Park Dong-won, Cho Sang-woo, Kim Ha-sung, Choi Won-tae, the supreme leader of Amar, dies from cancer, former coach Joo Sung-no
Feb 09, 2025
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After being diagnosed with cancer during a checkup in December last year, former coach Joo's condition has rapidly deteriorated recently, leading to his death.
Born in Busan in 1952, the deceased went through Busan High School-Busan Industrial University and served as an underhand pitcher who was rare at the time for the Hanil Bank baseball team. Joo, who started his leadership career as the head coach of Busan High School, his alma mater, in his early 20s, went to Kyungsung University and Hwimungo University, and took the helm of Inha University in 1986 and served as a symbol of an amateur leader until 2005.
He coached the Korean national baseball team at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, where professional players were allowed to participate for the first time, and won the gold medal in all six games by combining various individual players.At that time, it was difficult for the baseball team to unite all the top stars of the KBO League and players who played in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB), including Park Chan-ho, Seo Jae-eung, Kim Byung-hyun, Kim Dong-ju, Park Jae-hong, and Lee Byung-kyu.
This was not the only achievement of former coach Joo as a leader. In 1999, he won the Asian Championship. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he joined the team as a coach and qualified for the finals.
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He joined Woori (current Kiwoom) Heroes, which was founded in 2008, served as a scout team leader and technical director until 2015, and contributed greatly to the establishment of the club quickly with his long career and perspective as an amateur leader. In 2009, he selected Kang Yoon-gu as the first rookie nomination for the first time, Park Dong-won as the second nomination, and Han Hyun-hee as the first round in the 2012 draft. In the 2013 draft, Cho Sang-woo of Daejeon High School was selected as one overall pick and evaluated as a player with good body and speed and excellent potential. In 2014, Lim Byung-wook was chosen as the first nominee, Ha Young-min as the second first round, and Kim Ha-sung as the second third round. In 2015, Choi Won-tae was first nominated and Song Sung-moon was selected as the second nomination, laying the groundwork for the Heroes to become a strong team in a short time.
Since retiring from the Heroes, former coach Joo has contributed to the development of Korean baseball by donating baseball talents in elementary school with KBO.
The bereaved family has a spouse, Jeong Kyung-ja, and two daughters, Hye-yeon and Hye-jun.
The mortuary was set up at Seoul Asan Hospital Funeral Home No. 7 (02-3010-2000), the coffin was placed at 7:20 a.m. on the 11th, and the burial site was Seoul Memorial Park.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
