Josep Clarós

Josep Clarós
Angola men's national basketball team
PositionHead coach
Personal information
Born (1969-01-28) January 28, 1969 (age 55)[1]
Barcelona, Spain[2]
Career information
CollegeUniversity of Barcelona[3]
Career history
As coach:
1993–1994NE Missouri State (assistant coach)
1995–1997American University (PR)
1995El Salvador
1997Correcaminos UAT Reynosa
1998Trotamundos de Carabobo
1999Correcaminos Reynosa
1999–2000Fort Wayne Fury (assistant coach)
2000–2002Ulla Oil Rosalía
2002–2005Tarragona
2004–2006CAB Madeira
2007–2008Donar
2008–2009Joventut Badalona (assistant)
2009–2010Joventut Badalona
2010–2011Joventut Badalona (assistant)
2011–2012Halifax Rainmen
2010–2013Mexico
2012–2013Pioneros de Cancún
2014–2015Halifax Rainmen
2015–2016Al-Muharraq SC
2016Rizing Fukuoka
2016–2017Manama Club
2017–2019Akita Northern Happinets
2019Bahrain
2020–2021Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka
2021–presentAngola
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Head coach for  Mexico
Men's basketball
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mayagüez National team

Josep "Pep" Clarós Canals (born January 28, 1969) is a Spanish professional basketball coach with experience in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America.[4]

He has been in 15 Finals so far with different teams in different countries as a Head coach.[5] He has NCAA, CBA, ACB, Eurocup, Uleb, Euroleague, Liga de las Americas, Olympic Games Tournament, Afrobasket and World Cup Qualifiers. He has been Head Coach with 5 National Teams. He is the first coach (in any sport) in history who has won a championship or medal in four different continents as a head coach.

International career

En 2012, Clarós won la Liga de las Americas in Formosa, Argentina[6] .On March 27, 2015, Clarós, who was planning to coach the Egypt national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship and potentially the 2016 Summer Olympics,[7] confirmed that he would not. He said, "I wish them all the best for the next AfroBasket and African games with the goal to qualify for the Olympics in Rio 2016."[8] He loves to implement a full court press defence.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

In 2017, Clarós signed with Akita Northern Happinets in Japan.[16]

In 2020, he signed with Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka.[1][17]

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 %
‡ B2 record
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Ulla Oil Rosalía 2000-01 30 10 20 .333 13th - - - – -
Ulla Oil Rosalía 2001-02 30 10 20 .333 13th - - - – -
CB Tarragona 2002-03 30 12 18 .400 12th - - - – -
CB Tarragona 2003-04 34 15 19 .441 13th - - - – -
CB Tarragona 2004-05 34 18 16 .529 7th 4 1 3 .250 Lost in 1st Round
Hanzevast Capitals 2007-08 40 24 16 .600 5th 3 1 2 .333 Lost in 1st Round
Halifax Rainmen 2011-12 36 23 13 .639 2nd 8 5 3 .625 Runners-up
Pioneros de Quintana Roo 2012-13 40 28 12 .700 6th 8 4 4 .500 Lost in 2nd Round
Halifax Rainmen 2014-15 32 20 12 .625 1st in Atlantic 16 10 4 .714 Runners-up
Al Muharraq 2015-16 5 3 2 .600 5th - - - – -
Rizing Fukuoka 2016 12 6 6 .500 8th in Bj Western 2 0 2 .000 Lost in 1st Round
Al Manama 2016-17 16 15 0 1.000 1st 6 5 1 .833 Champions
Akita Northern Happinets 2017-18 60 54 6 .900‡ 1st in B2 Eastern 5 3 2 .600 Runners-up in B2
Akita Northern Happinets 2018-19 60 17 43 .283 5th in Eastern - - - – -
Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka 2019-20 15 4 11 .267 6th in B2 Western - - - – -
Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka 2020-21 59 26 33 .441 5th in B2 Western - - - – -

References

  1. ^ a b "ヘッドコーチ契約締結のお知らせ". ライジングゼファー福岡.
  2. ^ "【ジョゼップ・クラロス・カナルスHC】契約満了のお知らせ". 秋田ノーザンハピネッツ.
  3. ^ "秋田に新ＨＣクラロス氏就任、愛称は「ペップ」熱望 - バスケット : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com.
  4. ^ FromOne co., Ltd. "秋田が新指揮官を発表、かつてメキシコ代表を率いたクラロス氏が就任". バスケットボールキング.
  5. ^ "ジョゼップ・クラロス・カナルス". ライジングゼファー福岡. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ "Well-travelled Pep Claros takes charge of Egypt". FIBA. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Claros confirms Egypt exit". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  9. ^ @cbferreries (15 June 2018). "Pep Clarós #UnoDeLosNuestros haciendo historia.Pep Clarós comenzó su viaje hacia una carrera profesional en el Club…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "秋田「ペップ流」継続 東北アーリー杯連覇は譲れない - バスケット : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com.
  11. ^ "斬新な"ペップ流"は、B1で勝つための布石（秋田ノーザンハピネッツ #5 田口成浩選手） | バスケットボールスピリッツ". October 10, 2017.
  12. ^ "強度の高いディフェンスでB2を席巻するかペップ流新生秋田ノーザンハピネッツ". October 13, 2017. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  13. ^ "秋田を率いた指揮官ペップ・クラロスが退団「これまでで一番の愛情を感じられた」".
  14. ^ "Halifax refused to play NBL Canada final Game 7 - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca.
  15. ^ "Halifax Rainmen coaches, team fined $90K by NBL after forfeiting championship | CBC News".
  16. ^ FromOne co., Ltd. "堅実に3次ラウンド進出の秋田、指揮官「点差が離れても自分たちのバスケットを」". バスケットボールキング.
  17. ^ Odeven, Ed (January 16, 2020). "Well-traveled bench boss Josep 'Pep' Claros takes over in Fukuoka". The Japan Times.