Pabi Guèye Explained

Pabi Guèye
Team:AS Douanes
League:Nationale 1
BAL
Position:Head coach
Nationality:Senegalese
Highlights:As player:

As head coach:

Years1:1992–1995
Team1:US Rail
Years2:1996–1998
Team2:AS Douanes
Career Start:1992
Coach Start:2012
Career End:2012
Years3:1999–2003
Team3:Ndiambour BC
Years4:2004–2005
Team4:US Rail
Years5:2005–2008
Team5:Ittihad Tanger
Years6:2008–2012
Team6:AS Douanes
Cyears1:2012
Cteam1:Senegal national team U18 (assistant)
Cyears2:2013–present
Cteam2:AS Douanes
Cyears3:2017–present
Cteam3:Senegal national team (assistant)
Birth Date:29 September 1978
Birth Place:Guinguinéo, Kaolack Region, Senegal

Mamadou "Pabi" Guèye (born 29 September 1978)[1] is a Senegalese professional basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach of AS Douanes and as an assistant for Senegal men's national team.[2]

He had a 20-year long playing career, of which the majority was in Senegal as well as three seasons in Morocco for Ittihad Tanger.

After playing six seasons for AS Douanes, Gueye became the club's head coach in 2013. He guided them to six NM1 championships. Gueye led the Douanes to the final of the 2023 BAL season, and was named Coach of the Year.

Early life

Born in Guinguinéo,[3] his father was a railway worker. Guèye picked up basketball at Ballabey in Thiès and left school in third grade in 1995.

Coaching career

Since 2013, Guèye has been the head coach of AS Douanes, and he has won a record seven Nationale 1 championships for the team. He has also been a 6-time winner of the league's Coach of the Year award. Guèye guided the Douanes in the 2021 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL),[4] where the team reached the quarter-finals.

Gueye and AS Douanes returned to the BAL in the 2023. He guided the team to the second place in the Sahara Conference, and helped the team win the quarter- and semi-finals. On 26 May, Guèye was named the BAL Coach of the Year.[5] In the final, AS Douanes lost to Al Ahly.[6]

Senegal national team

From 2017, Guèye was an assistant coach for the Senegal national team.

On 30 January 2021 Guèye was appointed as head coach of the Senegalese men's national team ahead of the AfroBasket 2021 qualification for his first international experience as head coach.[7] He helped Senegal clinch their ticket for the 2021 tournament.

Personal

Guèye is married and has two sons.

Head coaching record

BAL

|-| style="text-align:left;" |AS Douanes| style="text-align:left;"|2021| 3||1||2|||| style="text-align:left;"|3rd in Group C||1||0||1||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Quarter-finals|-| style="text-align:left;" |AS Douanes| style="text-align:left;"|2023| 5||3||2|||| style="text-align:left;"|2nd in Sahara Conference||3||2||1||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Final|-

| style="text-align:left;" |AS Douanes| style="text-align:left;"|2024| 6||3||3|||| style="text-align:left;"|2nd in Sahara Conference||2||1||1||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Quarter-finals|- class="sortbottom"| align="center" colspan=2 | Career| 14 || 7 || 7 || .500| –| 6 || 3 || 3 || .500| 0 championships

References

  1. Web site: FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 African Qualifiers 2023 - Rosters . 2023-12-01.
  2. Web site: 2022-10-19 . AS DOUANES PAPE MAMADOU GUEYE PABI: "AVOIR UNE EQUIPE COMPÉTITIVE POUR LA BAL" . 2022-11-21 . M7actu . fr-FR.
  3. Web site: Niang . Mor Bassine . record - BAL 2023 : Pabi Guèye, la persévérance gratifiée . 2023-06-02 . RECORD . fr.
  4. Web site: Hounakey . Latonia . 2021-05-31 . Pabi Gueye : "On était dans le dur avec nos recrues" . 2022-11-21 . Africa Top Sports . fr-FR.
  5. Web site: 2023-05-26 . GUEYE NAMED 2023 BAL COACH OF THE YEAR . 2023-05-26 . The BAL . en.
  6. Web site: 2023-05-27 . Egypt's Al Ahly Lifts 2023 BAL Championship Trophy . 2023-05-28 . VOA . en.
  7. Web site: 2021-01-30 . Pabi Gueye takes charge of Senegal . 2022-11-21 . FIBA.basketball . en.