Ricardo González Dávila

Ricardo González Dávila (born May 26, 1972) is a Spanish basketball coach who last coached Skallagrímur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. He coached North Korea's men's and women's national basketball teams from September to December 2016.[1][2][3] He coached the Chilean women's national basketball team from 2013 to 2015.[4]

Ricardo González Dávila
Keflavík
PositionCoach
Personal information
Born (1972-05-26) May 26, 1972
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Career history
As player:
1990–1991Fuenlabrada
As coach:
2010–2012CB Ciudad de Burgos
2013–2015Chile (women's)
2016La Salle-Olympic
2016North Korea (men's)
2016North Korea (women's)
2017Tromsø Storm
2017–2018Skallagrímur
Medals
Head Coach for  Chile
women's national basketball team
South American Games
2014 Santiago Team

Coaching career

In 2016, Dávila was hired as the head coach of La Salle-Olympic.[4]

On June 3, 2017, Dávila was hired as the head coach of Skallagrímur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[5] On January 14, Skallagrímur fired Dávila as its head coach. Skallagrímur had lost in the Icelandic Basketball Cup semi-finals two days before and a rift between Dávila and star player Carmen Tyson-Thomas became public after the game.[6][7]

On January 27, Dávila was hired as a coach to Keflavík's junior basketball teams.[8]

Personal life

Dávila is married to Lidia Mirchandani, a former professional basketball player and former member of the Spanish women's national basketball team.[4]

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References
  1. Manuel de la Torre Sanz (5 January 2017). "Corea del Norte será potencia en casi todos los deportes". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. "Un día me fui a entrenar a Corea del Norte". Marca (in Spanish). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  3. Emilio V. Escudero (9 November 2016). "Un seleccionador español para Corea del Norte". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. Gabriel Caero Rodríguez (6 March 2016). "González llega para triunfar en La Salle". Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (3 June 2017). "Fyrrverandi landsliðsþjálfari Norður-Kóreu tekur við Skallagrími". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  6. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (14 January 2018). "Ricardo rekinn frá Skallagrím". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  7. Sindri Sverrisson (23 January 2018). "Mikið búið að reyna á alla hjá félaginu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  8. "Richi til Keflavíkur". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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