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Néstor Rafael "Che" García (born 11 January 1965) is an Argentine professional basketball coach.[1]

Head coaching career

Latin American clubs

García won the 3rd-tier South American Club Championship in 2008, with Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz. He also won the 1st-tier FIBA Americas League championship in 2016, with Guaros de Lara.

National teams

García coached the Uruguay national team in 2003. He also coached the Argentina national team at the 2012 South American Championship, where they won a gold medal. He has also coached the senior men's Venezuela national team.

As the head coach of Venezuela, he won the gold medal at the 2014 South American Championship, the gold medal at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship, and the gold medal at the 2016 South American Championship. He also coached Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In 2019, Garcia was hired as head coach of the Dominican Republic national team, where he took the helm prior to their entrance into the 2019 FIBA World Cup.[2]

In 2021, Garcia was reappointed as head coach of the Argentina national team.[3] However, Garcia was abruptly let go a year later, prior to Argentina's arrival at the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup tournament.[4] In September 2022, Garcia reappeared as head coach of the Dominican Republic national team.[5]

European clubs

On 6 July 2017, García went to Spain, and agreed on a one-year contract term with Montakit Fuenlabrada.[6] This marked the first European club that he worked in as a head coach. After parting ways with the club at the end of the 2017–18 season, he came back to the club in October 2018, in order to replace Agustí Julbe.

References

  1. ^ Néstor García (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "'Che' Garcia to take over the helm of Dominican Republic at FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Nestor 'Che' Garcia named Argentina's new senior men's head coach". Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ "El sorpresivo final del proceso de Néstor García en la selección argentina de básquetbol llegó después de un "día difícil" para el DT". lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Néstor García será el nuevo entrenador de República Dominicana y enfrentará a Argentina". Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Néstor García será el entrenador del Montakit Fuenlabrada" (in Spanish). Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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