Sito Alonso
| Bilbao Basket | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Liga ACB |
| Personal information | |
| Born | December 4, 1975 Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Coaching career | 1999–present |
| 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 | |
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Alfonso Alonso Blasco, known as Sito Alonso, (born 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
- U-20 European Championship:
Bronze 2013
Individual
References
- ↑ El Joventut destituye al técnico Sito Alonso; El País, 3 March 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2014. (Spanish)
- ↑ SITO ALONSO signed for Bilbao Basket!; Invictus Sports Group, 12 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014. (Spanish)
- ↑ La selección de Aragón consigue su primer triunfo; El Mundo Deportivo, 26 June 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2014. (Spanish)
- ↑ Aragón logró su primer triunfo como selección ante Japón; ACB.com, 24 June 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2014. (Spanish)
