Julio Lamas

Julio Lamas
Personal information
Born	June 9, 1964 (age 60); Buenos Aires, Argentina
Coaching career	1987–present
Career history
As coach:
1987–1988	S.C. Cañadense (assistant)
1988–1992	S.C. Cañadense
1992–1995	Venado Tuerto
1995–1997	Boca Juniors
1999–2000	Saski Baskonia
2000–2001	Obras Sanitarias
2001–2003	Lucentum Alicante
2003–2004	Real Madrid
2004–2007	Ben Hur Rafaela
2007–2009	Libertad Sunchales
2014–2015	Obras Sanitarias
2015–2017	San Lorenzo de Almagro
Career highlights and awards
	As head coach: 2× FIBA South American League champion (2006, 2011); InterLeagues Tournament champion (2011); 5× Argentine League champion (1997, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2017); 7× Argentine League Coach of the Year (1991, 1997, 2005–2008, 2011); Spanish 2nd Division champion (2002); Spanish 2nd Division Cup winner (2002);
Men's Basketball
Representing Argentina
FIBA AmeriCup
FIBA South American Championship

Julio César Lamas (born June 9, 1964) is an Argentine professional basketball coach. He was head coach of the Japan men's national team from 2017 to 2021. He has also been the head coach of the Argentina men's national team.

Club coaching career

Lamas has won 5 Argentine League championships, in 1997 with Boca Juniors, in 2005 with Ben Hur, in 2008 with Libertad de Sunchales,^[1] and in 2016 and 2017, with San Lorenzo de Almagro. He also won the FIBA South American League with Ben Hur in 2006.

Lamas also coached in Spain. He coached in the Spanish League with Tau Cerámica (1999–2000), and in the Spanish 2nd Division with Lucentum Alicante, with which he won the Spanish 2nd Division league championship, and the Spanish 2nd tier cup competition, the Copa Príncipe, in 2002. He also coached in the Spanish League with Real Madrid (2003–2004).

Lamas was the head coach of the senior men's Argentina national basketball team at the 1998 FIBA World Cup. He was also the assistant coach to Sergio Hernández on the Argentine 2008 Summer Olympics team that won the bronze medal.^[1] On December 16, 2010, his return to the head coach position of the Argentina national team was officially announced, as he replaced Sergio Hernández.^[2]

He, as head coach of Argentina, brought home a gold medal from the 2011 FIBA AmeriCup, coached the defenders of Argentina at the 2012 Summer Olympics,^[3] brought home bronze medal from the 2013 FIBA AmeriCup, and coached the defenders of Argentina at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Lamas became the head coach of the senior Japan men's national basketball team in 2017. In 2019, the team appeared in the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the first time the team had made it to the World Cup in 13 years.

On September 21, 2021, he announced that he would be stepping down following a contract expiration.^[4]