Moncho López

Ramon López Suárez, known as Moncho López (born 10 July 1969 in Ferrol), is a Galician basketball manager and the current coach of FC Porto and the Angola national basketball team.

Moncho López

Personal information
Born	(1969-07-10) July 10, 1969 Ferrol, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Position	Head Coach
Career history
As coach:
1995–1997	CB Galicia
1998–2002	Gijón Baloncesto
2002–2003	Spain
2003–2006	Breogán
2007	Caja San Fernando
2008–2011	Portugal
2009–present	FC Porto
2015	Angola
Medals FIBA EuroBasket 2003 Sweden National Team Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunisia National Team AfroBasket 2015 Angola National Team

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Suárez.

Coach career

López coached Baloncesto Galicia Ferrol (1995–1997) and Gijón Baloncesto (1998–2002), before taking office as the coach of Spain, which he guided to a silver medal at the EuroBasket 2003. After a brief spell at CB Sevilla, he was sacked after finishing 13th in the ACB. He was without a club when he was hired to coach the Portugal national basketball team, in January 2008. Portugal failed the direct qualification for the EuroBasket 2009, as well as the final play-offs. The team's performance at the EuroBasket 2011 qualification round lead to his dismissal from office.

Before leaving Portugal national team, he cumulated the coaching position in FC Porto since 2009.[1]

On February 10, 2015, Moncho López was appointed head coach of the Angola national team for the 2015 AfroBasket.[2]

References

1. "FC Porto apresentou Moncho López". Público (in Portuguese). 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
2. Basketball: Spanish Moncho Lopez appointed new coach of Angola; Agência Angola Press; 10 February 2015

External links

• Profile at ACB.com