Jan van Breda Kolff Basketball player

Jan Michael van Breda Kolff (born December 16, 1951) is an American former college and professional basketball player and college basketball head coach. The son of coaching great Butch van Breda Kolff, V.B.K., as he was referred to, played from 1975 to 1983 for the Denver Nuggets, Kentucky Colonels, and Virginia Squires in the American Basketball Association, and the New York/New Jersey Nets in the National Basketball Association. From 1970-74 he played for Vanderbilt University, and in 1974 he led the Commodores to a Southeastern Conference championship as SEC Player of the Year.He also spent two years in Italy, from 1983 to 1985, helping Italian team Virtus Bologna win a championship.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Van Breda Kolff Jan Michael; Van Breda Kolff Jan M.
Birth dateDecember 16, 1951
Birth place
Palos Verdes
Nationality
United States
Height (meters)2.0066
Weight (Kilograms)88.452

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Basketball player

Career start1974
career end1985
college
Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
draft team
Portland Trail Blazers
draft year1974
position
Small forward

Jan van Breda Kolff on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vanbrja01.html