Tony Garbelotto

Anthony Garbelotto (born 2 January 1969) is an English basketball coach who coaches the Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots of the Japanese B.League.

Tony Garbelotto
Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots
PositionHead coach
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1969-01-02) 2 January 1969
NationalityBritish
Coaching career1992–present
Career history
As coach:
1992–1994London Towers (Assistant)
1997England (Assistant)
1998England U-20 (Assistant)
1998–2000KFÍ
2000–2002Newcastle Eagles
2002–2003Birmingham Bullets
2008–2012Everton Tigers
2012–2014MLP Academics Heidelberg
2014–2017Saigon Heat
2014–2017Vietnam
2017–2018Glasgow Rocks
2017–2018Great Britain
2017–2018Scotland
2019–presentCyberdyne Ibaraki Robots
Career highlights and awards
As coach:

Coaching career

Garbelotto started his coaching career with hometown club London Towers in 1992, as an assistant coach, leaving the post just two years later. In 1997 he joined up with the England team set-up where he was again an assistant coach, before being promoted to head coach of the Under-23 team in 1998.

In 1998, Garbelotto accepted a job in Iceland, taking the reins of Úrvalsdeild club KFÍ, where he stayed for two years,[1] also jointly coaching the Great Britain Students team in 1999. Upon his return to England in 2000, he was appointed head coach of fledgling British Basketball League club Newcastle Eagles where he immediately turned their fortunes. By the end of his first season at the club, Garbelotto's Eagles had reached the BBL Trophy Final, while finishing 3rd place in the Northern Conference.

In 2002 he moved on to the Birmingham Bullets before settling with hometown club London United in 2006, upon their election to the BBL. From September 2003 to April 2008, Garbelotto was head coach of the Hackney Community College Basketball Academy programme. Alongside Sol Ayinla, he was instrumental in the programme's success, dominating national U19 competition.

He became head coach of Everton Tigers on 30 April 2008,[2] and led the Tigers to five pieces of silverware including a 2010-11 treble.[3]

In 2014 he signed on as an assistant coach to Jason Rabedeaux with the Saigon Heat. Thirteen games into the 2014 season, Rabedeaux died, leaving Garbelotto at the helm.[4] The Heat finished the season in fourth place, clinching their first ever playoff berth.[5] The Heat were swept 0-2 by the Westports Malaysia Dragons in the 2014 ABL Playoffs.

In June 2017, Garbelotto was hired as the head coach of Scottish club Glasgow Rocks of the British Basketball League.[6] In September 2017, was took over as the head coach of the Scottish men's national basketball team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and the head coach of the Great Britain Men's national Team for the 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.[7][8]

In February 2018, Garbelotto was fired as Scotland's head coach by basketballscotland and subsequently resigned from both the Great Britain National Team[9] and the Glasgow Rocks.[10]

Head coaching record
Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Ibaraki 2019-20 472621.5533rd in B2 Eastern---– -

References
  1. "KFÍ í þjálfaraleit". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 May 2000. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "Garbelotto named Tigers new coach". BBC. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  3. Tony Garbelotto Announced as New Head Coach of Glasgow Rocks
  4. Jason Rabedeaux was here
  5. "Vietnam's Saigon Heat reach first ASEAN Basketball League semi in history". tuoitrenews.vn. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  6. https://www.talkbasket.net/25196-tony-garbelotto-pens-two-year-deal-glasgow-rocks
  7. "Tony Garbelotto becomes Great Britain's National Team head coach". Sportando. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  8. "Fyrrverandi þjálfari KFÍ tekur við Bretum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  9. "Tony Garbelotto is sacked by Scottish Basketball and resigns as GB head coach". BBC. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  10. "Club Statement". Glasgow Rocks. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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