19 Facts About Jung Jae-kun

Jung Jae-kun was born on 23 July 1969 and is a South Korean retired basketball player.

Jung Jae-kun's playing career spanned thirteen years and coincided with the founding of the all-professional Korean Basketball League.

Unlike many of his illustrious contemporaries, Jung did not come from a notable high school basketball program or went to school in Seoul.

Jung Jae-kun grew up in Gyeongnam area and attended Masan High School in the port city of Masan.

Jung Jae-kun signed with the Seoul-based semi-professional team of the broadcaster Seoul Broadcasting System in 1992.

Jung Jae-kun enlisted for mandatory military service the year after and was assigned to the Sangmu team.

Jung Jae-kun ranked first in field goal percentage and averaged 21.1 points in 21 games during the first KBL season, only behind Chun Hee-chul.

In 2000, Jung Jae-kun signed with Daejeon Hyundai Gullivers, which moved to Jeonju and became Jeonju KCC Egis a year later.

Jung Jae-kun remained with the team until his retirement in 2005.

Jung Jae-kun's playing career ended on a bitter note as Jeonju KCC Egis finished runners-up to Wonju TG Sambo Xers in the league and lost to them in the play-off finals.

Jung Jae-kun earned the moniker from opposition players and fans for the feeling of dread they felt whenever he had the ball in his hands due to his shooting accuracy and ability to dunk, which he attributed to his background as a former high jumper.

Jung Jae-kun competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Jung Jae-kun transitioned into coaching after retiring as a player in 2005.

Jung Jae-kun worked under his former national teammate Hur Jae for two seasons.

In 2007 Jung Jae-kun returned to his alma mater Yonsei University as a member of the basketball team coaching staff.

Jung Jae-kun, incensed by the lack of action from the referee and other match officials, retaliated by elbowing Park in the face so hard that Park sustained several broken teeth and a fractured jaw and had to be stretchered off and immediately sent to the hospital for treatment.

However, Jung Jae-kun was only whistled for a technical foul rather than a more serious flagrant foul, which would have warranted ejection.

Jung Jae-kun's coaching career came to end when he was sent off for headbutting a referee during a match-up against traditional athletic rivals Korea University at the 2014 Asia-Pacific University Basketball Challenge.

Jung Jae-kun had been livid with a referee's decision and headbutted the latter.