Hur Jae

Hur Jae (born September 28, 1965 in Chuncheon) is a South Korean retired basketball coach and former player. His playing and coaching career combined spanned over three decades. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he took the Athlete's Oath with handball player Son Mi-na. He was the FIBA Asia Cup MVP in 1995.

In this Korean name, the family name is Hur.
Hur Jae
허재
Personal information
Born (1965-09-28) 28 September 1965
Chuncheon, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight176 lb (80 kg)
Career information
High schoolYongsan High School
(Seoul, South Korea)
CollegeChung-Ang University
Playing career1987–2004
PositionShooting guard
Number9
Coaching career2004–2018
Career history
As player:
1987–1998Busan Kia Enterprise
1998–2004Wonju Naray Blue Bird /
Wonju Sambo Xers /
Wonju TG Xers /
Wonju TG Sambo Xers
As coach:
2005–2015Jeonju KCC Egis
2016–2018South Korea national team
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
1986 Seoul Team
1990 Beijing Team
1994 Hiroshima Team
FIBA Asia Cup (formerly Asian Basketball Confederation Championship)
1985 Kuala Lumpur Team
1987 Bangkok Team
1989 Beijing Team
1991 Kobe Team
1995 Seoul Team
1999 Fukuoka Team
East Asian Games
1993 Shanghai Team
FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship (formerly Asian Basketball Confederation Under-18 Championship)
1984 Seoul U-19
Team
Korean name
Hangul
허재
Hanja
許載
Revised RomanizationHeo Jae
McCune–ReischauerHŏ Chae

Hur is widely regarded as the greatest South Korean basketball player ever, with his prime in the early to mid 1990s. His career began during the semi-professional era and coincided with the establishment of the professional Korean Basketball League (KBL).[1]

Early life and education

Hur is the youngest of four children and has an older brother and two older sisters. Their father, who died in 2010, was a refugee from Sinuiju in present-day North Pyongan Province, North Korea.[2] He graduated from Sangmyung Primary School in 1978, Yongsan Middle School in 1981 and Yongsan High School in 1984. A highly-rated prospect in high school, he was notably the center of a fierce recruiting "war" between Korea University and Chung-Ang University.[3] He ultimately chose Chung-Ang and graduated in 1988.[4]

Career

Playing career

In 1988, Hur joined the Busan-based amateur basketball team of Kia Motors, where he was a long-time teammate of his university senior Kim Yoo-taek. He led his team to the championship for five years straight (1988–1993) and for another back to back in (1995–1996), and he won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times. After foundation of the Professional league, he won the play-offs MVP in 1997–98.

On March 3, 1991, Hur was involved in an infamous brawl during a championship match against Hyundai. Early in the first half, he was elbowed by Hyundai's Im Dal-sik. Hur furiously approached Im, pushing him in the head, and Im responded by hitting Hur with a right hand. After both players were ejected, Hur confronted Im again, and Im's teammate, Kim Sung-wook connected with an uppercut to Hur's jaw. Hur suffered a fractured jaw which took 3 months to heal. Both Hur and Im were suspended for 6 months and Kim was suspended for 3 months following the incident.

Hur retired at the end of the 2003-04 season.[5] His team TG Xers (now Wonju DB Promy) retired his number 9 jersey. The KBL honored him with a "retirement game", which was sold-out within minutes, for the first time in its history and it featured his former teammates including Kang Dong-hee, Lee Sang-min and Hyun Joo-yup.[6]

Hur also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of ninth in men's team event at Seoul in 1988.

In 1990, Hur set the record for most points in a FIBA World Championship match, a record that still stands to this day, scoring 54 against Egypt in a 117–115 victory for 15th place.[7][8][9]

Jeonju KCC Egis

In 2005, he became the head coach of KBL team Jeonju KCC Egis. He spent ten seasons and coached them to three KBL Championships and a regular season title. His last three seasons all ended poorly, with the team finishing either last or near the bottom of the league table and failing to qualify for the play-offs. He voluntarily resigned at the end of the 2014-15 season.[10] His assistant coach Choo Seung-gyun succeeded him.

