José Neto (basketball)
 Neto in November 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 March 1971 Itapetininga, Brazil |
| Career information | |
| College | University of São Paulo |
| Position | Head coach |
| Coaching career | 2002–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2002–2007 | Paulistano |
| 2005–present | Brazil (Assistant) |
| 2006 | Brazil Under-18 |
| 2007 | Brazil Under-16 |
| 2007, 2011 | Brazil Under-19 |
| 2007–2008 | São Bernardo |
| 2010–2011 | Palmeiras |
| 2011–2012 | Joinville |
| 2012–2018 | Flamengo |
| 2013 | Brazil National University Team |
| 2014 | Brazil (men) |
| 2018–2020 | Levanga Hokkaido |
| 2020–2024 | Petro de Luanda |
| 2019–present | Brazil (women) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach:
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José Alves dos Santos Neto (born 16 March 1971) is a Brazilian professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the Brazil women's national basketball team.
Coaching career
Pro clubs
Neto has been the head coach of the Brazilian League club Flamengo. As the head coach of Flamengo, he won the 2014 FIBA Americas League championship, and the 2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Petro de Luanda (2020–2024)
In September 2020, Neto signed as head coach of Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League and Basketball Africa League.[1] He won the 2021 Angolan League title in his first season, and guided Petro to the third place in the 2022 BAL season.
In the 2021–22 season, Neto and Petro won the triple crown in Angola as they won all three competitions (the Angolan League, Cup and Supercup). He guided Petro to the 2022 BAL Finals where his team lost to US Monastir. On 27 May 2022, one day before the final, he was given the BAL Coach of the Year award.[2]
In 2023, Neto won the Angolan Cup once again with Petro.[3] In April, he won his third consecutive Angolan League championship and was named Coach of the Year once again.[4]
Neto was sacked by Petro de Luanda on 21 March 2024.[5] He guided Petro to three league championships, two cup titles, four supercup titles and one BAL final.[5]
National teams
Neto has also been involved with the senior men's Brazil national basketball team, which he has served as a head coach and assistant coach.[6]
Head coaching record
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levanga Hokkaido | 2018–19 | 19 | 4 | 15 | .211 | Fired | – | – | – | – | – |
| Petro de Luanda | 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st in Group B | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Third Place |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2nd in Nile Conference | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Lost in BAL Finals | |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st in Nile Conference | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Fourth Place | |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2nd in Kalahari Conference | – | – | – | – | Sacked before playoffs |
References
- ^ "Angolan champions Petro de Luanda hire Brazilian Jose Neto as new head coach". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ Prata, Omar (24 March 2023). "Petro revalida a Taça de Angola de Basquetebol". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ Pereira, Armindo (21 April 2023). "José Neto considera título fruto da coesão do plantel". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ a b "José Neto deixa comando técnico do campeão nacional de basquetebol" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "José Neto". CBB.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2016.