| Godfrey Okumu | |||||||
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| Full name | Godfrey Owese Okumu | ||||||
| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||
| Born | (1968-08-11)August 11, 1968 (age 57) | ||||||
| Hometown | Nyanza | ||||||
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Godfrey Owese Okumu[1] (born August 11, 1968) is a Kenyan volleyball coach. He is also a former player who has played for the Kenyan national volleyball team. Okumu is a native ofNyanza.[2]
As a player, Okumu played for various clubs as well as the Kenyan men's national volleyball team[3] from 1990 to 2003.[1] After his retirement, he moved to Japan.[3] He worked as an English teacher in theKumamoto Prefecture in 2002[4] before coaching.
Godfrey Okumu is a holder of a FIVB Level 3 coaching certificate and is a member of the Japanese Society of Volleyball Research.[5]
After his playing career, Okumu moved to Japan sometime in the 2000s.[3] Okumu served as part of the coaching staff of theOita Miyoshi Weisse Adler men's professional volleyball club from 2009 to 2012.[1] He also served as coach of the Hakata Girls High School volleyball team as well.[6]
TheKenyan women's national team had Okumu as part of their coaching staff at the2006 and2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championships, as well as in the2011 and2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cups.[7]
Okumu served as head Coach of theUP Lady Fighting Maroons, the women's volleyball collegiate team of theUniversity of the Philippines.[7] In September 2017, Okumu was announced as the new head coach of the team. Okumu's first stint with the team was atUAAP Season 80 which took place 2018.[7] Okumu has said that he will introduce the "Japanese style" of play to the collegiate team which he learned in his Japan stint.[8] In July 2022, Okumu announced his departure from the team.[9]
Okumu also coached in thePremier Volleyball League. He was head coach of theMotolite Power Builders in 2019. He returned to the PVL as an assistant coach for debutantsGaleries Tower Highrisers.[10]
In August 2025, Okumu was promoted as Galeries' head coach after the departure of Lerma Giron.[11]
Okumu has a daughter named Hawi Okumu Oba, who plays professionally in Japan. As of 2017, Hawi plays forHitachi Rivale[5] and become part of theJapanese national team.[12][13]
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