During the 2013-14 season, in the October 15 game against Ulsan Mobis Phoebus, he went viral for his mispronunciation of the phrase "Is this blocking?" when one of his players had an attempt thwarted by the opposition and referee Hong Ki-hwan had called a block instead of a foul. Hur had been livid with Hong's decision as he felt that his player had been fouled and protested to Hong, although to no avail.[11] The Korean transliteration of "block" is 블락 (beul-lak) and Hur had mispronounced it as 불낙 (bul-nak); the term itself is a portmanteau of 불 from "bulgogi" and 낙 from "octopus" (낙지, nakji) and refers to bulgogi octopus stew. This led to octopus stew-related internet memes circulating and the phrase was parodied by comedians and other athletes, including Hur's own sons, as a term to express extreme discontent over another person's decision.[12][13][14]

At the 2014 rookie draft, he came under intense media scrutiny when his older son turned professional and entered the draft, leading commentators to speculate whether Hur would be picking his son. In the end, Hur picked Kim Ji-hoo from Korea University and his son was picked next by Wonju DB Promy.[15]

South Korean national team

In 2015, after coaching the team for 10 seasons, he resigned as the head coach of Jeonju KCC Egis. He was chosen as the head coach of the South Korean national basketball team from 2016 to 2018, helping the team in winning the bronze medal at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and the 2018 Asian Games.

After he resigned as the head coach of the national team, Hur started to appear on entertainment shows.

Personal life

Hur is nicknamed "The President of Korean Basketball" (Korean: 농구대통령) by Korean fans.[2]

In 1992, Hur married sculptor Lee Mi-soo after meeting her during a trip to Busan during the off-season. They have two sons Heo Ung and Heo Hoon, who are both professional basketball players.[16]

In 2020 younger son Heo Hoon won the KBL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award and they became the first father-son duo to win the MVP award in the history of domestic basketball; Hur Jae had previously won the season MVP award several times during the semi-professional pre-KBL era and a play-off MVP in the first season of the KBL.[17][18][19]

Filmography

TV Shows
Year Title Network Note Ref.
1994 Final Jump MBC Episode 12, Special appearance as a basketball player [20][21]
2000 Three Friends MBC Episode 3, Special appearance as himself [22]
2019 Law of the Jungle SBS Sunda Islands Episode 383 – 387, Cast Member [23][24]
2019 – 2020 Naturally MBN Episode 13 – 43, Cast Member [25]
2020 Don't Be Jealous MBC Episode 1 – 17, Main Host [26]
2020 Law of the Jungle SBS Wild Korea Episode 416 – 419, Cast Member [27][28][29]
2020 18 Again JTBC Episode 8, Special appearance as a coach at 2009 KBU Draft [30]
2019 – 2021 Let’s Play Soccer JTBC Cast Member [31]
2019 Men on a Mission JTBC Men on a Mission (Episode 219, Guest)
2021 Law of the Jungle SBS Stove League (Episode 434 – 437, Cast Member) [32]
2021 Let's Play Basketball JTBC Cast Member [33][34][35]
2021 – present Liberation Town JTBC Cast Member [36]
2021 Boss in the Mirror KBS Guest, Episode 89, 96, 97, 98, 99, 102, 118, 119
2021 My Hometown KBS2 Host [37]
2021 Family Register Mate MBC panelist / Chuseok holiday specials [38]
2021 Godfather KBS2 Main Cast [39]
2021 Golf King Season 2 TV Chosun Cast Member [40]

Ambassadorship
  • Public Relations Ambassador for the Fruit of Love Community Chest (2021)[41]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref
2020 18th KBS Entertainment Awards Rookie Award in Reality Category Boss in the Mirror Nominated [42]

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