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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Angolan Basketball League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 11, 1978 Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cameroonian / American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College | Rhode Island (1999–2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2003: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2003–2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2003–2004 | Juárez Gallos de Pelea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2009 | Canisius (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2020 | Petro de Luanda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | FAP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Primeiro de Agosto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lazare Adingono (or Lazare Adie Ngono; born 11 January 1978) is a Cameroonian-American former basketball player and current head coach of Primeiro de Agosto of the Angolan Basketball League.
Playing career
Adingono played basketball at the University of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003. In the 2002–03 season, Adingono was a co-captain and finished third on the team in scoring, with 11.8 points per game. He also was a member of the Cameroon national basketball team.[1]
Coaching career
Adingono coached the men's national team at the 2007 and 2009 FIBA Africa Championships. From 2006 to 2009, Adingono was an assistant coach for the Canisius Golden Griffins. In April 2009, Adingono left Canisius.
Adingono is an uncle of team Cameroon and Petro Atlético player Parfait Bitee.
From May 2012 until September 2020, Adingono was the head coach of Angolan side Petro Atlético. With Petro, he won one African continental title and two league titles.
He coached his native country again during the AfroBasket 2021 qualifiers.[2]
In spring 2021, he signed as head coach of Cameroonian club FAP Basketball ahead of the 2021 BAL season.[3]
On 17 June 2022, Primeiro de Agosto announced Adingono signed a two-year contract to become the club's head coach.[4]
Honours
As coach
- Petro de Luanda
- 2x Angolan Basketball League: (2014–15, 2018–19)
- 2x Taça de Angola: (2013, 2014)
- FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup: (2015)
References
- ↑ Lazare Adingono Archived 2012-02-26 at the Wayback Machine at GoGriffs.com
- ↑ "Seven teams set to close Qualifiers with new coaches at the helm - FIBA AfroBasket 2021 - Qualifiers - FIBA.basketball".
- ↑ "New signings dominate Basketball Africa League teams' latest moves - FIBA.basketball".
- ↑ Santos, Waldemar Dias dos. "Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto - Lazare Adingono é o novo técnico da equipa sénior masculina de basquetebol". www.primeiroagosto.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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