Aíto García Reneses

Alejandro García Reneses, usually known as "Aíto" García Reneses or just "Aíto". Born in Madrid, Spain, on December 20th 1946. He is one of the most prestigious Spanish basketball coaches, he has won 9 Liga ACB titles, all with FC Barcelona. He has won all the European titles except the Euroleague although he was 3 times runner-up, with FC Barcelona too, in 1989-90, 1995-96 and 1996-97.

He has spent all his coaching career in Catalonia, he has been in FC Barcelona for 15 seasons (13 as coach and 2 as general manager) and also in the 3 basketball teams from Badalona: Círculo Católico, Cotonificio and specially Joventut, where he has been in two different periods, 1983-1985, and from July 2003 to May 2008.

In June 2008, he became head coach of the Spanish national basketball team, replacing Pepu Hernández.In the 2008 Olympics he coached the team to a Silver Medal in the closely contested Gold medal game losing to the USA National Team after being down by 2 points with a few minutes left in the game.

Coaching career

* Círculo Católico Badalona: 1973-1976.
* Cotonificio Badalona: 1976-1983.
* Joventut Badalona: 1983-1985.
* FC Barcelona: ::* 1985-1990: head coach.::* 1990-1992: general manager::* 1992-1993: head coach, after 3 games he swaps his place with Joaquim Costa, so he becomes 2nd coach.::* 1993-1997: head coach.::* 1998-2001: head coach.
* Joventut Badalona: 2003-2008.
* Spain national basketball team: 2008.
* Unicaja Málaga: 2008-present.

Titles

*National competitions:::* 9 Liga ACB with FC Barcelona: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2001.::* 5 Copa del Rey, 4 with FC Barcelona: 1987, 1988, 1994, 2001 and 1 with Joventut Badalona: 2008.::* 1 Copa Príncipe de Asturias, with FC Barcelona: 1988.

*International competitions:::* 1 European Cup Winners' Cup, with FC Barcelona: 1986.::* 2 Korac Cup, with FC Barcelona: 1987 and 1999.::* 1 FIBA EuroCup with Joventut Badalona : 2005/06::* 1 ULEB Cup with Joventut Badalona : 2007/08::* Bronze Medal, with Junior Spanish National Team in the European Junior Championship in Damascus, 1979.

External links

* [http://www.acb.com/entrenador.php?id=ABK ACB Profile] sp icon