Ricardo González Dávila
Ricardo González Dávila (born May 26, 1972) is a Spanish basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Tunisia women's national basketball team. He coached North Korea's men's and women's national basketball teams from September to December 2016.[1][2][3] He coached the Chilean women's national basketball team from 2013 to 2015.[4]
| Tunisia | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 26, 1972 Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| 1990–1991 | Fuenlabrada | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | CB Ciudad de Burgos | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Chile (women's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | La Salle-Olympic | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | North Korea (men's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | North Korea (women's) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Tromsø Storm | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Skallagrímur | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Tunisia (women's) | ||||||||||||||
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Coaching career edit
In 2016, Dávila was hired as the head coach of La Salle-Olympic.[4]
On June 3, 2017, Dávila was hired as the head coach of Skallagrímur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[5] On January 14, Skallagrímur fired Dávila as its head coach. Skallagrímur had lost in the Icelandic Basketball Cup semi-finals two days before and a rift between Dávila and star player Carmen Tyson-Thomas became public after the game.[6][7]
On January 27, Dávila was hired as a coach to Keflavík's junior basketball teams.[8]
Personal life edit
Dávila is married to Lidia Mirchandani, a former professional basketball player and former member of the Spanish women's national basketball team.[4]
References edit
- ^ Manuel de la Torre Sanz (5 January 2017). "Corea del Norte será potencia en casi todos los deportes". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Un día me fui a entrenar a Corea del Norte". Marca (in Spanish). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Emilio V. Escudero (9 November 2016). "Un seleccionador español para Corea del Norte". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Gabriel Caero Rodríguez (6 March 2016). "González llega para triunfar en La Salle". Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (3 June 2017). "Fyrrverandi landsliðsþjálfari Norður-Kóreu tekur við Skallagrími". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (14 January 2018). "Ricardo rekinn frá Skallagrím". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (23 January 2018). "Mikið búið að reyna á alla hjá félaginu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Richi til Keflavíkur". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.