In 2001, he was appointed as the head coach of the newly created Bilbao Basket, which started playing in the LEB Plata, 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-levelChampions League2016–17 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, Valencia Basket.[2] 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.[3]
On 11 June 2018, Vidorreta returned to Iberostar Tenerife as he signed a 3-year contract with the club.[4] He had his contract extended by two years on May 20, 2020.[5] On May 8, 2022, Vidorreta won his second Champions League title after his team defeated Manresa in the final of the Final Four in Bilbao.[6]
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
^"Iberostar Tenerife extends Txus Vidorreta". Sportando. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
^"Lenovo Tenerife crowned champions of Season Six". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^"Home, sweet home: Lenovo Tenerife win third FIBA Intercontinental Cup in as many Finals". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
External linksedit
Txus Vidorreta at acb.com (in Spanish)
Txus Vidorreta at euroleague.net
February 11, 2024
txus, vidorreta, jesus, txus, gómez, vidorreta, born, june, 1966, spanish, professional, basketball, coach, currently, managing, lenovo, tenerife, spanish, liga, basketball, champions, league, vidorreta, born, bilbao, coached, several, teams, spain, vidorreta,. Jesus Txus Gomez Vidorreta born 20 June 1966 is a Spanish professional basketball coach currently managing Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League 1 Vidorreta born in Bilbao has coached several teams in Spain Txus VidorretaVidorreta in 2009Lenovo TenerifePositionHead coachLeagueLiga ACBBCLPersonal informationBorn 1966 06 20 20 June 1966 age 57 Bilbao SpainNationalitySpanishCoaching career1992 presentCareer historyAs coach 1992 1993Cajabilbao assistant 1993 1994Cajabilbao1995 1996Askartza1996 1997Bilbao Patronato1997 1998Askartza1998 2001La Palma2001 2010Bilbao2010 2012Lucentum Alicante2012 2015Estudiantes2015 2017Lenovo Tenerife2015 presentSpain assistant 2017 2018Valencia2018 presentLenovo TenerifeCareer highlights and awardsFIBA Intercontinental Cup champion 2023 2 Champions League champion 2017 2022 Spanish League Best Coach 2017 Spanish 2nd Division champion 2004 Spanish 3rd Division champion 2002 In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Gomez and the second or maternal family name is Vidorreta He has been most successful as the head coach of Canarias he has won two Basketball Champions League titles in 2017 and 2022 as well as one FIBA Intercontinental Cup title in 2023 Contents 1 Coaching career 2 Coaching record 2 1 EuroLeague 3 Honours and awards 3 1 Club 3 2 Individual 4 References 5 External linksCoaching career editAfter winning a league promotion to the Spanish top tier level the Liga ACB with Cajabilbao in 1994 Vidorreta continued managing teams in the Spanish lower divisions In 2001 he was appointed as the head coach of the newly created Bilbao Basket which started playing in the LEB Plata 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 Valencia Basket 2 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 3 On 11 June 2018 Vidorreta returned to Iberostar Tenerife as he signed a 3 year contract with the club 4 He had his contract extended by two years on May 20 2020 5 On May 8 2022 Vidorreta won his second Champions League title after his team defeated Manresa in the final of the Final Four in Bilbao 6 On 12 February 2023 he won the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup with Canarias after defeating Monastir in the semi finals and Sao Paulo in the final 7 Coaching record editLegendG Games coached W Games won L Games lost W L Win loss Note The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season He also coached in domestic competition and regional competition if applicable EuroLeague edit Team Year G W L W L ResultValencia 2017 18 30 12 18 400 Eliminated in regular seasonCareer 30 12 18 400Honours and awards editClub edit CanariasFIBA Intercontinental Cup 2023 2 Basketball Champions League 2017 2022 Individual edit LEB 2 Coach of the Season 2002 LEB Coach of the Season 2004 ACB Best Coach 2017 References edit Liga ACB Profile Valencia finds new coach in Vidorreta Euroleague net 2017 06 20 Retrieved 2017 06 20 Txus Vidorreta Valencia part ways sportando basketball Archived from the original on 2018 06 12 https sportando basketball en spain acb 276697 txus vidorreta returns to tenerife html dead link Iberostar Tenerife extends Txus Vidorreta Sportando May 20 2020 Retrieved May 20 2020 Lenovo Tenerife crowned champions of Season Six FIBA basketball Retrieved 9 May 2022 Home sweet home Lenovo Tenerife win third FIBA Intercontinental Cup in as many Finals FIBA basketball Retrieved 2023 02 13 External links editTxus Vidorreta at acb com in Spanish Txus Vidorreta at euroleague net Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Txus Vidorreta amp oldid 1192821594, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
