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Overview
- The Spanish coach, whose death the Brazilian basketball federation confirmed Tuesday, was 81.
- He led Brazil to the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship, which secured a spot at the 2010 World Championship.
- His Brazil squads featured Anderson Varejão, Leandro Barbosa, Marcelinho Huertas, Marcelinho Machado and Tiago Splitter.
- As a Real Madrid guard from 1963 to 1967, he won nine trophies, including three European Cups, and took Mediterranean Games silver with Spain in 1963.
- He later coached clubs such as Barcelona, Zaragoza, Murcia and Málaga and led Morocco and the Dominican Republic at the national-team level.