Sito Alonso
| Saski Baskonia | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||
| League |
Liga ACB EuroLeague | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born |
December 4, 1975 Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1999–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | CB Monzón | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | CB Prat | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Joventut Badalona (assistant) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Joventut Badalona | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Gipuzkoa Basket | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | Spain Under-20 | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Bilbao Basket | ||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Saski Baskonia | ||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
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Alfonso Alonso Blasco, commonly known as Sito Alonso, (born December 4, 1975) is a Spanish professional basketball head coach, currently managing Saski Baskonia of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
Coaching career
Pro clubs
Alonso made his coaching debut in the Liga ACB (Spanish League) in 2008, with Joventut Badalona, a team where he had previously worked as an assistant coach. He was sacked by the club in March 2010, after his team's poor results in the Spanish national domestic league and in European-wide competition.[1]
In 2011, Alonso once again became a head coach in the Liga ACB, thanks to his signing of a new contract with Lagun Aro GBC. He left GBC in 2014, in order to sign with the Spanish club Bilbao Basket.[2]
In July 2016, he parted ways with Bilbao Basket,[3] and he signed a two-year deal with Baskonia.[4]
Spanish national team
In the summer of 2013, Alonso was the head coach of the Spanish Under-20 junior national team, and he coached them to the bronze medal at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, which was played in Tallinn, Estonia. He was also an assistant coach with the senior Spanish national team at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.
Alonso was also the head coach of the Aragon autonomous basketball team in 2006. He only managed the team in their 92–69 win against Japan.[5][6]
Honours
Spain Under-20
Individual
References
- ↑ El Joventut destituye al técnico Sito Alonso; El País, 3 March 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2014. (Spanish)
- ↑ SITO ALONSO signed for Bilbao Basket!; Invictus Sports Group, 12 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014. (Spanish)
- ↑ "Sito Alonso deja el Dominion Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ "Sito Alonso will coach Baskonia's bench". baskonia.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ La selección de Aragón consigue su primer triunfo; El Mundo Deportivo, 26 June 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2014. (Spanish)
- ↑ Aragón logró su primer triunfo como selección ante Japón; ACB.com, 24 June 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2014. (Spanish)
External links
- Sito Alonso at acb.com (Spanish)
- Sito Alonso at euroleague.net
- Sito Alonso at fibaeurope.com