Jesus "Txus" Gómez Vidorreta (born 20 June 1966) is a Spanish professional

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. Vidorreta, born in

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, has coached several teams in

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. He has been most successful as the head coach of Canarias, he has won two

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titles, in 2017 and 2022, as well as one

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title in 2023.

Coaching career

After winning a league

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to the Spanish top-tier level, the Liga ACB, with

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of the newly created

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, which started playing in the

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, the Spanish third tier league, at the time. With the Basque club, Vidorreta won two league promotions in three seasons, and made his debut as a head coach in the Liga ACB in 2004. He continued there for six more seasons, until being sacked in January 2010. Vidorreta then worked as a head coach of several different ACB teams, such as Lucentum Alicante, Estudiantes, and Canarias, where he arrived in November 2015. In April 2017, Vidorreta won his first European-wide continental title, by winning the championship of the European third-level Champions League 2016–17 season. Vidorreta was the first coach to win this newly established continental league. On 20 June 2017, Vidorreta was announced as the new head coach of the reigning Spanish League champion,

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. With Valencia, Vidorreta coached in the EuroLeague, where the team had a 12–18 record. In the ACB season, Valencia was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the playoffs by Herbalife Gran Canaria. On June 8, 2018, Valencia Basket announced Vidorreta and the club parted ways. On 11 June 2018, Vidorreta returned to Iberostar Tenerife as he signed a 3-year contract with the club. He had his contract extended by two years on May 20, 2020. On May 8, 2022, Vidorreta won his second Champions League title after his team defeated Manresa in the final of the Final Four in

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. On 12 February 2023, he won the

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with Canarias after defeating Monastir in the semi-finals and

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in the final.

Coaching record

EuroLeague

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Honours and awards

Club

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Individual

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Coach of the Season: ( 2002) * LEB Coach of the Season: ( 2004) * ACB Best Coach: (

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References

External links

Txus Vidorreta
at acb.com
Txus Vidorreta
at euroleague.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidorreta, Txus 1966 births Living people CB 1939 Canarias coaches CB Estudiantes coaches Liga ACB head coaches People from Bilbao Spanish basketball coaches