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Ibon Navarro / Head Coach

Šalis: Spain
Gimė: 1976-04-30
Unicaja Malaga
Unicaja Malaga
News
Two Zalgiris coaching targets named in case Andrea Trinchieri leaves

2025-04-10

Even though Zalgiris Kaunas head coach Andrea Trinchieri still has a contract valid for one more season, there are two circumstances under which the coach and the club could part ways this upcoming summer. If that happens, the Lithuanian club already has at least two candidates in mind for the head coach position.
No one plays like them: How Ibon Navarro is rewriting basketball's formula (1)

2025-03-31

I've analyzed 107 teams across the NBA, EuroLeague, EuroCup, Basketball Champions League, and ACB – and none of them come close to what Ibon Navarro has engineered in Malaga. Before turning 30, Navarro was a chemist, even spending a year working in a lab in Cologne. He's still mixing compounds today – but the lab is a basketball court, and the elements are players.
Ibon Navarro weighs in on Unicaja Malaga's EuroLeague potential, ACB title chances

2024-11-17

Unicaja Malaga are going through one of the club's most glorious times, as they have only lost one game this season, in which they have aleady lifted two titles: the Super Cup in Murcia and the Intercontinental Cup in Singapore.
Unicaja's coach curses at refs post-game vs Real Madrid: 'It's a foul'

2024-03-18

Unicaja Malaga lost against Real Madrid in the last minute in the Spanish Liga Endesa on Sunday. After the game, the home team's head coach, Ibon Navarro, was visibly angry. As Navarro was entering the locker room area, the coach went on an outburst, shouting the ever-popular Spanish curse phrase puta madre multiple times.
From being fired to winning Copa in a year: Ibon Navarro's journey

2023-02-21

"Things have to be put into context. When I received my first dismissal as a coach a little over a year ago, it was hard to imagine that I would be here tonight. Life changes a lot. And it's not a cliché, it's a reality."
Unicaja's fairytale in Badalona: inside historical giants killers run

2023-02-20

If Germani Brescia shocked everyone in Turin, what Unicaja Malaga did in Badalona was a fairytale.  The Andalusian club made history, becoming the first team to beat FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in the same Copa del Rey since 1953. They were also the first to defeat two powerhouses in the same tournament since the ACB era began (1983).
Ibon Navarro says Tenerife caused more trouble for Unicaja than Barca and Real

2023-02-19

Unicaja Malaga head coach Ibon Navarro after lifting the Copa del Rey trophy assured that Lenovo Tenerife put his team in more trouble than FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in the quarterfinals and semis, respectively.