Sito Alonso

Sito Alonso
Bilbao Basket
Position Head Coach
League Liga ACB
Personal information
Born December 4, 1975
Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spanish
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 U-20
2014–present Bilbao Basket
Career highlights and awards
AEEB Coach of the Year (2012)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alonso and the second or maternal family name is Blasco.

Alfonso Alonso Blasco, known as Sito Alonso, (b. December 4, 1975) is a Spanish basketball head coach, currently managing Bilbao Basket in the Liga ACB.

Career

Sito Alonso made his debut in Liga ACB in 2008 with Joventut Badalona, team where he previously worked as assistant coach. He was sacked in March 2010 after his bad results in the domestic and European competition.[1]

In 2011, Sito Alonso came back to the Liga ACB thanks to a new contract with Lagun Aro GBC, team that he left in 2014 for signing with Bilbao Basket.[2]

In summer 2013, Sito Alonso was the head coach of the Spanish U-20 team and he achieved the bronze medal in the European Championship played in Tallinn.

He was assistant coach to the Spanish national team in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Alonso was also the coach of the Aragon autonomous basketball team in 2006. He only managed the team in the 92–69 win against Japan.[3][4]

Honours

Spain U-20

Individual

References

  1. El Joventut destituye al técnico Sito Alonso; El País, 3 March 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2014. (Spanish)
  2. SITO ALONSO signed for Bilbao Basket!; Invictus Sports Group, 12 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014. (Spanish)
  3. La selección de Aragón consigue su primer triunfo; El Mundo Deportivo, 26 June 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2014. (Spanish)
  4. Aragón logró su primer triunfo como selección ante Japón; ACB.com, 24 June 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2014. (Spanish)

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