Antonio Díaz-Miguel

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Medal record
Competitor for Spain
Men’s Basketball
Olympic Games
Silver	1984 Los Angeles	Team Competition
European Championships
Silver	1973 Spain	Spain
Silver	1983 France	Spain
Bronze	1991 Italy	Spain

Antonio Díaz-Miguel (born July 6, 1933 in Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, Spain – died February 21, 2000 in Madrid, Spain of cancer) was a Spanish pro basketball coach. He studied in Madrid and graduated from the University of Bilbao.

He was coach of the Spain national basketball team for as long as 27 years (1965-1992). In more than 300 games, Diaz-Miguel guided the Spanish National Team to six Olympic games, including a silver medal in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the top classification for the Spanish National Team ever. Diaz-Miguel's Spanish National teams participated in 14 European Championships and four World Championships, and his teams best finishes were two silver medals (1973, 1983) and one bronze medal (1991) in the European Championships.

He was named "Best Spanish Coach of the year" in 1981 and 1982. Diaz-Miguel coached six times European All-Star teams, created only for very occasional events in Europe. A pioneer in the worldwide promotion of basketball, he won numerous coaching awards and was a frequent basketball lecturer around the world. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach on September 29, 1997. He is the only Spaniard in the Hall. In 2007, he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Although initially a soccer player in his youth, his physical characteristics, including a 6ft 8in height, and also determination contributed to his start in basketball at the Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu Secondary School of Madrid, where the Estudiantes ("students") Club was founded in 1950 with pupils and teachers of the School. He was a player of Estudiantes Club of Madrid in 1950-52 and 1953-1958, and played later also for Real Madrid (1958-1961) and Aguilas of Bilbao (1961-1963). He was 27 times player of the Spanish National Team. He won the Spanish Clubs League Championship twice, in 1959 and 1960 with Real Madrid. Immediately after retirement, he started coaching Aguilas, becoming afterwards provisionally and nearly by chance coach of the Spanish National Team, where he managed to develop a longstanding sensation for the team and basketball in Spain.

v • d • e Spain squad - 1974 FIBA World Championship - 5th Place

4 Corbalan \| 5 Brabender \| 6 Luyk \| 7 Ramos \| 8 Flores \| 9 Santillana \| 10 Sagi-Vela \| 11 Rullan \| 12 Rodriguez \| 13 Cabrera \| 14 Iradier \| 15 Estrada \| Coach: Díaz-Miguel

v • d • e Spain squad - 1982 FIBA World Championship - 4th Place

4 Epi \| 5 Corbalan \| 6 Sibilio \| 7 Brabender \| 8 Solozabal \| 9 Martin \| 10 Jimenez \| 11 Romay \| 12 de la Cruz \| 13 Iturriaga \| 14 Costa \| 15 Margall \| Coach: Díaz-Miguel

v • d • e Spain squad - 1986 FIBA World Championship - 5th Place

4 Martin \| 5 Epi \| 6 Solozabal \| 7 Villacampa \| 8 Sibilio \| 9 Creus \| 10 Jimenez \| 11 Romay \| 12 de la Cruz \| 13 Costa \| 14 Margall \| 15 Arcega \| Coach: Díaz-Miguel

v • d • e Spain squad - 1990 FIBA World Championship - 10th Place

4 Bosch \| 5 Jofresa \| 6 Martínez \| 7 Zapata \| 8 Jiménez \| 9 Montero \| 10 Villacampa \| 11 Romay \| 12 Antunez \| 13 Herreros \| 14 Andreu \| 15 Arcega \| Coach: Díaz-Miguel

v • d • e 1984 Olympic Silver Medalists Men's Basketball – Spain

José Manuel Beirán \| José Luis Llorente \| Fernando Arcega \| José María Margall \| Andrés Jiménez Fernández \| Fernando Romay \| Fernando Martín Espina \| Juan Antonio Corbalán \| Ignacio Solozábal \| Juan Domingo de la Cruz \| Juan Manuel López \| Juan Antonio San Epifanio \| Coach: Antonio Diaz-Miguel