Long-time Spanish coach Javier Imbroda passes away at 61 / News - Basketnews.com
Credit Liga Endesa The European basketball world has been saddened this morning by the unfortunate news of long-time Spanish coach Javier Imbroda passing away at the age of 61. The coach passed away due to a battle with cancer he was fighting since 2016.
While Imbroda was battling prostate cancer, the coach caught COVID-19 two years ago and managed to recover from it successfully. He was currently the Minister of Education of the Andalusian Government.
In his long career, Imbroda has coached the Lithuanian national team in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where he won the bronze medal, he also won the silver medal in the 1999 EuroBasket as the assistant coach to Manuel 'Lolo' Sainz.
He later became the head coach of the Spanish national team and won the bronze medal in the 2001 EuroBasket in Turkey. The next year, his team managed to beat Team USA in the 2002 World Cup in Indianapolis, a milestone achievement even to this day.
A minute of silence to honor Imbroda will be observed at all matches in the Spanish ACB League this Sunday. Imbroda is 6th on the all-time list of games coaches in the ACB.
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