Sergio Scariolo to end a long mandate as head of male basketball coach

Sergio Scariolo plans to resign as a men’s basketball coach in Spain after Eurobasket this summer, ending a race that included the last four Olympics.

Scariolo, a 64 -year -old Italian, trained La Roja Since 2009-12 and also from 2015 through the twilight of the nation’s gold generation.

With shows such as brothers Pau and Marc Gasol, in addition to Ricky Rubio, he led Spain to the Olympic silver and bronze medals in 2012 and 2016 and the Fiba World Cup title in 2019, as well as four European championships.

In 2012, 2016 and 2021, Spain lost against the United States in the Olympic playoff rounds with an average margin of nine points.

Spain was eliminated in the group stage in Paris, his first Olympics without the Pau Gasol retired from the 2000 Sydney games.

“My first words are to thank Sergio for all his commitment for the national team”, the president of the Spain Basket Federation Elisa Aguilar said in a press releaseaccording to a translation. “Five golds, one silver and two bronzes define the role of Sergio in these 15 years. He has known how to improve the performance of our players and has always shown a complete vision of our sport, involved in the development of the players, and was a visionary. Entioning all the problems we could have.

“Even if we still have time together, I want to thank you for creating that competitive capacity of our team. When he told me the last moment had arrived, it was not good news, but I understood that he had earned the power to decide when to leave the national team bench. He is the best coach of all time, the one who gave us the best and the best victories.”

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