José Neto (basketball)

José Neto
Neto in November 2019
Personal information
Born (1971-03-16) 16 March 1971 (age 53)
Itapetininga, Brazil
Career information
CollegeUniversity of São Paulo
PositionHead coach
Coaching career2002–present
Career history
As coach:
2002–2007Paulistano
2005–presentBrazil (Assistant)
2006Brazil Under-18
2007Brazil Under-16
2007, 2011Brazil Under-19
2007–2008São Bernardo
2010–2011Palmeiras
2011–2012Joinville
2012–2018Flamengo
2013Brazil National University Team
2014Brazil (men)
2018–2020Levanga Hokkaido
2020–2024Petro de Luanda
2019–presentBrazil (women)
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

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

Legend
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

  1. ^ "Angolan champions Petro de Luanda hire Brazilian Jose Neto as new head coach". FIBA.basketball.
  2. ^ "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ Prata, Omar (24 March 2023). "Petro revalida a Taça de Angola de Basquetebol". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. ^ Pereira, Armindo (21 April 2023). "José Neto considera título fruto da coesão do plantel". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b "José Neto deixa comando técnico do campeão nacional de basquetebol" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  6. ^ "José Neto". CBB.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2016.