Sito Alonso

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Sito Alonso
Sito Alonso FC Barcelona Basquet 20180126 (cropped).jpg
Alonso with Barcelona, in 2018.
UCAM Murcia
Position Head coach
League Liga ACB
Personal information
Born (1975-12-04) December 4, 1975 (age 48)
Madrid, Spain
Coaching career1999–present
Career history
As coach:
1999–2004CB Monzón
2004–2005 CB Prat
2005–2008 Joventut Badalona (assistant)
2008–2010Joventut Badalona
2011–2014 Gipuzkoa Basket
2013 Spain U20
2014–2016 Bilbao Basket
2016–2017 Baskonia
2017–2018 FC Barcelona
2018 Cedevita
2019–present Murcia
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Head Coach for Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Estonia Team

Alfonso Alonso Blasco (born December 4, 1975), commonly known as Sito Alonso, is a Spanish basketball coach who is the head coach for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB.

Contents

Coaching career

Pro clubs

Alonso made his coaching debut in the Liga Endesa (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 Spain's national domestic league and in European-wide competition. [1]

In 2011, Alonso once again became a head coach in Liga ACB, thanks to his signing of a new contract with Lagun Aro GBC. He left GBC in 2014 and signed with Spain's club Bilbao Basket. [2]

In July 2016, he parted with Bilbao Basket, [3] and he signed a two-year deal with Baskonia. [4] Despite reaching the EuroLeague playoffs, Alonso and Baskonia split up after being eliminated by Valencia Basket in the semifinals of the domestic league play-offs. [5] [6] Consequently, he signed a two-year contract with an optional third with FC Barcelona Lassa. [7] On February 5, 2018, FC Barcelona part ways with him. [8]

On June 8, 2018 Alonso signed three-year contract with Cedevita Zagreb. [9] On October 25, 2018, after a poor start of season, Cedevita sacked Alonso. [10]

Spain 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 Spain men's national basketball 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. [11] [12]

Coaching record

Legend
GGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

TeamYearGWLW–L%Result
Joventut 2008–09 1046.400Eliminated in group stage
Baskonia 2016–17 331716.515Eliminated in quarterfinals
Barcelona 2017–18 21714.333Fired
Career642836.438

Honours

Spain Under-20

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ El Joventut destituye al técnico Sito Alonso; El País, 3 March 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2014. (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ SITO ALONSO signed for Bilbao Basket!; Invictus Sports Group, 12 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014. (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Sito Alonso deja el Dominion Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sito Alonso will coach Baskonia's bench". baskonia.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "El Baskonia despide a Sito Alonso" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sito Alonso alcanzó un acuerdo económico y se desvinculó ya del Baskonia" (in Spanish). Encestando.es. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Barcelona hands reins to Alonso". EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Sito Alonso's contract terminated | FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Bivši trener Barcelone preuzeo Cedevitu". gol.dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Rimac replaced Alonso at Cedevita bench". www.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  11. ↑ La selección de Aragón consigue su primer triunfo; El Mundo Deportivo, 26 June 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2014. (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ Aragón logró su primer triunfo como selección ante Japón; ACB.com, 24 June 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2014. (in Spanish)
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