José Alves dos Santos Neto (born 16 March 1971) is a Brazilian professional

basketball coach Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as wel ...

. He is the current head coach of

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in the

Angolan Basketball League The Angolan Men's Basketball League, (in Portuguese: Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol em Séniores Masculinos) is the top tier men’s basketball league in Angola. The league was formerly known as BAI Basket, BIC Basket and Unitel Basket, named ...

, as well as for the

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Coaching career

Pro clubs

Neto has been the

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of the Brazilian League club

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. As the head coach of Flamengo, he won the

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championship, and the

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. In September 2020, Neto signed as head coach of

of the

and Basketball Africa League. He won the 2021 Angolan League title in his first season, and guided Petro to the third place in the

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. 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 The 2022 BAL Finals was the championship game of the 2022 BAL season, the second season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The final was played in the BK Arena in Kigali on 28 May 2022, between Angolan club Petro de Luanda and Tunisian club ...

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. In 2023, Neto won the Angolan Cup once again with Petro. In April, he won his third consecutive Angolan League championship and was named Coach of the Year once again.

National teams

Neto has also been involved with the senior men's

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, which he has served as a

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Head coaching record

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References

External links

Presentation at Brazilian Basketball Federation

Latinbasket.com ProfileTwitter Account
{{DEFAULTSORT:Neto, José 1971 births Living people Brazilian basketball coaches Levanga Hokkaido coaches Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) Club Athletico Paulistano basketball coaches Flamengo basketball coaches Atlético Petróleos de Luanda (basketball) coaches Basketball Africa League coaches People from Itapetininga