Luiz Augusto Zanon (São Carlos, 17 June 1963) is a Brazilian former basketball player and coach. As a player, Zanon won a bronze with the national team at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship, a gold and a silver at the South American Basketball Championship,[1] and competed at the 1991 Pan American Games.[2]
Zanon became a coach in the 2000s, winning the Brazilian championship of men with Limeira, and the women's one with São Carlos. In 2013, Zanon was hired to become the new coach of the Brazilian women's national team.[1][3] The team won a bronze medal at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women and qualified for the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.[4] He resigned from the national team in December 2015 due to health concerns.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "LUIZ ZANON É O NOVO TÉCNICO DA SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA FEMININA". www.cbb.com.br. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Men Basketball Panamerican Games 1991 Havana (CUB) - 03-17.08 Puerto Rico".
- ^ "Página não encontrada – Liga Nacional de Basquete".
- ^ "BRA - Luiz Augusto Zanon is the new coach of the National Women Team". fibaamericas.com. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ "LUIZ AUGUSTO ZANON PEDE AFASTAMENTO DA SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA". www.cbb.com.br. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
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