Lolo Sainz
Manuel " Lolo " Sainz Márquez ( born August 28, 1940 in Tetuan, Spanish Morocco ) is a former Spanish professional basketball player, coach and functionary. As a player, the point guard with Real Madrid won the European Cup four times the national champion. But he was especially known as one of the most successful by Title basketball coach in history.
- 2.1 Players
- 2.2 Coaches
Career
Player
Lolo Sainz, who was born in Tetuan in the former Protectorate of Spanish Morocco, moved early to Madrid, where he began with the basketball sport in school Colegio Ateneo Politécnico. In 1955, at the age of 15 years, he moved to the youth of Real Madrid and rose through the farm team CD Hesperia finally in 1959 in the first team on. Under the guidance of legendary coach Pedro Ferrandiz Sainz took over the position of the point guards in one of the most successful eras of the club. On the side of players like Clifford Luyk, Emiliano Rodríguez, Miles Aiken, Wayne Brabender or Carlos Sevillano, he conquered four times the European Cup of Champions; 1963/64 1964 /65 1966/67 and 1967 / 68th In addition, Sainz won seven championships and five Spanish Cups during his playing career. However, his true passion was as coach and he finished in 1968, where he won the highest European competition as captain of the team by a final victory against BC Brno, with only 28 years of his career.
National
Lolo Sainz took part with Spain to the European Championship finals in 1961, 1963 and 1965, but a podium failed his country selection. In the Mediterranean Games in 1963 in Naples, he reached the finals with Spain, where his team defeated the hosts Italy with 91:97. Overall, it brought Lolo Sainz on 68 missions in the national team.
Coaches and officials
Already parallel to the player's career Lolo Sainz began working as a youth coach in a nearby Claretian school. In 1969 he took over the post as youth coach at Real Madrid. After a short stage at the Madrid club Club Vallehermoso in the 1972/73 season, he returned as an assistant coach back on the side of Pedro Ferrandiz his parent club. After two years of him in 1975, eventually handing over the reins of the first team. Lolo Sainz could build on the successes of its predecessor and brought his team in the first season victory in the Championship and the Intercontinental Cup. In the second season, the Triple followed from league, cup and Intercontinental Cup and 1977/78 he finally led his team as a coach in Europe Champions Cup at a 75:67 final victory against Pallacanestro Varese. Two years later, followed by a 89:85 against Maccabi Tel Aviv, the second most important success in the continental tournament. During his total of 14 seasons as coach of the first team Lolo Sainz won at international level alongside two European Cups as national champion also just as often the European Cup Winners' Cup once and the Korać Cup four times and the Intercontinental Cup. The Spanish Championship took his team eight times, the Cup four times and the Super Cup once.
In 1989, Lolo Sainz took over the post of sporting director, leaving George Karl the post of head coach. After just one season he moved him but back to the dugout and he accepted an offer from Joventut de Badalona. With these he was able to celebrate success at first attempt. With players like Ferran Martínez, Jordi Villacampa or Corny Thompson he conquered twice in a row the Spanish Championship. In addition, Lolo Sainz reached with his team the final of the European Champions' Cup 1991/92, where his team but in a very tight game with 70:71 failed due to KK Partizan Belgrade.
In 1993, Lolo Sainz took over the office of the Spanish national team, where he inherited the long-standing success 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 launch a new generation was marked by highs and lows. In the European Basketball Championships 1995, the Spaniards occupied only the sixth and failed in the qualifying for the Olympic Games 1996. During the Basketball World Championship 1998 his team played a strong tournament, but failed in the quarterfinals with 61:69 to Greece. After victories over Argentina and Italy managed to finally 5th place. The greatest success should succeed in Eurobasket 1999. After victories against Lithuania and France in the quarter and semi-finals, the Spaniards reached the final, where they were beaten with 56:64 failed to Italy. After participating in the 2000 Olympic Games ended Lolo Sainz, who brought it to eight years in 139 games as coach of the national team, his coaching career.
In 2000 he finally moved to the sporty line of the Spanish Association and in 2002 the management of Real Madrid, where he worked until 2005 as the Director General of the basketball section.
Due to his numerous successes Lolo Sainz was included as one of the ten best coaches in the list of the fifty most important personalities of the Euro League in 2008.
Achievements and honors
Player
Real Madrid
- European Champions Cup (4): 1963/64 1964 /65 1966/67, 1967/68
- Spanish Champion (7): 1960/61 1961 /62 1962/63, 1963/64 1964 /65 1965/66, 1966/67,
- Spanish Cup ( 5): 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967
Spanish national team
- Mediterranean Games 1963: Silver
Coach
Real Madrid
- European Champions Cup ( 2): 1977 /78 1979/80
- European Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1983/84, 1988/89
- Korać Cup (1): 1987/88
- Intercontinental Cup / Basketball Club World Cup ( 4): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981
- Spanish Champion ( 8): 1975 /76 1976/77 1978 /79 1979/80 1981 /82 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86
- Spanish Cup ( 4): 1977, 1985, 1986, 1989
- Spanish Supercup: 1984
- Spanish Champion (2): 1990/91, 1991/92
Spanish national team
- Eurobasket 1999: Silver
Honors
- List of the fifty most important personalities of the Euro League