Tony Garbelotto Explained

Tony Garbelotto
League:IBL
Team:Bali United Basketball
Position:Head coach
Birth Date:1969 1, df=y
Nationality:British
Coach Start:1992
Cyears1:1992–1994
Cteam1:London Towers (Assistant)
Cyears2:1997
Cteam2:England (Assistant)
Cyears3:1998
Cteam3:England U-20 (Assistant)
Cyears4:1998–2000
Cteam4:KFÍ
Cyears5:2000–2002
Cteam5:Newcastle Eagles
Cyears6:2002–2003
Cteam6:Birmingham Bullets
Cyears7:2008–2012
Cteam7:Everton Tigers
Cyears8:2012–2014
Cteam8:MLP Academics Heidelberg
Cyears9:2014–2017
Cteam9:Saigon Heat
Cyears10:2014–2017
Cteam10:Vietnam
Cyears11:2017–2018
Cteam11:Glasgow Rocks
Cyears12:2017–2018
Cteam12:Great Britain
Cyears13:2017–2018
Cteam13:Scotland
Cyears14:2019–2020
Cteam14:Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots
Cyears15:2021-2022
Cteam15:NSH Mountain Gold Timika
Cyears16:2022-present
Cteam16:Bali United Basketball
Highlights:As coach:
Cstats League1:Úrvalsdeild karla
Cwin1:22
Closs1:29

Anthony Garbelotto (born 2 January 1969) is an English basketball coach who coaches Bali United Basketball of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL).

Coaching career

Garbelotto started his coaching career with hometown club London Towers in 1992, as an assistant coach, leaving the post just two years later. In 1997 he joined up with the England team set-up where he was again an assistant coach, before being promoted to head coach of the Under-23 team in 1998.

In 1998, Garbelotto accepted a job in Iceland, taking the reins of Úrvalsdeild club KFÍ, where he stayed for two years,[1] also jointly coaching the Great Britain Students team in 1999. Upon his return to England in 2000, he was appointed head coach of fledgling British Basketball League club Newcastle Eagles where he immediately turned their fortunes. By the end of his first season at the club, Garbelotto's Eagles had reached the BBL Trophy final, while finishing 3rd place in the Northern Conference.

In 2002 he moved on to the Birmingham Bullets before settling with hometown club London United in 2006, upon their election to the BBL. From September 2003 to April 2008, Garbelotto was head coach of the Hackney Community College Basketball Academy programme. Alongside Sol Ayinla, he was instrumental in the programme's success, dominating national U19 competition.

He became head coach of Everton Tigers on 30 April 2008,[2] and led the Tigers to five pieces of silverware including a 2010-11 treble.[3]

In 2014 he signed on as an assistant coach to Jason Rabedeaux with the Saigon Heat. Thirteen games into the 2014 season, Rabedeaux died, leaving Garbelotto at the helm.[4] The Heat finished the season in fourth place, clinching their first ever playoff berth.[5] The Heat were swept 0-2 by the Westports Malaysia Dragons in the 2014 ABL playoffs.

In June 2017, Garbelotto was hired as the head coach of Scottish club Glasgow Rocks of the British Basketball League.[6] In September 2017, took over as the head coach of the Scottish men's national basketball team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and the head coach of the Great Britain Men's national Team for the 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.[7] [8]

In February 2018, Garbelotto was fired as Scotland's head coach by basketballscotland and subsequently resigned from both the Great Britain National Team[9] and the Glasgow Rocks.[10]

Head coaching record

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Notes and References

  1. News: KFÍ í þjálfaraleit. 23 February 2018. Morgunblaðið. 3 May 2000. Icelandic.
  2. News: Garbelotto named Tigers new coach. 19 January 2011. BBC. 2 May 2008.
  3. http://www.hoopsfix.com/2017/06/tony-garbelotto-announced-new-head-coach-glasgow-rocks/ Tony Garbelotto Announced as New Head Coach of Glasgow Rocks
  4. http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12636370/former-utep-coach-jason-rabedeaux-death-remains-mystery Jason Rabedeaux was here
  5. Web site: Vietnam's Saigon Heat reach first ASEAN Basketball League semi in history . tuoitrenews.vn . 25 October 2014 . 3 March 2016.
  6. Web site: Tony Garbelotto pens two-year deal with Glasgow Rocks. 15 June 2017.
  7. Web site: Tony Garbelotto becomes Great Britain's National Team head coach . Sportando . 27 September 2017 . 28 September 2017.
  8. News: Fyrrverandi þjálfari KFÍ tekur við Bretum. 30 September 2017. Morgunblaðið. 27 September 2017. Icelandic.
  9. News: Tony Garbelotto is sacked by Scottish Basketball and resigns as GB head coach. 23 February 2018. BBC. 14 February 2018.
  10. News: Club Statement. 23 February 2018. Glasgow Rocks. 19 February 2018.