Manolo Cintrón

Manuel "Manolo" Cintrón Vega (born January 4, 1963 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former Puerto Rican professional basketball player, who for 11 seasons in the 1980s and early 1990s played with several teams in the National Basketball League in Puerto Rico.,[1] including the Atléticos de San Germán, the Leones de Ponce and the Gigantes de Carolina.

Manolo Cintrón
Garzas de Plata
PositionHead coach
LeagueLNBP
Personal information
Born (1963-01-04) January 4, 1963
Ponce, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Career information
Playing career1981–1991
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career2001–present
Career history
As player:
1981–1985Atléticos de San Germán
1986Gigantes de Carolina
1986–1987Leones de Ponce
1987–1991Gigantes de Carolina
As coach:
2001–2006Explosivos de Moca
2002Toros de Aragua
2002Capitanes de Arecibo
2002Vaqueros de Bayamón
2003Capitanes de Arecibo
2003–2004Explosivos de Moca
2004Capitanes de Arecibo
2004–2006Leones de Ponce
2007Indios de Mayagüez
2008Vaqueros de Bayamón
2008Indios de Mayagüez
2008–2011Halcones Rojos Veracruz
2016–presentGarzas de Plata
2001–2006Puerto Rico (Assistant coach)
Career highlights and awards
As coach:
  • LNBP champion (2016)

He is the former head coach of the Puerto Rico national basketball team, after being replaced in 2011 by Flor Melendez. He is the head coach of Veracruz´s "Halcones Rojos" in the Mexican Professional Basketball League.[2]

In the past, he has been the head coach of: the "Explosivos de Moca" (PR, 2001–2002), the "Toros de Aragua Maracay" (Ven, 2002), the "Vaqueros de Bayamón" (PR, 2002), the "Capitanes de Arecibo" (PR, 2003), the "Explosivos de Moca" (PR, 2003–2004), the "Leones de Ponce" (PR, 2004–2006), the "Indios de Mayagüez" (PR, 2007) and the "Vaqueros de Bayamón" (PR, 2008).[2]

As the assistant head coach of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2006, he helped the team obtain gold at the 2001 Centrobasket. In 2007, he became Puerto Rico's head coach, taking over the work done by Julio Toro. He has managed to team to a gold medal at the 2008 Centrobasket, to silver medals at the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship and a bronze medal at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship.[3]

References
  1. "Player Statistics – Rafael Valle (Spanish)". BSN. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  2. "El Equipo va a jugar con garra: "Manolo" Cintrón (Spanish)". LNBP. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  3. "Men's Competition – Puerto Rico". FIBA Americas. Archived from the original on July 12, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
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