Manolo Cintrón

Manolo Cintrón
Puerto Rico national basketball team
Position Assistant coach
Personal information
Born (1963-01-04) January 4, 1963
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rican
Career information
Playing career 1981–1991
Position Point guard
Coaching career 2001–present
Career history
As player:
1981–1985 Atléticos de San Germán
1986 Gigantes de Carolina
1986–1987 Leones de Ponce
1987–1991 Gigantes de Carolina
As coach:
2001–2006 Explosivos de Moca
2002 Toros de Aragua
2002 Capitanes de Arecibo
2002 Vaqueros de Bayamón
2003 Capitanes de Arecibo
2003–2004 Explosivos de Moca
2004 Capitanes de Arecibo
2004–2006 Leones de Ponce
2007 Indios de Mayagüez
2008 Vaqueros de Bayamón
2008 Indios de Mayagüez
2008–2011 Halcones Rojos Veracruz
Career highlights and awards

As coach:

  • LNBP champion (2016)

Manuel "Manolo" Cintrón Vega (born January 4, 1963 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former Puerto Rican professional basketball player, who for 11 seasons in the 1980s and early 1990s played with several teams in the National Basketball League in Puerto Rico.,[1] including the Atléticos de San German, the Leones de Ponce and the Gigantes de Carolina.

He is the former head coach of the Puerto Rico national basketball team, after being replaced in 2011 by Flor Melendez. He is the head coach of Veracruz´s "Halcones Rojos" in the Mexican Professional Basketball League.[2]

In the past, he has been the head coach of: the "Explosivos de Moca" (PR, 2001–2002), the "Toros de Aragua Maracay" (Ven, 2002), the "Vaqueros de Bayamón" (PR, 2002), the "Capitanes de Arecibo" (PR, 2003), the "Explosivos de Moca" (PR, 2003–2004), the "Leones de Ponce" (PR, 2004–2006), the "Indios de Mayagüez" (PR, 2007) and the "Vaqueros de Bayamón" (PR, 2008).[2]

As the assistant head coach of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2006, he helped the team obtain gold at the 2001 Centrobasket. In 2007, he became Puerto Rico's head coach, taking over the work done by Julio Toro. He has managed to team to a gold medal at the 2008 Centrobasket, to silver medals at the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship and a bronze medal at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship.[3]

References

  1. "Player Statistics – Rafael Valle (Spanish)". BSN. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "El Equipo va a jugar con garra: "Manolo" Cintrón (Spanish)". LNBP. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  3. "Men's Competition – Puerto Rico". FIBA Americas. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
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