Lolo Sainz

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Basketball player
Lolo Sainz
Player information
Full name Manuel Sainz Marquez
birthday August 28, 1940
place of birth Tetuan , Spanish Morocco
position Point guard
Clubs as active
1958–1959 CD Hesperia 1959–1968 Real MadridSpain 1945Spain
Spain 1945Spain
National team
1961-1965 Spain 68
Clubs as coaches
1972–1973 Club Vallehermoso Madrid 1975–1989 Real Madrid 1990–1993 Joventut de BadalonaSpain 1945Spain
SpainSpain
SpainSpain
National team as coach
1993-2000 SpainSpainSpain

Manuel "Lolo" Sainz Márquez (born August 28, 1940 in Tetuán , Spanish Morocco ) is a former Spanish basketball player , coach and official. As a player, the point guard won the European Cup four times with Real Madrid . But he was best known as one of the most successful basketball coaches in history by title.

career

player

Lolo Sainz, who was born in Tetuán in what was then the protectorate of Spanish Morocco , moved to Madrid early on , where he began playing basketball at the Colegio Ateneo Politécnico school . In 1955, at the age of 15, he joined Real Madrid's youth team and was promoted to the first team in 1959 through the CD Hesperia farm team. Under the leadership of legendary coach Pedro Ferrándiz , Sainz took over the position of point guard in one of the club's most successful eras. At the side of players like Clifford Luyk , Emiliano Rodríguez , Miles Aiken , Wayne Brabender or Carlos Sevillano , he won the European Cup four times ; 1963/64, 1964/65, 1966/67 and 1967/68. In addition, Sainz won seven Spanish championships and five cups during his playing career . His real passion, however, was coaching and so he ended his career in 1968, when he was captain of the team by winning the highest European competition by beating BC Brno in the final , at the age of only 28.

National team

Lolo Sainz took part with Spain in the European Championship finals in 1961 , 1963 and 1965 , but his country selection did not make it onto the podium. At the Mediterranean Games in Naples in 1963 he reached the final with Spain, where his team lost to hosts Italy 91:97. Lolo Sainz made a total of 68 appearances in the national team.

Trainer and functionary

Parallel to his playing career, Lolo Sainz began to work as a youth coach in a nearby Claretian school. In 1969 he took over the position of junior coach at Real Madrid. After a short stint at the Madrid club Club Vallehermoso in the 1972/73 season, he returned to his home club as an assistant coach alongside Pedro Ferrándiz . After two years, he finally handed the scepter of the first team to him in 1975. Lolo Sainz was able to build on the successes of his predecessor and won the championship and the Intercontinental Cup with his team in the first season . In the second season the triple of league, cup and Intercontinental Cup followed and in 1977/78 he finally led his team as a coach in the European Cup to a 75:67 final victory over Pallacanestro Varese . Two years later, an 89:85 against Maccabi Tel Aviv was followed by the second success in the most important continental tournament. During his 14 seasons as coach of the first team, Lolo Sainz won two European championship cups on an international level, as well as the European Cup Winners' Cup as well as the Korać Cup once and the Intercontinental Cup four times . The Spanish league took his team eight times, the Cup four times and the Supercup once.

In 1989 Lolo Sainz took over the post of sports director and left George Karl the post of head coach. After only one season, however, he moved back to the coaching bench and so he accepted an offer from Joventut de Badalona . With these he was able to celebrate successes straight away. With players like Ferran Martínez , Jordi Villacampa and Corny Thompson , he won the Spanish championship twice in a row. In addition, Lolo Sainz reached the final of the European Cup in 1991/92 with his team, but where his team failed in a very close game with 70:71 at KK Partizan Belgrade .

In 1993 Lolo Sainz took over the office of Spanish national coach , where he inherited the long-time successful coach Antonio Díaz-Miguel after the poor performance of the Iberians at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . His time in the Selección , in which he had to initiate a generation change, was marked by ups and downs. At the 1995 European basketball championship , the Spaniards only finished sixth and failed to qualify for the 1996 Olympic Games . At the 1998 Basketball World Cup , his team played a strong tournament, but failed in the quarterfinals with 61:69 to Greece . After victories against Argentina and Italy, we finally achieved 5th place. The greatest success should come at the 1999 European Basketball Championship . After victories against Lithuania and France in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, the Spaniards reached the final, where they lost 56:64 to Italy. After participating in the 2000 Olympic Games , Lolo Sainz, who had made 139 games as coach of the national team in eight years, ended his coaching career.

In 2000 he moved to the sporting management of the Spanish Federation and in 2002 finally to the management of Real Madrid , where he was general director of the basketball section until 2005.

Due to his numerous successes, Lolo Sainz was included in the list of the fifty most important personalities of the Euroleague in 2008 as one of the ten best coaches .

Achievements and honors

player

real Madrid

Spanish national team

Trainer

real Madrid

Joventut Badalona

Spanish national team

Honors

Web links

  • Real Madrid official website profile (Spanish)
  • Profile on euroleague.net (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lolo Sainz, el acaparador de títulos. In: ACB.com. October 20, 2005, Retrieved May 14, 2013 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Todas las medallas del baloncesto español. (PDF; 10.5 MB) In: FEB.es. Retrieved May 14, 2013 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Historia de la selección - Todos los internacionales. (PDF; 2.7 MB) In: FEB.es. Retrieved May 14, 2013 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Sainz, Lolo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sainz Márquez, Manuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish basketball player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Tetuan , Spanish Morocco