Li Nan applied for resignation and resigned after losing the world cup
After the failure of the Chinese men's basketball team at home in the FIBA World Cup, Li Nan, head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, has officially applied for resignation today. His resignation request has been reported to the State Administration of sports and is waiting for approval.
Li Nan was once a meritorious player of the Chinese men's basketball team and scored in the top 8 of the Olympic Games on behalf of the national team. After retiring in 2009, Li Nan soon became the coach of the Bayi youth team; In 2010, Li Nan joined the Chinese men's basketball coaching team led by Deng Huade; After the London Olympic Games, Li Nan assisted janakis and Gong Luming as a teaching assistant in the national team.
On April 28, 2017, Li Nan and Du Feng were elected as the head coaches of the Chinese men's basketball double national team through competition, in which Li Nan coached the red team; On September 26, 2018, the China Basketball Association announced its intention to appoint Li Nan as the head coach of the new Chinese men's basketball team; Since then, the Chinese men's basketball team has gathered since the middle of May this year, with a total preparation time of more than 100 days and 17 warm-up games. These two figures are the best of the 32 participating teams in the world cup, but in the end, it did not achieve the expected results at home.