Yen Hsing-su
Yen at the 2008 Leisure Taiwan Day in Taipei | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Title | Chief operating officer | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 September 1976 Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 163 lb (74 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Private Nanshan Senior High School (私立南山高級中學), Taipei County, Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||
| College | Fu Jen Catholic University | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1995–2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||
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Playing | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995-2004 | BCC Mars | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999-2002 | ROC Armed Forces Training Team | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007-2008 | Yunnan Bulls | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008-2009 | Taiwan Beer | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009-2010 | Shanghai Sharks | |||||||||||||||||
Coaching | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2010-2011 | Chinese Taipei U19 (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011-2012 | BYU–Hawaii (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013-2015 | NTSU (executive coach) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Taoyuan Pauian Archiland (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015-2017 | Taipei Fubon Braves | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018- | Fu Jen Catholic University (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019- | Hon Yau (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019-2022 | Juang Jing High School | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020-2021 | Taoyuan Pauian Archiland | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021-2022 | Taoyuan Pauian Pilots (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 顏行書 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 颜行书 | ||||||||
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Yen Hsing-su (Chinese: 顏行書; born 8 September 1976), also known as Johnny Yen, is a Taiwanese basketball coach and former basketball player, singer and actor. Since 2017 he has been the assistant coach of the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team. From 2015 to 2017 he coached the Fubon Braves in Taiwan's Super Basketball League.
Nicknamed "The Basketball Genie" (籃球精靈) for his playmaking skills, Yen was a regular of the Chinese Taipei national basketball team from 1997 to 2003. At the 2003 ABC Championship, he led the tournament in assists (4.7 per game), but retired soon afterwards to pursue a career in entertainment. In the years to follow, he led the boy band 183 Club and also starred in many popular TV dramas. He returned to professional basketball in 2007 and permanently retired in 2010. He has played professionally in both Taiwan (Chinese Basketball Alliance) and mainland China (Chinese Basketball Association).