Néstor García (basketball)

Néstor Rafael "Che" García (born 11 January 1965) is an Argentine professional basketball coach.[1]

Che García
Personal information
Born (1965-01-11) 11 January 1965
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
PositionHead coach
Coaching career1990–present
Career history
As coach:
1990–1992Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
1992–1997Peñarol de Mar del Plata
1997–1999Boca Juniors
2000Cangrejeros de Santurce
2000–2001Boca Juniors
2001Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2001Libertad de Sunchales
2002Marinos de Anzoátegui
2003–2004Libertad de Sunchales
2003Uruguay
2004Al Ahli Sport Club
2004–2005Argentino de Junín
2006Trotamundos de Carabobo
2006–2007Panteras de Miranda
2007Guaros de Lara
2008Marinos de Anzoátegui
2008–2009Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz
2009Gaiteros del Zulia
2009–2010Halcones de Xalapa
2010–2011Minas Tênis Clube
2011Marinos de Anzoátegui
2011Argentina (assistant)
2011–2012Atenas de Córdoba
2012Argentina
2012–2013Boca Juniors
2013–2017Venezuela
2014–2016Guaros de Lara
2016–2017Quimsa
2017–2018Fuenlabrada
2018–2019Fuenlabrada
2019Dominican Republic
2021Cangrejeros de Santurce
2021–2022Argentina
2022–presentDominican Republic
Career highlights and awards
As head coach
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Argentina
FIBA South American Championship
Gold medal – first place2012 Resistencia
Representing  Venezuela
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place2015 Mexico City
FIBA South American Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 Isla Margarita
Gold medal – first place2016 Caracas

Head coaching career

Latin American clubs

García won the 3rd-tier South American Club Championship in 2008, with Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz. He also won the 1st-tier FIBA Americas League championship in 2016, with Guaros de Lara.

National teams

García coached the Uruguay national team in 2003. He also coached the Argentina national team at the 2012 South American Championship, where they won a gold medal. He has also coached the senior men's Venezuela national team.

As the head coach of Venezuela, he won the gold medal at the 2014 South American Championship, the gold medal at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship, and the gold medal at the 2016 South American Championship. He also coached Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In 2019, Garcia was hired as head coach of the Dominican Republic national team, where he took the helm prior to their entrance into the 2019 FIBA World Cup.[2]

In 2021, Garcia was reappointed as head coach of the Argentina national team.[3] However, Garcia was abruptly let go a year later, prior to Argentina's arrival at the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup tournament.[4] In September 2022, Garcia reappeared as head coach of the Dominican Republic national team.[5]

European clubs

On 6 July 2017, García went to Spain, and agreed on a one-year contract term with Montakit Fuenlabrada.[6] This marked the first European club that he worked in as a head coach. After parting ways with the club at the end of the 2017–18 season, he came back to the club in October 2018, in order to replace Agustí Julbe.

References
  1. Néstor García (in Spanish).
  2. "'Che' Garcia to take over the helm of Dominican Republic at FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. "Nestor 'Che' Garcia named Argentina's new senior men's head coach". Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. "El sorpresivo final del proceso de Néstor García en la selección argentina de básquetbol llegó después de un "día difícil" para el DT". lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. "Néstor García será el nuevo entrenador de República Dominicana y enfrentará a Argentina". Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. "Néstor García será el entrenador del Montakit Fuenlabrada" (in Spanish). Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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