Jason Dourisseau

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Jason Dourisseau
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Dourisseau with Donar in 2011
Donar
Position Interim head coach
League BNXT League
Personal information
Born (1983-12-07) December 7, 1983 (age 41)
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Dutch
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Burke (Omaha, Nebraska)
College Nebraska (2002–2006)
NBA draft 2006: undrafted
Playing career2006–2023
Position Small forward
Coaching career2024–present
Career history
As player:
2006–2008 Riesen Ludwigsburg
2008–2009 KR
2009–2014 GasTerra Flames / Donar
2014–2015 s.Oliver Würzburg
2015–2020Donar
2023 Aris Leeuwarden
As coach:
2024 Donar (assistant)
2024–presentDonar (interim head coach)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Jason Richard Dourisseau (born December 7, 1983) is an American-born naturalised Dutch professional basketball coach and former player, who is the current head coach of Donar. As a player, he played at the small forward position. [1]

Contents

He is most known for his years with Donar, where he played for 10 seasons and won five DBL championships and seven other trophies. The club retired his number 8. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Dourisseau received a Dutch passport in 2015. [2]

Professional career

Dourisseau going for a dunk in September 2009 GasTerra Flames vs Landstede Zwolle 1200D PS 5389 kopie (3969439463).jpg
Dourisseau going for a dunk in September 2009

In the 2006–07 season, Dourisseau started his career with Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg. He reached the Basketball Bundesliga Finals with Ludwigsburg in his first season. In the 2007–08 season, he finished 12th with the team.

In the 2008–09 season, Dourisseau played with KR Basket of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. Over the season, Dourisseau averaged 16.7 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, while winning the Icelandic Championship and the Company Cup with KR. [3] [4]

For the 2009–10 season, Dourisseau signed with GasTerra Flames of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). In his first season, he won the Dutch championship. In his second season, he played in the Euroleague qualifying rounds with Flames. The team was eliminated in the first preliminary round against Russian side UNICS. In the 2013–14 season, after Dourisseau won his second Dutch championship, GasTerra Flames announced that one of the stands in home arena MartiniPlaza would be named after him as the "Jason Dourisseau Tribune" (English: Jason Dourisseau Stand). [5]

In the 2014 offseason, Dourisseau signed with s.Oliver Baskets of the ProA, the second tier of basketball in Germany. [6]

On 21 July 2015, Dourisseau returned to Donar, by signing a 2-year deal with the club. [7] In 2017, Dourisseau signed for three more seasons with Donar. He won his fifth DBL championship again in 2018. On 22 June 2020, Donar announced the club and Dourisseau were parting ways. [8]

On October 23, 2021, Donar officially retired Dourisseau's number 8. He became just the second player to have his jersey retired at Donar, after Martin de Vries. [9]

On March 1, 2023, Dourisseau came out of retirement at age 39 when he signed for Aris Leeuwarden for the remainder of the BNXT League season. [10] Coming off the bench, Dourisseau averaged 5.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in his nine games for Aris. [11]

Coaching career

Before 2024–25 season, he started his coaching career and signed with Donar of the BNXT League as an assistant coach.

After a 3–8 start to the season and a 17th place ranking in the BNXT League, Head Coach Andrej Štimac was released, and Dourisseau was named Head Coach for the remainder of the 2024–25 season. [12]

National team career

In anticipation of his upcoming Dutch passport, Dourisseau was in the pre-selection of the Dutch national basketball team, as he was selected by Toon van Helfteren on June 13, 2015. [13] Dourisseau later received his passport and made his national team debut on July 15 in a friendly game against Germany. He went on to play four games for the Netherlands in that year. [14]

Personal

In August 2015, Dourisseau officially became a Dutch citizen and stayed in Groningen after his professional basketball career.

Honors

Trophies

KR

Donar

Awards

Donar

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References

  1. ↑ "Jason Dourisseau's profile". Eurobasket. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ Dourisseau is Nederlander geworden
  3. ↑ ""Toppar allt sem ég hef gert á ferlinum"" (in Icelandic). Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Jason Dourisseau 2008-2009 Stats" (in Icelandic). Kki.is. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Dourisseau krijgt eigen tribune in MartiniPlaza" (in Dutch). Retrieved February 22, 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Double-Gewinner aus Holland wechselt nach Würzburg" (in German). Soliver-baskets.de. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Jason Dourisseau keert terug bij Donar" (in Dutch). Rtvnoord.nl. July 21, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Donar en speler Dourisseau gaan uit elkaar: 'We hebben hem een voorstel gedaan om coach te worden'". RTV Noord. June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Emotionele Dourisseau: 'Ik moest een traantje laten toen mijn shirt 'retired' werd'". www.rtvnoord.nl (in Dutch). October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
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