Josep Clarós
| Akita Northern Happinets | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | |||||||||||||
| League | B.League | |||||||||||||
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| Born |
January 28, 1969 Barcelona, Spain |
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| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||
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| College | University of Barcelona | |||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||
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| 1993–1994 | NE Missouri State (NCAA II) (asst.) | |||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | American University (Puerto Rico) | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | El Salvador | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | Correcaminos Reynosa (Mexico) | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | Trotamundos de Carabobo (Venezuela) | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Correcaminos UAT Reynosa (Mexico) | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Fort Wayne Fury (CBA) (asst.) | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Ulla Oil Rosalía (Spain) | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | CB Tarragona (Spain) | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | CAB Madeira (Portugal) | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | GasTerra Groningen (Netherlands) | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Joventut Badalona (Spain) (asst.) | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Joventut Badalona (Spain) | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Joventut Badalona (Spain) (asst.) | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Halifax Rainmen (Canada) | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Mexico | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Pioneros de Cancún (Mexico) | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Halifax Rainmen (Canada) | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Muharraq SC (Bahrain) | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Rizing Fukuoka (Japan) | |||||||||||||
| 2016-2017 | Manama Club (Bahrain) | |||||||||||||
| 2017-present | Akita Northern Happinets (Japan) | |||||||||||||
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Josep "Pep" Clarós Canals (born January 28, 1969) is a Spanish professional basketball coach with experience in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America.
He has been in 15 Finals so far with different teams in different countries as a head coach. He has NCAA, CBA, Eurocup, Uleb, Euroleague, Liga de las Americas and 3 National Team experience.
First sports coach in the history (any sport) who has won a championship or medal in 4 different continents.
He's actually coaching Akita Northern Happinets team in Japan. His nickname is "Pep".
Head Coach: El Salvador National Team -94
Finalist Central American Games -94
Puerto Rico Champ. Winner -95, 96
Mexican League Finalist -97, 98, 00
South American Quaterfinals -98
Mexican CIMEBA All-Star Touring Team -99 (played some exhibition games against NCAA teams)
FIBA Cup Play-off 2004
Portugal Cup Winner 2005
Eurobasket.com All-Portuguese TMN Co-Coach of the Year -05
EuroCup Challenge Quarterfinals -06
Catalan Cup winner -09
Head Coach: Mexican National Team -10, 11, 12
Centrobasket in Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep.) -10
Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez (Puerto Rico) -10 (Silver)
Latinbasket.com All-Central American and Caribbean Games Best Coach -10
NBL Canada Finalist -12, 15
Liga Americas Final Four -12
Liga Americas Champion -12
Centrobasket in San Juan (Puerto Rico) -12
Latinbasket.com All-Liga Americas Coach of the Year -12
Head Coach: Egyptian National Team -15
USBasket.com All-NBL Canada Coach of the Year -15
NBL Canada Atlantic Division Champion -15
Bahrain League Regular Season Champion -17
Bahrain League Champion -17
On March 27, 2015, Clarós, who was planning to coach the Egypt national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship and potentially the 2016 Summer Olympics, confirmed that he would not. He said, "I wish them all the best for the next AfroBasket and African games with the goal to qualify for the Olympics in Rio 2016."
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http://basketball.asia-basket.com/coach/Josep_Claros/Bahrain/Al-Manama/1060
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