Vincent Collet

Vincent Collet
Player information
birthday	June 6, 1963
place of birth	Sainte-Adresse , France
size	191 cm
Club information
society	Strasbourg IG France
league	LNB Pro A
Clubs as active
1980–1981 AL Montivilliers 1981–1985 SCM Le Mans 1985–1986 Caen BC 1986–1990 ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne 1990–1994 Le Mans Sarthe Basket 1994–1998 STB Le Havre
Clubs as coaches
2000–2008 Le Mans Sarthe Basket 2008–2010 ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne 2011–2020 Strasbourg IG
National team as coach
France since 20090

Vincent Collet (born June 6, 1963 in Sainte-Adresse , France ) is a retired French basketball player. Following his playing career, Collet became a coach . He currently looks after the French national team .

Career

player

Collet played in the position of point guard for various French clubs . Between 1981 and 1994 he played in the first French league LNB Pro A . He ended his playing career in 1998 with STB Le Havre in the LNB Pro B .

With SCM Le Mans , Collet became French champion in 1982 .

Trainer

society

From May 2011 Collet was the coach of the French first division club Strasbourg IG . In 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 the team was able to reach the championship finals, where they lost. In 2015 and 2018 he won the French cup competition with the team. In 2016, Collet was in the final of the Eurocup with Strasbourg, but lost to Galatasaray Istanbul . After the end of the 2015/16 season, Collet's contract in Strasbourg was not extended, but his successor Henrik Dettmann was dismissed in October 2016 and Collet took over the post again. Due to the bad sporting situation, there was a separation between Collet and Strasbourg at the end of January 2020, in the French league the team was twelfth at that time.

National team

Collet has been the coach of the French national team since May 4th, 2009 . He initially received a four-year contract. In the following years the national team was very successful. If you already achieved fifth place at the European Championships in 2009 , you could secure a medal each at the following three European Championships. The highlight was winning the 2013 European Championship in Serbia . He also led France to the bronze medal at the 2014 and 2019 World Championships .

Achievements and Awards

player

• French champion : 1982

Trainer

society

• French cup winner : 2004, 2015
• French champion : 2006, 2009
• Winner of the Semaine des As : 2006, 2010

National team

• . Place at the 2011 European Basketball Championships in Lithuania
• . Place at the 2013 European Basketball Championships in Serbia
• . 1st place at the 2014 Basketball World Cup in Spain
• . 1st place at the 2015 European Basketball Championship
• . Place at the 2019 Basketball World Cup in China

Web links

Commons : Vincent Collet  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Collet on the ULEB Euroleague website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Basket: Collet, une éviction de Strasbourg sans conséquence pour les Bleus. January 26, 2020, accessed on January 27, 2020 (French). 
2. ↑ Vincent Collet et Strasbourg, c'est fini - Basket - Pro A. Accessed January 27, 2020 (French). 
3. ↑ Henrik DETTMANN suspendu. In: sigstrasbourg.fr. October 27, 2016, accessed on January 27, 2020 (French). 
4. ↑ Vincent COLLET remplacé par Lassi TUOVI sur le banc de la SIG STRASBOURG. In: sigstrasbourg.fr. January 25, 2020, accessed on January 27, 2020 (French). 
5. ↑ Vincent Collet évincé de son poste d'entraîneur de Strasbourg. In: 20minutes.fr. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (French). 
6. ↑ via AFP: Basket - Coupe du monde. Vincent Collet, le sélectionneur des Bleus: “C'est une fierté”. September 15, 2019, accessed April 3, 2020 (French).