Hugo López (basketball) explained

Hugo López
League:Chinese Basketball Association
Team:Liaoning Flying Leopards
Position:assistant
Birth Date:29 July 1975
Birth Place:Valladolid, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
High School:Northwestern SHS
(Albion, Pennsylvania)
Cyears1:2000–2001
Cteam1:Northwestern SHS (assistant)
Cyears2:2001–2002
Cteam2:Edinboro University
Cyears3:2002–2009
Cteam3:Villa de Los Barrios (assistant)
Cyears4:2009–2011
Cteam4:Gipuzkoa (assistant)
Cyears5:2011–2014
Cteam5:Real Madrid (assistant)
Cyears6:2014
Cteam6:Malabo Kings
Cyears7:2015
Cyears8:–2016
Cteam8:Halifax Hurricanes
Cyears9:2016–2017
Cteam9:Rec do Libolo
Cyears11:2019–2021
Cteam11:Real Valladolid
Cyears12:2021–2022
Cteam12:Tokyo Z
Cyears13:2022–2023
Cteam13:Liaoning Flying Leopards (assistant)
Cyears14:2023–2024
Cyears15:2024–present
Cteam15:Liaoning Flying Leopards (assistant)
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Hugo López Muñoz (born 29 July 1975) is a Spanish professional basketball coach. He is currently the current coach for Liaoning Flying Leopards in the Chinese Basketball Association. He has coached many professional clubs in the past. López was also head coach of the Sweden national team from 2018 to 2021.

Playing career

López was trained in the sport of basketball with Fórum Valladolid and Northwestern Senior High School in Albion, Pennsylvania.[1]

Coaching career

López began his career as an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater Northwestern High School in the United States in 2000. He remained in the country for the following season, coaching Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.[2] In 2002, López moved back to his home country of Spain and began serving as an assistant under various head coaches for CB Villa de Los Barrios until 2009. In his final season there, he landed the same job with the Liga ACB team Lagun Aro GBC, where the head coach was Pablo Laso. In 2014, López moved to the Malabo Kings of the Equatoguinean League in Africa.[3] In January 2015, López was named the head coach of Baloncesto Fuenlabrada in the ACB league in Spain, succeeding Luis Casimiro.[4] He was sacked in April 2015 after not avoiding the relegation positions in the table.[5]

On 30 September 2015, López was appointed the first head coach of the newly created Halifax Hurricanes of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). Team CEO Mike Brien said, "We are excited to bring a coach of this caliber to Halifax’s new NBL Canada team."[6] [7] [8] After one season, the Hurricanes and López were unable to reach to come to terms on a new agreement and parted ways.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hugo López, excolaborador de Pablo Laso, nuevo entrenador del Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. 20 minutos. 30 September 2015. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Hugo López. ACB. 30 September 2015. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20151005143744/http://www.acb.com/entrenador.php?id=AZN. 5 October 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Oviedo Baloncesto realiza un partido de entrenamiento con Malabo Kings. Federación Española De Baloncesto. 30 September 2015. Spanish.
  4. Web site: HUGO LÓPEZ, NUEVO TÉCNICO DEL MONTAKIT FUENLABRADA. BaloncestoFuenlabrada.com. 3 October 2015. Spanish.
  5. Web site: Fuenlabrada: Hugo López, destituido; Jesús Sala toma la alternativa. Burtt, apartado. Spanish. Solobasket. 6 April 2015. 22 October 2015.
  6. Web site: Halifax NBL Canada team names Hugo Lopez as Head Coach. NBL Canada. 3 October 2015.
  7. Web site: Pearson. Heide. New Halifax national basketball team gets first head coach. Global News. 3 October 2015.
  8. Web site: MacDonald. Glenn. Spaniard Hugo Lopez hired as head coach of Halifax’s new NBL Canada team. The Chronicle Herald. 3 October 2015.
  9. Web site: Hurricanes Appoint New Coach/GM . OurSports Central . 28 September 2016.