Justin Tatum

Justin Tatum
Pelita Jaya
Position	Head coach
League	IBL
Personal information
Born	March 10, 1979; St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Cardinal Ritter College Prep; (St. Louis, Missouri); Christian Brothers College; (St. Louis, Missouri);
College	Saint Louis (1998–2001); McKendree (2002–2003);
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	2003–2005
Position	Forward / center
Coaching career	2006–present
Career history
As a player:
2003–2005	Aris Leeuwarden
2004	St. Louis SkyHawks
As a coach:
2006–2007	Christian Brothers College HS (assistant)
2007–2013	Soldan HS
2013–2023	Christian Brothers College HS
2022–2023	St. Louis Surge (assistant)
2023	Illawarra Hawks (assistant)
2023–present	Illawarra Hawks
2025–present	Pelita Jaya
Career highlights
	As player: Promotiedivisie champion (2004); DBL All-Star (2005); As coach: NBL champion (2025); NBL Coach of the Year (2025);

Justin Tatum (born March 10, 1979) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Pelita Jaya of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He is also contracted as head coach with the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Saint Louis Billikens between 1998 and 2001 before having a two-year playing career in the Netherlands with Aris Leeuwarden between 2003 and 2005. Between 2007 and 2023, he had a 16-year high school coaching career in Missouri, winning three state championships. He moved to Australia in 2023 where he became head coach of the Illawarra Hawks. In just his second season as Hawks coach, he led the team to the 2025 NBL championship.