Kenichi Yatsuhashi is gradually proving his doubters wrong week in and week out with his team’s style of play and most importantly the teams victories.

GHANAsoccernet.com brings you facts about the Japanese-born American coach.

Coach Yatsuhashi comes to Hearts of Oak, after a stellar head coaching career spanning the past 9 seasons at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC).

In 2005, Yatsuhashi guided BMCC to the NJCAA Division III nationals and finished the 3rd best team in the country. Because of his team’s success in 2005, Coach Yatsuhashi garnered individual honors by being named NSCAA Coach of the year by his peers.

Prior to BMCC’s most successful in men’s soccer, Coach Yatsuhashi was selected to coach the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) All-Star team, which competed in the Goodwill South African Tour.

On top of winning championships, Yatsuhashi’s teams have been chosen for two Region XV sportsmanship awards and two other Referee’s Association sportsmanship awards.

On top of winning championships, his teams were chosen for two Region XV Sportsmanship awards and two additional Sportsmanship Awards as voted by the referees of the New York Metro Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NYMISOA).