Lolo Sainz

Lolo Sainz
Personal information
Born (1940-08-28) August 28, 1940
Tetuan, Spain (now Morocco)
Nationality Spanish
Listed height 6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Career information
Playing career 1961–1968
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
Coaching career 1969–2001
Career history
As player:
1961–1968 Real Madrid
As coach:
1969–1972 Real Madrid (juniors)
1971–1972 Real Madrid (assistant)
1972–1973 Club Vallehermoso Madrid
1973–1975 Real Madrid (assistant)
1975–1989 Real Madrid
1989–1990 Real Madrid (GM)
1990–1993 Club Joventut de Badalona
1993–2001 Spanish NT
2001–2002 Spain (GM)
2002–2005 Real Madrid (GM)
Career highlights and awards

As player:

As head coach:

Medals
Men's basketball Head coach
Representing Spain Spain
EuroBasket
1999 France

Manuel "Lolo" Sainz Márquez (born 28 August 1940, in Tetuan), is a Spanish former professional basketball player and coach. Sainz spent most of his career with Real Madrid, either as a player, or a head coach. He did however, also coach the senior Spanish national team, between 1993 and 2001. On 3 February 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, over the previous half-century, by the EuroLeague Basketball Experts Committee.[1]

Playing career

Clubs

As a player with Real Madrid, Sainz won 4 FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) titles (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968).

Spanish senior national team

As a payer, Sainz was a member of the senior Spanish national basketball team. With Spain, he played at the EuroBasket 1961, the 1963 EuroBasket, and the 1965 EuroBasket.

Coaching career

Clubs

As a head coach with Real Madrid, Sainz won 2 FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) titles (1978, 1980). He was the AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year in 1977, 1985, and 1991.

National team

Sainz was also the head coach of the senior Spanish national team, between 1993 and 2001. He led Spain to a silver medal at the 1999 EuroBasket.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EuroLeague official website, Experts decide European Club Basketball's 50 greatest contributors".


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