Sito Alonso Explained

Sito Alonso
League:Liga ACB
Team:UCAM Murcia
Position:Head coach
Birth Date:4 December 1975
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Coach Start:1999
Cyears1:1999–2004
Cteam1:CB Monzón
Cyears2:2004–2005
Cteam2:CB Prat
Cyears3:2005–2008
Cteam3:Joventut Badalona (assistant)
Cyears4:2008–2010
Cteam4:Joventut Badalona
Cyears5:2011–2014
Cteam5:Gipuzkoa Basket
Cyears6:2013
Cteam6:Spain U20
Cyears7:2014–2016
Cteam7:Bilbao Basket
Cyears8:2016–2017
Cteam8:Baskonia
Cyears9:2017–2018
Cteam9:FC Barcelona
Cyears10:2018
Cteam10:Cedevita
Cyears11:2019–present
Cteam11:Murcia
Highlights:

Alfonso Alonso Blasco (born December 4, 1975), commonly known as Sito Alonso, is a Spanish basketball coach who is the head coach for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB.

Coaching career

Pro clubs

Alonso made his coaching debut in the Liga Endesa (Spanish League) in 2008, with Joventut Badalona, a team where he had previously worked as an assistant coach. He was sacked by the club in March 2010, after his team's poor results in Spain's national domestic league and in European-wide competition.[1]

In 2011, Alonso once again became a head coach in Liga ACB, thanks to his signing of a new contract with Lagun Aro GBC. He left GBC in 2014 and signed with Spain's club Bilbao Basket.[2]

In July 2016, he parted with Bilbao Basket,[3] and he signed a two-year deal with Baskonia.[4] Despite reaching the EuroLeague playoffs, Alonso and Baskonia split up after being eliminated by Valencia Basket in the semifinals of the domestic league play-offs.[5] [6] Consequently, he signed a two-year contract with an optional third with FC Barcelona Lassa.[7] On February 5, 2018, FC Barcelona part ways with him.[8]

On June 8, 2018 Alonso signed three-year contract with Cedevita Zagreb.[9] On October 25, 2018, after a poor start of season, Cedevita sacked Alonso.[10]

Spain national team

In the summer of 2013, Alonso was the head coach of the Spanish Under-20 junior national team, and he coached them to the bronze medal at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, which was played in Tallinn, Estonia. He was also an assistant coach with the senior Spain men's national basketball team at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Alonso was also the head coach of the Aragon autonomous basketball team in 2006. He only managed the team in their 92–69 win against Japan.[11] [12]

Coaching record

EuroLeague

|- | align="left"|Joventut| align="left"|2008–09| 10 || 4 || 6 || || align="center"|Eliminated in group stage|- | align="left"|Baskonia| align="left"|2016–17| 33 || 17 || 16 || || align="center"|Eliminated in quarterfinals|- | align="left"|Barcelona| align="left"|2017–18| 21 || 7 || 14 || || align="center"|Fired|-class="sortbottom"| align="center" colspan=2|Career||64||28||36||||

Honours

Spain Under-20

Individual

2012

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2010/03/03/actualidad/1267604524_850215.html El Joventut destituye al técnico Sito Alonso
  2. http://www.invictussportsgroup.com/news_2145_SITO+ALONSO+signed+for+Bilbao+Basket! SITO ALONSO signed for Bilbao Basket!
  3. Web site: Sito Alonso deja el Dominion Bilbao Basket. ACB.com. es. 8 July 2016. 8 July 2016.
  4. Web site: Sito Alonso will coach Baskonia’s bench. baskonia.com. 8 July 2016. 8 July 2016.
  5. Web site: El Baskonia despide a Sito Alonso. El Mundo. es. 15 June 2017. 15 June 2017.
  6. Web site: Sito Alonso alcanzó un acuerdo económico y se desvinculó ya del Baskonia. Encestando.es. es. 16 June 2017. 16 June 2017.
  7. Web site: EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. 16 June 2017. Barcelona hands reins to Alonso.
  8. News: Sito Alonso's contract terminated FC Barcelona. 5 February 2018. FC Barcelona. 5 February 2018.
  9. Web site: Bivši trener Barcelone preuzeo Cedevitu. gol.dnevnik.hr. 8 June 2018.
  10. Web site: Rimac replaced Alonso at Cedevita bench. www.aba-liga.com. 25 October 2018.
  11. http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2006/06/26/pagina-45/819396/pdf.html La selección de Aragón consigue su primer triunfo
  12. http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=32227 Aragón logró su primer triunfo como selección ante Japón