000
Years3:	2000–2001
Years4:	2001–2002
Years5:	2002–2010
Team5:	Niigata Albirex BB
Years6:	2010–2013
Team6:	Akita Northern Happinets
Cyears1:	2014–2017
Cteam1:	Akita Northern Happinets
Cyears2:	2017-2018
Cteam2:	Japan national 3x3 team
Cyears3:	2018-present
Cteam3:	Japan national 3x3 team (associate)
Highlights:	As player: Japan Basketball League Rookie of the Year (1994) 2x Japan Basketball League MVP (1994, 1996) 2x JBL free throw percentage leaders (1994, 1997) Japan Basketball League All-Star JBL Assist Leader (1997) bj league All-Star (2006) 2x Japanese college champion (1992, 1993) 3x Japanese high school champion (1987–1989)
Medaltemplates:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Makoto Hasegawa (長谷川誠, born 2 April 1971) is a Japanese basketball coach and a former player.^[6] Hasegawa was the head coach of Akita Northern Happinets.^[7] He is the first Japanese player ever to play in the American Basketball Association. Because of his trademark bushy goatee, his nickname is "hige" in Akita.^[8] He played for Kosei Club and Akita Northern Bisons as an amateur in his home prefecture.^[9] ^[10] ^[11] Currently he serves as an unaffiliated director of the Akita Happinets and the Japan national 3x3 team coach.

Professional career

San Diego Wildfire

In 2000 Hasegawa signed with the San Diego Wildfire, but the Japanese Jordan suffered from dirty uniforms and undelivered checks. SDW never had a single telecast or radio broadcast, a team that one night drew only 236 fans to the Sports Arena.^[12] The team's trainer, equipment manager, and cheerleaders all left and the club folded in disgrace in 2001. Former NBA players, LaSalle Thompson and Dane Suttle served as head coach.^[13]

Career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2005-06| align="left" | Niigata|26 ||3 || 14.8 ||.426 || .364 ||.838 || 1.9 ||1.8 || 0.3 ||0.0 || 6.4|-| align="left" | 2006-07| align="left" | Niigata|37 ||29 || 18.5 ||.476 || .372 ||.861 || 1.5 ||2.2 || 0.6 ||0.0 || 7.9|-| align="left" | 2007-08| align="left" | Niigata|34 || || 11.8 ||.391 || .273 ||.857 || 1.3 ||1.4 || 0.4 ||0.0 || 4.4|-| align="left" | 2008-09| align="left" | Niigata|49 ||32 || 11.9 ||.451 || .333 ||.811 || 1.1 ||1.6 || 0.2 ||0.0 || 4.9|-| align="left" | 2009-10| align="left" | Niigata|15 ||9 || 7.6 ||.389 || .286 ||.846 || 0.7 ||1.2 || 0.1 ||0.0 || 2.7|-| align="left" | 2010-11| align="left" | Akita|33 ||1 || 10.8 ||.407 || .352 ||.757 || 1.0 ||1.5 || 0.3 ||0.0 || 5.3|-| align="left" | 2011-12| align="left" | Akita|18 ||2 || 6.8 ||.296 || .214 ||1.000 || 0.7 ||0.9 || 0.1 ||0.0 || 1.3|-| align="left" | 2012-13| align="left" | Akita|10 || || 4.6 ||.353 || .286 ||.000 || 0.5 ||0.7 || 0.2 ||0.0 || 1.4|-|- class="sortbottom"! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career 2005-13

!222 || || 12.1 ||.428 || .331 ||.834 || 1.2 ||1.5 || 0.3 ||0.0 || 5.0|-

Playoff games

|-| align="left" | 2010-11| align="left" | Akita| 2 || || 14.5 || .375 || .000 || .000 || 3.0 ||4.5 ||0.5 || 0.0|| 3.0|-| align="left" | 2011-12| align="left" | Akita| 3 || || 2.3 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 ||0.3 ||0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0|-

National team

|-|style="text-align:left;"|1998|style="text-align:left;"|World Cup Japan|5 || ||13.48 || .269 || .250 || .875 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.8|-

Head coaching record

|- | style="text-align:left;"|Akita| style="text-align:left;"|2014-15| 52||41||11|||| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Eastern|||7||5||2||| style="text-align:center;"|Eastern Champions|-| style="text-align:left;"|Akita| style="text-align:left;"|2015-16|52||35||17|||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Eastern|||6||5||1||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd place|-| style="text-align:left;"|Akita| style="background-color:#FFCCCC" "text-align:left;"|2016-17| 60||18||42|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Eastern|||—||—||—||—| style="text-align:center;"|relegated to B2|-|- class="sortbottom"! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career! 164||94||70|||| ||13||10||3||||

External links

Universiade 1995

Notes and References

Web site: 3×3女子日本代表、決勝で豪州に敗戦…銀メダル獲得で国際大会終了.
Web site: 『3x3ウーマンズシリーズ』、U23日本代表が中国のA代表をファイナルで破り優勝.
Web site: Overview | FIBA 3x3 Women's Series Tokyo Stop 2019.
Web site: 3x3U23日本代表の山本麻衣「2020年に向けて勝つことが求められる」.
Web site: Overview | FIBA 3x3 Women's Series Montreal Stop 2019.
Web site: Profile . basketball.realgm.com. 22 June 2012.
Web site: Akita continues inspired play under rookie head coach Hasegawa. 27 December 2014.
Web site: Akita veteran guard Hasegawa to retire after season. 3 April 2013.
Web site: Nagasan . 秋田県民体育大会. 2 July 2017 . 3 July 2017.
Web site: Tamtam . ハピネッツの長谷川前監督の勇姿. 8 July 2017 . 8 July 2017.
Web site: achako . 初めて観た3×3. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/asako_0825/1554417487389559724_1554413011186277894 . 26 December 2021 . registration. 8 July 2017 . 8 July 2017.
Web site: San Diego Union-Tribune . MISADVENTURES OF THE SAN DIEGO WILDFIRE . 16 April 2001 . 26 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151030211251/http://utawards.signonsandiego.com/wildfire.htm . 30 October 2015 . dead .
Web site: San Diego Magazine . Hoop Dreams. 17 May 2007 . 26 January 2017.