Ibon Navarro


Ibon Navarro Pérez de Albéniz is a Spanish basketball coach who is currently the head coach for Unicaja Málaga of the Spanish Liga ACB and the FIBA Champions League.

Coaching career

Ibon Navarro has been a coach in the lower categories of Saski Baskonia from 2000 to 2005. His first experience in professional basketball was as assistant coach of Rafa Sanz at Tenerife Rural. One year later, Navarro debuted in Spanish League during the 2007–08 season as the assistant coach of Neven Spahija and stayed there until 2010. After leaving Vitoria-Gasteiz he was the assistant coach of Paco Olmos in his experiences at Menorca, where the team finished in the last position, Valencia Basket, where Olmos was sacked during the season, and the Puerto Rico national [basketball team|Puerto Rico national team], achieving the silver medal at the 2014 Centrobasket.
Ibon Navarro helped Baskonia win two Spanish Leagues, one Copa [del Rey de Baloncesto|Spanish King's Cup] and two Spanish Supercups. With Valencia he was the runner-up in the Spanish King's Cup and in EuroCup.
In 2013, he came back to Laboral Kutxa as assistant of Sergio Scariolo. In November 2014, after the dismissal of Scariolo and Marco Crespi, Navarro assumed the role of head coach. In February 2015, the club published a documentary about him.
In June 2015, the club announced he would not continue as head coach of the first team, although his continued participation in the club was encouraged. He waved off the fans thanking all the confidence and support received during his stay in the club.
In July 2015, Navarro signed a three-year deal with ICL Manresa. In June 2017, Navarro part ways with ICL Manresa after the relegation to LEB Oro and signed a one-year deal with UCAM Murcia. With Murcia, Navarro reached the 2018 [Basketball Champions League Final Four|Champions League Final Four] in the club's first participation losing to AEK Athens in the semifinals and winning the third place game over MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.
In June 2018, Navarro ended contract with UCAM Murcia and signed a two-year deal with MoraBanc Andorra.
On February 10, 2022, he has signed with Unicaja of the Liga ACB.Navarro led the team into two Basketball Champions League titles, winning it back to back from 2024 and won again recently, 2025. It marks Unicaja became the second Spanish team to win back-to-back to do so in the Basketball Champions League after San Pablo Burgos in 2020 and 2021. Navarro also won the
Copa del Rey de Baloncesto from 2023 [Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|2023] and 2025.He also won his first ever Supercopa de España de Baloncesto in 2024 [Supercopa de España de Baloncesto|2024]

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