Cho Sung-won was born on August 24,1971 and is a South Korean basketball coach, former commentator and retired player.
16 Facts About Cho Sung-won
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Cho Sung-won's twelve-year playing career began during the last years of the amateur era and coincided with the establishment of the Korean Basketball League.
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Cho Sung-won was most recently head coach of Changwon LG Sakers.
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Cho Sung-won was considered short for his position as a forward-shooting guard swingman, prompting him to find ways to overcome his lack of height.
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Cho Sung-won started playing basketball late compared to most of his contemporaries, only taking up the sport in eighth grade.
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Cho Sung-won attended Hongik University High School but was not a stand-out and was told to quit the team at one point.
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Cho Sung-won first gained the reputation as clutch performer; his form was inconsistent at times during the regular season but he would score during crucial moments of the fourth quarter and in the playoffs.
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Cho Sung-won lived up to his reputation for rising to the occasion during the playoffs, averaging 22.2 points in 5 games, as LG reached the Championship finals for the first time in its history.
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At the time of his retirement, Cho Sung-won was ranked seventh for the most career three-pointers scored in KBL history and holds the record for the most consecutive three-pointers scored in a single game, a record which would remain untouched for fifteen years until it was tied by point guard Heo Hoon in 2019.
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Cho Sung-won was known as a "clean" player who was never whistled for an unsportsmanlike foul and rarely argued with referees or match officials.
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Cho Sung-won took a break from coaching to begin graduate studies.
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In 2015, Cho Sung-won took over as head coach of the University of Suwon, one of the few universities sponsoring a women's basketball team.
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Cho Sung-won turned the largely unknown program into a championship contender and finished runner-up twice in the U-League women's basketball playoffs.
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Cho Sung-won returned to Changwon LG Sakers after eighteen years, taking over from Hyun Joo-yup in April 2020.
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Cho Sung-won is extremely guarded about his personal life and his family, rarely mentioning his family even in casual interviews and not posting a wedding announcement in the newspaper as is the practice among fellow professional athletes.
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Cho Sung-won has a son Cho Jung-min who played college basketball for Dankook University.