Emmanuel Mavomo (born 21 September 1980) is a Congolese professional basketball coach who is a current assistant coach for the

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of the

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. He has been an assistant coach for several club and national teams, in Africa, Europe and the United States.

Early life

Born in

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, Mavomo was initially interested in football but switched to basketball after watching the United States' 1992 "Dream Team" play at the Olympics. Due to political unrest in his native country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mavomo moved to South Africa. There, he lived in

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and studied at the

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, where he played for the university team. Mavomo also worked to pay for his studies. After moving to

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, Mavomo began working in marketing and later worked for the

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initiative. He learned coaching by watching

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videos and following

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's online classes.

Coaching career

Angola (2013–2016)

Mavomo picked up coaching in 2013, and moved to Angola and in 2015. There, he approached Petro de Luanda, one of the country's powerhouse basketball teams, and asked for a place as assistant under

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. Petro went on to win the 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, as well as teh Angolan League and Supercup that season. The following season, he coached for

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under accomplished coach

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France (2016–2021)

The same year, in 2016, Mavomo moved to France where he coached several teams. After being an assistant for Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket, he became head coach for

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. It was his first head coaching stint.

Basketball Africa League (2021–2022)

In the 2021 season, Mavomo was an assistant coach for the Rwanda-based Patriots under coach

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. He returned to France after the season, to be an assistant for

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of the

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, the top-level league in the country. The following 2022 season, he was an assistant coach of Espoir Fukash, the representatives of his native DR Congo.

NBA G League (2023–present)

He was an guest coach for the

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in the 2023 NBA Summer League. In October 2023, Mavomo signed a contract with the U.S.-based

of the

. He re-united with

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and became the first former BAL coach to sign in the NBA G League.

National teams

From 2017 to 2020, Mavomo was an assistant coach for the Angola national team. Later, Mavomo also worked as an assistant for the Nigeria national team under

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coach Mike Brown. In the end of 2022, he was the head coach of his native country

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References

Democratic Republic of the Congo basketball coaches 1980 births Sportspeople from Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate basketball people in France Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate basketball people in the United States Living people