Lolo Sainz

Lolo Sainz
Personal information
Born	August 28, 1940 (age 84); Tetuan, Spain (now Morocco)
Nationality	Spanish
Listed height	6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Career information
Playing career	1961–1968
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Coaching career	1969–2001
Career history
As player:
1961–1968	Real Madrid
As coach:
1969–1972	Real Madrid (juniors)
1971–1972	Real Madrid (assistant)
1972–1973	Club Vallehermoso Madrid
1973–1975	Real Madrid (assistant)
1975–1989	Real Madrid
1989–1990	Real Madrid (GM)
1990–1993	Joventut Badalona
1993–2001	Spain
2001–2002	Spain (GM)
2002–2005	Real Madrid (GM)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 4× EuroLeague champion (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968); 7× Spanish League champion (1961–1966, 1968); 4× Spanish Cup winner (1962, 1965–1967); Spanish Cup Finals Top Scorer (1965); As head coach: 4× FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1976–1978, 1981); 2× EuroLeague champion (1978, 1980); FIBA EuroStar (1997); 2× FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1984, 1989); FIBA Korać Cup champion (1988); 10× Spanish League champion (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984–1986, 1991, 1992); 4× Spanish Cup winner (1977, 1985, 1986, 1989); Spanish Supercup winner (1985); 3× AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year (1977, 1985, 1991); FIBA European Selection (1980); 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008);
Men's basketball Head coach
Representing Spain
EuroBasket

Manuel "Lolo" Sainz Márquez (born August 28, 1940) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player and coach. Sainz spent most of his career with Real Madrid, either as a player, or a head coach. He did however, also coach the senior Spain national team, between 1993 and 2001. On 3 February 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, over the previous half-century, by the EuroLeague Basketball Experts Committee.^[1]

Playing career

Clubs

As a player with Real Madrid, Sainz won 4 FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) titles (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968).

Spanish senior national team

As a player, Sainz was a member of the senior Spain national basketball team. With Spain, he played at the EuroBasket 1961, the 1963 EuroBasket, and the 1965 EuroBasket.

Coaching career

Clubs

As a head coach with Real Madrid, Sainz won 2 FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) titles (1978, 1980). He was the AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year in 1977, 1985, and 1991.

National team career

Sainz was also the head coach of the senior Spanish national team, between 1993 and 2001. He led Spain to a silver medal at the 1999 EuroBasket.^{[citation needed]}