Lucas Mondelo

Lucas Mondelo García (born 28 July 1967) is a Spanish basketball coach for Toyota Antelopes and the Spain women's national team.[1]

Lucas Mondelo
Toyota Antelopes
PositionHead coach
LeagueWomen's Japan Basketball League,
Personal information
Born (1967-07-28) 28 July 1967
Barcelona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Coaching career2006–present
Career history
As coach:
2006–2010Olesa
2010–2012Avenida
2012–2016Shanxi Flame
2013–2021Spain
2016–2018Dynamo Kursk
2018-presentToyota Antelopes
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2014 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place2018 Spain
EuroBasket Women
Gold medal – first place2013 France
Gold medal – first place2017 Czech Republic
Gold medal – first place2019 Latvia-Serbia
Bronze medal – third place2015 Hungary-Romania
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mondelo and the second or maternal family name is García.

Coach career

As a club coach, Mondelo first coached professionally at Club Bàsquet Olesa from Olesa de Montserrat in the season 2006-07, promoting to the first tier league in his first year. In 2010 he signed for one of the strongest teams in Spain, Perfumerías Avenida,[2] winning the 2011 Spanish League, the 2010–11 EuroLeague Women and the 2012 Spanish Cup. He had his first experience abroad in China, coaching the newly-promoted Shanxi Xing Rui Flame, and winning three times the Chinese women's championship. In 2016, he signed with Russian club Dynamo Kursk,[3] winning the 2017 EuroLeague with an 18-0 record and the 2018 Russian Cup. Mondelo was deprived of more titles by UMMC Ekaterinburg, being runner-up to them in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 Russian League, as well as being defeated at the 2018 EuroLeague and the 2019 EuroLeague Final Fours.

International career

In 2009, Mondelo coached the under-19 women's team. The team achieved the silver medal in the 2009 World Championship. In 2010, Mondelo became manager of the Spanish women's under-20 team. He led the team to the silver medal in the 2010 Under-20 European championship and also to win the 2011 edition.

Mondelo became the Spanish women's team national coach in 2012, after the team failed to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. He coached the senior national team to seven consecutive medals from 2013 to 2019:

In October 2020, Mondelo announced that he will remain as head coach of the team through the Paris 2024 Olympics.[4]

See also

References
  1. Spanish Federation (in Spanish)
  2. Avenida signing
  3. 2017 EuroLeague profile
  4. "Spain keep Scariolo, Mondelo in charge of national teams through Paris Olympics". FIBA. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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