Lolo Sainz

Lolo Sainz

Personal information
Born	(1940-08-28) August 28, 1940 Tetuan, Spain (now Morocco)
Nationality	Spanish
Listed height	6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Career information
Playing career	1961–1968
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Coaching career	1969–2001
Career history
As player:
1961–1968	Real Madrid
As coach:
1969–1972	Real Madrid (juniors)
1971–1972	Real Madrid (assistant)
1972–1973	Club Vallehermoso Madrid
1973–1975	Real Madrid (assistant)
1975–1989	Real Madrid
1989–1990	Real Madrid (GM)
1990–1993	Joventut Badalona
1993–2001	Spain
2001–2002	Spain (GM)
2002–2005	Real Madrid (GM)
Career highlights and awards
As player: 4× EuroLeague champion (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968) 7× Spanish League champion (1961–1966, 1968) 4× Spanish Cup winner (1962, 1965–1967) Spanish Cup Finals Top Scorer (1965) As head coach: 4× FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1976–1978, 1981) 2× EuroLeague champion (1978, 1980) FIBA European Selection (1980) 2× FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1984, 1989) FIBA Korać Cup champion (1988) 10× Spanish League champion (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984–1986, 1991, 1992) 4× Spanish Cup winner (1977, 1985, 1986, 1989) Spanish Supercup winner (1984) 3× AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year (1977, 1985, 1991) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
Medals Men's basketball Head coach Representing Spain EuroBasket 1999 France

Manuel "Lolo" Sainz Márquez (born 28 August 1940, in Tetuan), is a Spanish former professional basketball player and coach. Sainz spent most of his career with Real Madrid, either as a player, or a head coach. He did however, also coach the senior Spain national team, between 1993 and 2001. On 3 February 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, over the previous half-century, by the EuroLeague Basketball Experts Committee.

Playing career

Clubs

As a player with Real Madrid, Sainz won 4 FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) titles (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968).

Spanish senior national team

As a payer, Sainz was a member of the senior Spain national basketball team. With Spain, he played at the EuroBasket 1961, the 1963 EuroBasket, and the 1965 EuroBasket.

Coaching career

Clubs

As a head coach with Real Madrid, Sainz won 2 FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) titles (1978, 1980). He was the AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year in 1977, 1985, and 1991.

National team

Sainz was also the head coach of the senior Spain national team, between 1993 and 2001. He led Spain to a silver medal at the 1999 EuroBasket.

See also

• List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches

External links

• FIBA Player Profile
• FIBA Europe Player Profile
• Real Madrid Profile