Hugo López
| Recreativo do Libolo | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Angolan League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
July 29, 1975 Valladolid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Northwestern (Albion, Pennsylvania) |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2000–2001 | Northwestern HS (asst.) |
| 2001–2002 | Edinboro University |
| 2002–2009 | Villa de Los Barrios (Spain) (asst.) |
| 2009–2011 | San Sebastián Gipuzkoa (Spain) (asst.) |
| 2011–2014 | Real Madrid (Spain) (asst.) |
| 2014 | Malabo Kings (Equatorial Guinea) |
| 2015 | Fuenlabrada (Spain) |
| 2015–2016 | Halifax Hurricanes (Canada) |
| 2016–present | Rec do Libolo (Angola) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Hugo López Muñoz (born July 29, 1975) is a Spanish basketball coach, recently serving as the head coach for the Halifax Hurricanes of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). He has directed many different professional teams in the past, most notably Baloncesto Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB in Spain.
Playing career
López was trained in the sport of basketball with Fórum Valladolid and Northwestern 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.[2] 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.[2] 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 September 30, 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]
References
- ↑ "Hugo López, excolaborador de Pablo Laso, nuevo entrenador del Baloncesto Fuenlabrada". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Hugo López". ACB (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "Oviedo Baloncesto realiza un partido de entrenamiento con Malabo Kings". Federación Española De Baloncesto (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "HUGO LÓPEZ, NUEVO TÉCNICO DEL MONTAKIT FUENLABRADA". BaloncestoFuenlabrada.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "Fuenlabrada: Hugo López, destituido; Jesús Sala toma la alternativa. Burtt, apartado" (in Spanish). Solobasket. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "Halifax NBL Canada team names Hugo Lopez as Head Coach". NBL Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ Pearson, Heide. "New Halifax national basketball team gets first head coach". Global News. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ MacDonald, Glenn. "Spaniard Hugo Lopez hired as head coach of Halifax's new NBL Canada team". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "Hurricanes Appoint New Coach/GM". OurSports Central. 28 September 2016.
External links
- ACB profile (Spanish)