The Japan Volleyball Association is considering a temporary replacement for Yuichi Nakagaichi after the recently appointed men’s national team coach stepped back from the role following his involvement in a serious traffic incident last year, a source close to the matter said Wednesday.
Nakagaichi ran down and seriously injured a traffic guard on Nov. 9 while driving on the Chugoku Expressway in Hiroshima Prefecture. The incident came just a month after he was named as the new men’s team coach and led to the 49-year-old being reprimanded by the JVA.
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