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The Korea Basketball Association has completed the formation of a coaching staff by appointing a new coach Kim Sung-chul (50) to strengthen the men's national basketball team's international competitiveness. Coach Kim Sung-chul will assist coach Nikolais Majuls (46), who was appointed as the first-ever foreign head coach.
The Basketball Association said on the afternoon of the 22nd, "As a result of holding the "2025 Settlement Board" at 11 a.m. on the 21st and deliberating on the appointment of a coach for the adult men's national basketball team, Kim Sung-chul was finally decided."
According to the association, the appointment of the coach was made through an open recruitment process to assist coach Nicholas, who took over in December last year, and to establish a systematic system for the national team. The association recruited applicants from December 12, 2025 to January 11 this year, and conducted an interview evaluation of a total of three candidates.
Kim Sung-chul, the new coach, received the highest score in overall evaluation items such as leadership competency, professionalism, and suitability to operate the national team during the interview process, and was selected as the first candidate and finally approved by the board of directors.
Coach Kim is a veteran leader who has been a coach at Wonju DB Promy from 2017 to 2023 and has accumulated abundant field experience and tactical knowledge on the professional stage.
The newly joined coach Kim Sung-chul will sit on the bench in earnest from the "2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifier Window 2" scheduled in February in collaboration with coach Nicholas. The term of office is until December 31, 2027.
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