Pierre Vincent (basketball)

Pierre Vincent (born 17 April 1964 in Brioude) is a French basketball coach. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he coached the France women's national basketball team.[1]

Pierre Vincent (right) in 2013

After coaching youth teams within the federation, he took the head of the professional women's team of Bourges Basket from 2003 to 2011, obtaining many trophies, including four titles of French champion. He then joined the men's club of Villeurbanne, then Orléans Loiret Basket, before returning to women's basketball at Famila Schio.

In parallel with his club career, he was appointed coach of the French women's team, a position he held until August 2013. He won the 2009 European Championship in Latvia against Russia, the bronze medal of this competition two years later, then reached the final of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, against the United States where the French won the silver medal. In 2013, he led the French team to another international medal, silver at the 2013 European Championship held in France.