Julio Lamas

Julio Lamas
Japan national basketball team
Position Head coach
League Argentine League
Personal information
Born (1964-06-09) June 9, 1964
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Coaching career 1987–present
Career history
As coach:
1987–1988 S.C. Cañadense (assistant)
1988–1992 S.C. Cañadense
1992–1995 Venado Tuerto
1995–1997 Boca Juniors
1997–1999 Argentina
1997 Argentina Under-22
1999–2000 Saski Baskonia
2000–2001 Obras Sanitarias
2001–2003 Lucentum Alicante
2003–2004 Real Madrid
2004–2007 Ben Hur Rafaela
2007–2009 Libertad Sunchales
2008 Argentina (assistant)
2010–2014 Argentina
2014–2015 Obras Sanitarias
2015–2017 San Lorenzo de Almagro
2017 Obras Sanitarias
2017-present Japan national
Career highlights and awards

As coach:

Julio César Lamas (born June 9, 1964) is an Argentina professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of Obras Sanitarias of the Argentine League. He has also been the head coach of the senior men's Argentina national team.

Club coaching career

Argentina

Lamas has won 4 Argentine League championships, in 1997 with Boca Juniors, in 2005 with Ben Hur, in 2008 with Libertad de Sunchales,[1] and in 2016, with San Lorenzo de Almagro. He also won the South American League with Ben Hur in 2006.

Spain

Lamas also coached in Spain. He coached in the Spanish League with Tau Cerámica (1999–2000), and in the Spanish 2nd Division with Lucentum Alicante, with which he won the Spanish 2nd Division league championship, and the Spanish 2nd tier cup competition, the Copa Príncipe, in 2002. He also coached in the Spanish League with Real Madrid (2003–2004).

Argentina national team

Lamas was the head coach the senior men's Argentina national team at the 1998 FIBA World Championship. He was also the assistant coach to Sergio Hernández on the Argentine 2008 Summer Olympics team that won the bronze medal.[1] On December 16, 2010, his return to the head coach position of the Argentina national team was officially announced, as he replaced Sergio Hernández.[2]

He then acted as head coach of Argentina at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship, where he led Argentina to the gold medal, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, where he led Argentina to the bronze medal, and at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

He is also the head coach of the Japanese national team.

References

  1. 1 2 "Argentinean Assistant National Team Coach Julio Lamas To Speak AT NABC Convention In Indianapolis". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  2. "Lamas desembarca en la selección". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
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