Jaime Lages Covilhã, (born November 13, 1962) in
Luanda
Luanda ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Angola, largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Ang ...
, is an
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
n basketball coach.
2011 AfroBasket
Perhaps, his most notorious act occurred during the
2011 Africa Basketball Championship when, amid the competition, assistant coach Covilhã replaced a highly challenged head coach
Michel Gomez in a failed attempt to secure the title.
See also
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Angola national basketball team
The Angolan men's national basketball team is controlled by the '' Federação Angolana de Basquetebol''. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regula ...
References
External links
Profile at FIBA.com
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1963 births
Living people
Angolan basketball coaches