Hyundai Mobis head coach Yoo Jae-hak, who is acknowledged by the coaches, held his retirement ceremony. Director Yoo, who became an example to the commanders, said goodbye to Hyundai Mobis.
Hyundai Mobis held a retirement ceremony for general manager Yoo after the home game against Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation held at Ulsan Dongchun Gymnasium on the 24th. After that, he continued to hold the baton until the 2021-2022 season. Director Yoo, who has been on the field for 26 seasons after the launch of professional basketball, handed over the manager’s position to head coach Dong-Hyun Cho and stepped down as general manager, even though the contract period remained ahead of the 2022-2023 season.
Director Yoo, who led Hyundai Mobis for 18 years from 2004 to June last year, is the longest-serving coach of a single KBL team. He won 724 wins (533 losses) in 1257 regular league games, and accumulated 574 wins (386 losses) by playing 960 games at Hyundai Mobis, which was appointed in the 2004-2005 season. Coach Yoo holds the record for the most wins in the KBL with six wins in both the regular league and the championship match. He is also the only player to have played more than 100 games in the playoffs, with 108. He was called ‘Mansu’ boasting 10,000 moves and was called a genius in short-term battles. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a role model for directors. KGC Ginseng Corporation manager Kim Sang-sik, who is about to win the regular league, said, “I am not someone I can discuss. He saw and learned a lot as a director,” he said.메이저놀이터
Hyundai Mobis manager Cho Dong-hyun, who took over the baton from Yoo, is a leader who has absorbed everything from him at close range. Coach Cho said, “There is nothing to say about basketball. As a manager, he learned the importance of managing the squad. Communication is also important. He said, “Three years ago, he reduced team training and increased individual training,” he said. “But he was a person who did not compromise with the players during exercise time. Hyundai Mobis seems to have such a culture. The concentration of exercise time is high,” he emphasized.
Hyundai Mobis, which received head coach Yoo’s DNA transplant, has already confirmed its advance to the playoffs, overturning pre-season expectations of being a weak team under the leadership of head coach Cho Dong-hyun. iaspire@sportsseoul.com