Miguel Méndez Martínez (born 2 March 1967) is a Spanish professional basketball coach who is the current head coach of Fenerbahçe of the

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and EuroLeague Women. He is also the head coach of the

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Coaching career

Celta de Vigo and Baloncesto Rivas

Méndez began his coaching career in 2001, when he began coaching

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. In 2011, he signed a contract with Baloncesto Rivas. Under Méndez's tenure, Rivas reached the

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final and won the

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Schio

In 2013, Méndez signed a contract with the Italian club

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. In his first season with the club, Schio won the Supercoppa Italiana, Coppa Italia and the LBF title in the 2013–14 season, a feat they repeated the following season. Schio won another league title in the 2015–16 season and played in the

in their first season there. At the beginning of the 2016–17 season Méndez won his fourth (and final) Supercoppa Italiana with the team.

UMMC Ekaterinburg

In 2018, Méndez was hired by

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. Under his tenure, UMMC won four straight Russian league titles between 2018 and 2021 and the EuroLeague championship 2018, 2019, and 2021.

National team coaching career

On 24 September 2021, Méndez was introduced as the new head coach of the Spanish women's team. With this coach, the Spain competed in the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2023, where they lost to

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in the final.

References

External links

Miguel Méndez
at euroleague.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendez, Miguel 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Vigo Spanish basketball coaches Olympic coaches for Spain Coaches at the 2024 Summer Olympics