Vincent Lavandier Explained

Vincent Lavandier
Nationality:French
Birth Date:1972 2, mf=yes
Coach Start:2000
Cyears1:2000–2001
Cteam1:Poissy Yvelines (assistant)
Cyears2:2002–2003
Cteam2:Paris Basket Racing (assistant)
Cyears3:2003–2006
Cteam3:Élan Chalon (assistant)
Cyears4:2006–2007
Cteam4:Trappes
Cyears5:2007–2008
Cteam5:Lagardere Paris
Cyears6:2009–2012
Cteam6:JL Bourg Basket (assistant)
Cyears7:2012–2017
Cteam7:Angers
Cyears8:2017–2018
Cteam8:Tarbes-Lourdes
Cyears9:2019–2020
Cteam9:Glasgow Rocks
Cyears10:2020–2021
Cteam10:US Avignon-Pontet
Cyears11:2022
Cteam11:Montreal Alliance

Vincent Lavandier (born February 10, 1972) is a French basketball coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Montreal Alliance of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL).

Career

Lavandier spent much of his early coaching career in his homeland, learning as an assistant under Jacques Monclar at Paris Basket Racing and Grégor Beugnot at Élan Chalon.[1]

He took his first full head coaching role with Trappes in the NM1 league in 2006. He spent time as head coach of Lagardere Paris in Women's National 1 and then three years as an assistant coach at JL Bourg Basket.[2] Lavandier took over at Angers in 2012, and led them to the NM1 title in 2014 and promotion to LNB Pro B.[3] In June 2017, Lavandier became head coach of Union Tarbes-Lourdes.[4]

In February 2019, Lavandier was appointed interim head coach of the Glasgow Rocks, for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[5] In April 2019, he signed a deal to remain head coach until the end of the 2020–21 season.[6] He was voted Coach of the Year for the 2019–2020 season by the Basketball Journalists Association.[7]

On March 8, 2022, Lavandier signed as head coach of the Montreal Alliance, an expansion team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL).[8] On January 23, 2023, the Alliance announced that he would not return after posting a 4-16 record in 2022. [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vincent Lavandier. Edusport Academy. 2020-06-09.
  2. Web site: Basket Pro B - Vincent Lavandier quitte la JL en fin de saison. lavoixdelain.fr. 2020-06-09.
  3. Web site: BeBasket : actualité du basket en France et en Europe : Le coach Vincent Lavandier des Glasgow Rocks à Avignon ?. bebasket.fr. 2020-06-09.
  4. Web site: NM1 – Vincent Lavandier nouvel entraîneur de l'Union Tarbes-Lourdes : Basket31.tv. basket31.tv. 2020-06-09.
  5. Web site: Rocks appoint Lavandier as interim head coach - British Basketball League. bbl.org.uk. 2020-06-09.
  6. Web site: Rocks secure Lavandier Long Term. Glasgow Rocks. 2020-06-09.
  7. Web site: Leedham and PJC Head Season Honours. mvp247.com. 2020-06-09.
  8. News: Vincent Lavandier tabbed as Montreal Alliance's first head coach. . 16 May 2022 . montrealgazette . en-CA.
  9. News: L'entraîneur Vincent Lavandier ne sera pas de retour . 15 Feb 2023 . lapresse . fr-CA.