On July 21, the Chinese Basketball Association announced that in order to prepare for the 2027 Men's Basketball World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, combined with the future development of the national men's basketball development ideas, according to the Chinese Basketball Association on the national men's basketball coach selection plan, after research, the Chinese Basketball Association hired Guo Shiqiang as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball.

Subsequently, the official Guangzhou men's basketball team also sent a message saying goodbye to Guo Shiqiang. According to the previous relevant regulations, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team cannot concurrently serve as a club coach.

Guo, 49, spent most of his career with the Liaoning men's basketball team and has also made several appearances for the national team, according to Nanfang News. After his retirement, Guo became the head coach of Liaoning Men's Basketball Team in 2006, and became the head coach of China Men's Basketball team for the first time in 2009, leading the team to the runner-up of the 25th Asian Men's Basketball Championship. In 2010, the American coach Deng Ewald became the head coach of the Chinese men's Basketball team, Guo Shiqiang returned to Liaoning Men's Basketball team and led the team to win the first CBA championship in the team's history.

On June 13 this year, the Chinese Basketball Association announced that the Chinese Basketball Association has ended its cooperation with Djordjevic and his team this cycle according to the actual needs of the future Chinese men's basketball reconstruction work and competition. Thanks to Djordjevic and his team for their contributions and efforts to the Chinese men's basketball team. As an experienced head coach of international basketball, his ideas and suggestions bring a lot of thinking and inspiration to Chinese basketball.

The announcement said that the selection of a new head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team has started. The Chinese Basketball Association will focus on the 2027 Men's Basketball World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, look to the future, and actively promote the selection and recruitment work in strict accordance with regulations and procedures. At present, assistant coach Guo Shiqiang is acting as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team. As the vice president of the Chinese Basketball Association, Gong Luming is responsible for the relevant work of the Chinese men's basketball team to prepare for the 2027 World Cup and 2028 Olympic Games.

On June 26, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the first warm-up match of this summer in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, the final Chinese men's basketball team lost 78-83 to the Macao Black Bears, when Guo Shiqiang acted as an assistant coach.

After that game, when asked what style of team he wanted to build, Guo Shiqiang replied: "Management, discipline and training, these three points are particularly important. The rest of it is just the basics of shooting free throws, combining the ball, handling the ball, all of which need to be improved."

According to media reports, since the Chinese men's basketball team returned to the world basketball family in 1974, the team has experienced more than 10 head coaches. Among them, there are Qian Chenghai, Jiang Xingquan, Gong Luming and other outstanding coaches, there are Harris, Yunus and other foreign coaches with different coaching styles, and there is no shortage of Wang Fei and other basketball stars who took over the teaching whip as a young coach.

Known as the godfather of Chinese basketball, Qian Chenghai not only led the Chinese men's basketball team to dominate the Asian basketball world for a long time, but also made historic breakthroughs in the World Championships and the Olympic Games. After stepping down as head coach in 1988, Qian Chenghai founded a basketball school and continued to make contributions to Chinese basketball.

In 1979, Ma Qingsheng took over the coach of the national team from Qian Chenghai and led the team to win the 1979 Asian Championship. After leaving the Chinese men's basketball team, he coached many teams such as the August First Men's Basketball team and the Shougang Men's Basketball Team, and was named one of the 50 talents of Chinese Basketball in 1999.

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Jiang Xingquan has coached the Chinese men's basketball team three times. In 1990, Jiang Xingquan was the first head coach of the Chinese men's Basketball team. In his first term, he won the Asian Championship for three times and the Asian Games for one time. In 1994, the national Men's basketball team won the 8th place in the World Championship and entered the top 8 of the World Championship for the first time. In 1999, he took over the position again and led the team to the 10th place in the Sydney Olympic Games. In 2003, he coached the national team for the third time and led the team to win the Asian Championship.

In 1995, Gong Luming took over the coach of the Chinese men's basketball team from Jiang Xingquan, and led the team to the top 8 of the Olympic Games for the first time in 1996. Subsequently, Gong Luming went abroad to "recharge", at the end of 1999, when the women's basketball was in a low ebb, accepted the invitation of the basketball Association to serve as the head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, and stepped down in 2004. In 2014, after the Chinese men's basketball team fell into a slump, he was appointed as the head coach of the national brand again. In the 2015 Asian Championship, Gong Luming led the team to win the Asian Championship again. Gong resigned after the Rio Olympics.

In 1998, Wang Fei began to serve as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, first led the team to win the 1998 Asian Games championship, due to illness, left the coach in 2001, but the world championship, the Busan Asian Games, led to his resignation.

In 2004, the Chinese men's basketball team welcomed its first foreign coach. "Silver Fox" Harris coached the Chinese men's basketball team for a short time and led the team to the eighth place in the Athens Olympic Games. After bidding farewell to the Chinese basketball world, he served as a coach in the NBA Development League, the Dominican Republic and other national teams.

From 2005 to 2008, Lithuanian Yunas coached the Chinese men's basketball team, and successively led the team to the 15th place in the 2006 World Championship and the 8th place in the 2008 Olympic Games. Since then, Yunus has served as the head coach of Greece men's basketball team, Lithuania men's basketball team, and has served as the head coach of Guangdong men's basketball team twice, and led the team to win the CBA championship.