Vincent Collet
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Vincent Florent Antoine Collet (born 6 June 1963) is a French former professional
Club playing career
Collet began his senior men's
In total, he played 13 seasons in France's top-tier level LNB Pro A league, playing with Le Mans, Caen, and ASVEL. He then spent the last 4 seasons of his pro career, playing in France's 2nd-tier level league, the LNB Pro B, with Le Havre.
Club coaching career
Collet first became a
In the 2008–09 season, he promptly led
After Strasbourg had a disappointing start to the 2016–17 season, they hired Collet again, on October 27, 2016.[3]
On August 25, 2021, he has signed with
France national team coaching career
Collet was hired as the senior men's
Collet led France to the silver medal at the
Collet also coached France at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, where team was eliminated in the quarterfinals each time.
In early 2020, Collet stated that he intended to continue as head coach of the French senior team.[7] At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, France defeated the United States for the first time in its Olympic history, 83-76, in the group stage.[8] The French team advanced to the final where it lost a rematch with the Americans, 87-82, to finish with the silver medal.[9]
In 2022, he coached the French side to the FIBA EuroBasket final, where they lost 76-88 to Spain.
Collet guided France to qualifying for the 2023 FIBA World Cup and being drawn into Group H with Canada, Latvia and Lebanon. They were unexpectedly blown out by Canada 65-95 in the first game, which meant that their next game versus Latvia would be a must-win. Despite leading for most of the game, France lost it 86-88 and were eliminated from the World Cup earlier than expected.[10] This sparked numerous discussions about Collet's future with the national team and should it continue with him into the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
See also
References
- ^ "Basketball: France appoint Vincent Collet as national team coach". at en.olympic.cn
- ^ SIG Strasbourg, Vincent Collet part ways.
- ^ Collet returns at the helm as Strasbourg part ways with Dettmann.
- ^ "Vincent Collet is the new head coach of Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92". Sportando. August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ "Basketball: France appoint Vincent Collet as national team coach". at en.olympic.cn
- ^ Team Profile at eurobasket2009.com
- ^ Julien Lesage (20 February 2020). "Basket : "Je veux continuer d'entraîner l'équipe de France", annonce Vincent Collet". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Team USA basketball vs. France score, Tokyo Olympics: U.S. Collapses late, loses first Olympic game since 2004".
- ^ "Golden, again: US beats France 87-82 for Tokyo title". 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Latvia win thriller to send France to shock early exit". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-08-27.