Bob Nash's tenure with the University of Hawaii men's basketball team came to an end in March 2010 after a three-year run as head coach and a 34-56 overall record in that span. For Nash, that opportunity came after a 23-year stint as an assistant coach at the school.
Nash's dismissal by the University of Hawaii didn't mark an end to his long coaching career, but a chance for a new chapter — and in Japan of all places.
The former NBA forward was hired to lead the bj-league's Saitama Broncos for the 2010-11 season. But the Broncos season came to an abrupt halt after the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, and Nash's reclamation project in Saitama was incomplete. The team went 14-24.