Vincent Lavandier (born February 10, 1972) is a French basketball coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Montreal Alliance of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL).
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 10, 1972 |
| Nationality | French |
| Coaching career | 2000–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2000–2001 | Poissy Yvelines (assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Paris Basket Racing (assistant) |
| 2003–2006 | Élan Chalon (assistant) |
| 2006–2007 | Trappes |
| 2007–2008 | Lagardere Paris |
| 2009–2012 | JL Bourg Basket (assistant) |
| 2012–2017 | Angers |
| 2017–2018 | Tarbes-Lourdes |
| 2019–2020 | Glasgow Rocks |
| 2020–2021 | US Avignon-Pontet |
| 2022 | Montreal Alliance |
Career
editLavandier spent much of his early coaching career in his homeland, learning as an assistant under Jacques Monclar at Paris Basket Racing and Grégor Beugnot at Élan Chalon.[1]
He took his first full head coaching role with Trappes in the NM1 league in 2006. He spent time as head coach of Lagardere Paris in Women's National 1 and then three years as an assistant coach at JL Bourg Basket.[2] Lavandier took over at Angers in 2012, and led them to the NM1 title in 2014 and promotion to LNB Pro B.[3] In June 2017, Lavandier became head coach of Union Tarbes-Lourdes.[4]
In February 2019, Lavandier was appointed interim head coach of the Glasgow Rocks, for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[5] In April 2019, he signed a deal to remain head coach until the end of the 2020–21 season.[6] He was voted Coach of the Year for the 2019–2020 season by the Basketball Journalists Association.[7]
On March 8, 2022, Lavandier signed as head coach of the Montreal Alliance, an expansion team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL).[8] On January 23, 2023, the Alliance announced that he would not return after posting a 4-16 record in 2022. [9]
References
edit- ^ "Vincent Lavandier". Edusport Academy. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Basket Pro B - Vincent Lavandier quitte la JL en fin de saison". lavoixdelain.fr. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "BeBasket : actualité du basket en France et en Europe : Le coach Vincent Lavandier des Glasgow Rocks à Avignon ?". bebasket.fr. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "NM1 – Vincent Lavandier nouvel entraîneur de l'Union Tarbes-Lourdes : Basket31.tv". basket31.tv. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Rocks appoint Lavandier as interim head coach - British Basketball League". bbl.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Rocks secure Lavandier Long Term". Glasgow Rocks. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Leedham and PJC Head Season Honours". mvp247.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Vincent Lavandier tabbed as Montreal Alliance's first head coach". montrealgazette. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "L'entraîneur Vincent Lavandier ne sera pas de retour". lapresse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 15 Feb 2023.
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