José Neto (basketball)

José Alves dos Santos Neto (born 16 March 1971) is a Brazilian professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of Petro de Luanda in the Angolan Basketball League, as well as for the Brazil women's national basketball team.

José Neto
Neto in November 2019
Petro de Luanda
PositionHead coach
LeagueAngolan Basketball League
Basketball Africa League
Personal information
Born (1971-03-16) 16 March 1971
Itapetininga, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Career information
CollegeUniversity of São Paulo
Coaching career2002–present
Career history
As coach:
2002–2007Paulistano
2005–presentBrazil (Assistant)
2006Brazil Under-18
2007Brazil Under-16
2007, 2011Brazil Under-19
2007–2008São Bernardo
2010–2011Palmeiras
2011–2012Joinville
2012–2018Flamengo
2013Brazil National University Team
2014Brazil (men)
2018–2020Levanga Hokkaido
2020–presentPetro de Luanda
2019–presentBrazil (women)
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

Coaching career

Pro clubs

Neto has been the head coach of the Brazilian League club Flamengo. As the head coach of Flamengo, he won the 2014 FIBA Americas League championship, and the 2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

In September 2020, Neto signed as head coach of Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League and Basketball Africa League.[1] He won the 2021 Angolan League title in his first season, and guided Petro to the third place in the 2022 BAL season.

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 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.[2]

In 2023, Neto won the Angolan Cup once again with Petro.[3] In April, he won his third consecutive Angolan League championship and was named Coach of the Year once again.[4]

National teams

Neto has also been involved with the senior men's Brazil national basketball team, which he has served as a head coach and assistant coach.[5]

Head coaching record
Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Levanga Hokkaido 2018–19 19415.211Fired–––– –
Petro de Luanda 2021 3301.0001st in Group B321.667 Third Place
2022 441.8002nd in Nile Conference321.667 Lost in BAL Finals
2023 5501.0001st in Nile Conference312.333 Fourth Place

References
  1. "Angolan champions Petro de Luanda hire Brazilian Jose Neto as new head coach". FIBA.basketball.
  2. "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. Prata, Omar (24 March 2023). "Petro revalida a Taça de Angola de Basquetebol". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. Pereira, Armindo (21 April 2023). "José Neto considera título fruto da coesão do plantel". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. "José Neto". CBB.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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