The Taipei Taishin Mars are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taipei City, Taiwan. The team is owned by Taishin Financial Holdings and coached by Hsu Hao-Cheng, with Lin You-Ting as the general manager. The Mars were founded in 2023 and won 0 T1 League championship. [1]
There have been 2 head coaches for the Taipei Taishin Mars franchise and haven't won any T1 League championship.
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
Win% | Winning percentage |
# | Number of coaches |
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 T1 League season.
# | Name | Term | GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | Achievements | |||
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1 | Brian Adams [2] | 2023 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .200 | – | – | – | – | ||||
2 | Hsu Hao-Cheng [3] | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
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