Jan van Breda Kolff

Basketball Player

1951 –

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Who is Jan van Breda Kolff?

Jan Michael van Breda Kolff 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.

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Born
Dec 16, 1951
Palos Verdes
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Vanderbilt University

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on July 23, 2013

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