Jaume Ponsarnau will be the second coach with the most matches in the history of Surne Bilbao on Saturday
Against San Pablo Burgos, the coach will lead his 184th official match, overtaking Fotis Katsikaris, and only Txus Vidorreta, who led the Basque team in 331 matches, will be on the list.
Jaume Ponsarnau will lead his 184 official match as coach of the Surne Bilbao next Saturday against the Recoletas Salud San Pablo Burgos and will become the second coach with the most matches in the history of the Basque team.
Ponsarnau will overtakethe Greek Katsikaris Fotis, who tied in the previous match, againstGran Canaria , and then will only be preceded in this historic ranking by Txus Vidorreta , who led 331 matches in the Bilbaia team (214 in ACB, 76 in LEB 1 and 41 in LEB 2).
Of the 183 matches led by the Catalan coach, 123 have been in the Endesa League (50 wins and 73 defeats), 12 in the Champions League (5-7) and 48 in the FIBA Europe Cup (40-8).
Ponsarnau is the ninth coach of the Bilbao Basket in 21 seasons in the elite, along with\ u00A0 Vidorreta, Katsikaris, Alex Mumbrú (105), Sito Alonso (90), Carles Durán (55), Rafa Pueyo (52), Veljko Mrsic (25) and Jaka Lakovic (4).
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