Kevin Kotzur

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Kevin Kotzur

| image = Kevin Kotzur.jpg

| image_size =

| caption =

| position = Power forward / center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 260

| league = B.League

| team = Kanazawa Samuraiz

| number = 42

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1989|11|3}}

| birth_place = La Vernia, Texas, U.S.

| highschool = La Vernia (La Vernia, Texas)

| college = St. Mary's (Texas) (2008–2013)

| draft_year = 2013

| career_start = 2013

| career_end =

| years1 = 2013–2014

| team1 =Santa Cruz Warriors

| years2 = 2014–2017

| team2 = Kyoto Hannaryz

| years3 = 2017–2018

| team3 =Hiroshima Dragonflies

| years4 = 2018–2019

| team4 = Aisin AW Areions Anjo

| years5 = 2019–2021

| team5 = Kagawa Five Arrows

| years6 = 2021–2022

| team6 = Altiri Chiba

| years7 = 2022–2023

| team7 = Kumamoto Volters

| years8 = 2023

| team8 = Altiri Chiba

| years9 = 2023

| team9 = Yamagata Wyverns

| years10 = 2023

| team10 = Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka

| years11 = 2024–present

| team11 = Kanazawa Samuraiz

| highlights =

• B2 Rebound Leader (2020)

}}

Kevin James Kotzur{{cite web |title=Kevin James Kotzur |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/212872-kevin-james-kotzur |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=26 October 2024}} (born November 3, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Kanazawa Samuraiz of the B.League.

Kotzur was born and raised in La Vernia, Texas.{{cite web |last1=Moreno |first1=Eric |title=Kotzur: From La Vernia to 'Land of the Rising Sun' |url=https://www.lavernianews.com/articles/kotzur-from-la-vernia-to-land-of-the-rising-sun/ |publisher=La Vernia News |access-date=26 October 2024 |date=14 August 2019}}

On August 23, 2019, Kotzur signed with Kagawa Five Arrows of the B.League.{{cite web |last=Hiroshima Dragonflies |url=https://hiroshimadragonflies.com/roster/kevin_kotzur.html |title=Kevin Kotzur|date=10 February 2018 |accessdate=10 February 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fivearrows.jp/news/detail/id=13444|title=2019–20シーズン選手新規契約合意（新規）のお知らせ【第１０弾】|website=香川ファイブアローズ|date=23 August 2019 }}

On October 25, 2024, Kotzur signed with Kanazawa Samuraizof the B.League.{{cite web |title=#42 ケビン・コッツァー 選手契約締結のお知らせ（ 新規 ） |url=https://samuraiz.jp/news/detail/id=15786 |publisher=金沢武士団 |access-date=26 October 2024 |date=25 October 2024}}