Ibon Navarro
{{short description|Spanish basketball coach (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| image = Ibon Navarro.png
| caption =
| position = Head coach
| height_ft =
| height_in =
| league = Liga ACB
| team = Unicaja
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|04|30}}
| birth_place = Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
| coach_start = 2000
| coach_end =
| cyears1 = 2000–2005
| cteam1 = Baskonia (lower categories)
| cyears2 = 2005–2006
| cteam2 = UPV Álava
| cyears3 = 2006–2007
| cteam3 = Tenerife (assistant)
| cyears4 = 2007–2010
| cteam4 = Baskonia (assistant)
| cyears5 = 2010–2011
| cteam5 = Menorca (assistant)
| cyears6 = 2011–2012
| cteam6 = Valencia (assistant)
| cyears7 = 2013–2014
| cteam7 = Baskonia (assistant)
| cyears8 = 2014
| cteam8 = Puerto Rico (assistant)
| cyears9 = 2014–2015
| cteam9 = Baskonia
| cyears10 = 2015–2017
| cteam10 = Manresa
| cyears11 = 2017–2018
| cteam11 = Murcia
| cyears12 = 2018–2022
| cteam12 = Andorra
| cyears13 = 2022–present
| cteam13 = Unicaja
| awards =
As head coach:
- 2x Spanish King's Cup winner (2023, 2025)
- FIBA Champions League champion (2024)
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2024)
- Spanish Supercup winner (2024)
As assistant coach:
- 2x Liga ACB champion (2008, 2010)
- Spanish King's Cup winner (2009)
- 2x Spanish Supercup winner (2007, 2008)
}}{{family name hatnote|Navarro|Pérez de Albéniz|lang=Spanish}}
Ibon Navarro Pérez de Albéniz (born April 30, 1976) is a Spanish basketball coach who is currently in charge of Unicaja of the Spanish Liga ACB.
Coaching career
Ibon Navarro has been a coach in the lower categories of Saski Baskonia from 2000 to 2005. His first experience in professional basketball was as assistant coach of Rafa Sanz at Tenerife Rural. One year later, Navarro debuted in Spanish League during the 2007–08 season as the assistant coach of Neven Spahija and stayed there until 2010. After leaving Vitoria-Gasteiz he was the assistant coach of Paco Olmos in his experiences at Menorca, where the team finished in the last position, Valencia Basket, where Olmos was sacked during the season, and the Puerto Rico national team, achieving the silver medal at the 2014 Centrobasket.
Ibon Navarro helped Baskonia win two Spanish Leagues, one Spanish King's Cup and two Spanish Supercups. With Valencia he was the runner-up in the Spanish King's Cup and in EuroCup.
In 2013, he came back to Laboral Kutxa as assistant of Sergio Scariolo.{{cite web|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=95369|title=Ibon Navarro será entrenador ayudante del Laboral Kutxa|date=27 June 2013|publisher=ACB.com|language=Spanish|access-date=13 June 2015|archive-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308175059/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=95369|url-status=dead}} In November 2014, after the dismissal of Scariolo and Marco Crespi, Navarro assumed the role of head coach.{{cite web|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=108548|title=Ibon Navarro asume el cargo de primer entrenador del conjunto vitoriano|date=13 November 2014|publisher=ACB.com|language=Spanish|access-date=2 March 2015|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129015754/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=108548|url-status=dead}} In February 2015, the club published a documentary about him.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c01YsSupLo |title=BEHIND THE COURT: Ibon Navarro |date=20 February 2014|publisher=Youtube|language=Spanish}}
In June 2015, the club announced he would not continue as head coach of the first team, although his continued participation in the club was encouraged.{{cite web|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=113794|title=Baskonia ofrece a Ibon Navarro continuar en su estructura deportiva|date=5 June 2015|publisher=ACB.com|language=Spanish|access-date=5 June 2015|archive-date=6 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606033459/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=113794|url-status=dead}} He waved off the fans thanking all the confidence and support received during his stay in the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=113982|title=Ibon Navarro se despide de Baskonia e inicia una nueva etapa|date=12 June 2015|publisher=ACB.com|language=Spanish|access-date=13 June 2015|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315210730/http://acb.com/redaccion.php?id=113982|url-status=dead}}
In July 2015, Navarro signed a three-year deal with ICL Manresa.{{cite web|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=114723|title=Ibon Navarro será el técnico del ICL Manresa|date=16 July 2015|publisher=ACB.com|language=Spanish|access-date=17 July 2015|archive-date=6 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006020701/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=114723|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=114745|title=Ibon Navarro será el entrenador del ICL Manresa las próximas 3 temporadas|date=17 July 2015|publisher=ACB.com|language=Spanish|access-date=21 September 2015|archive-date=18 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918010039/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=114745|url-status=dead}} In June 2017, Navarro part ways with ICL Manresa after the relegation to LEB Oro and signed a one-year deal with UCAM Murcia.{{cite news|title=Ibon Navarro queda desvinculado del Bàsquet Manresa|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=132625|accessdate=22 July 2017|work=ACB.com|date=14 June 2017|language=es-ES|archive-date=19 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619215142/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=132625|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Ibon Navarro dirigirá al UCAM Murcia 2017-18|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=133037|accessdate=12 June 2018|work=ACB.com|date=29 June 2017|language=es-ES|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184518/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=133037|url-status=dead}} With Murcia, Navarro reached the Champions League Final Four in the club's first participation losing to AEK Athens in the semifinals and winning the third place game over MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.
In June 2018, Navarro ended contract with UCAM Murcia and signed a two-year deal with MoraBanc Andorra.{{cite news|title=Ibon Navarro no continúa en el UCAM Murcia CB|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=141396|accessdate=12 June 2018|work=ACB.com|date=12 June 2018|language=es-ES|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185228/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=141396|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Ibon Navarro llega a MoraBanc Andorra|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=141398|accessdate=12 June 2018|work=ACB.com|date=12 June 2018|language=es-ES|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185250/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=141398|url-status=dead}}
On February 10, 2022, he has signed with Unicaja of the Liga ACB.{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/unicaja-malaga-announces-ibon-navarro/|title=Unicaja Malaga announces Ibon Navarro|last=|first=|date=February 10, 2022|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=February 10, 2022}}
Trophies
- 2007–08 TAU Cerámica. Spanish League champion.
- 2007–08 TAU Cerámica. Spanish King's Cup runner-up.
- 2007–08 TAU Cerámica. Spanish Supercup champion.
- 2008–09 TAU Cerámica. Spanish League runner-up.
- 2008–09 TAU Cerámica. Spanish King's Cup champion.
- 2008–09 TAU Cerámica. Spanish Supercup champion.
- 2009–10 Caja Laboral. Spanish League champion.
- 2011–12 Valencia Basket. EuroCup runner-up.
- 2012–13 Valencia Basket. Spanish King's Cup runner-up.
- 2014 Puerto Rico. Centrobasket silver medal. 15px.
Others
- 2014 Puerto Rico 15px Centrobasket.
- Graduated in chemical sciences.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150316203404/http://www.acb.com/entrenador.php?id=A09 Ibon Navarro] at acb.com {{in lang|es}}
- [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=000019 Ibon Navarro] at euroleague.net
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