Iñaki Martinthe experienced coach from Valladolid, with a great career full of successes and distinctions, returns to Real Valladolid Basketballwhich has always been his home, where he led the team in his first season in the Club’s history. The Gipuzkoan coach, although born in San Sebastian, He comes from Pucelano by adoption and will lead the team in this new phase, after starting the season as an assistant Porfi Fisaca historical player and Tizona disappeared in Burgos, in Zaragoza on acb league.
Iñaki Martín Garcia (San Sebastián, August 27, 1978) took his first steps as a coach in Valladolid and province. It starts with CD San Josethen he spent five years in the regional teams of old CB Valladolidlater he coached the youth ranks of Ponce CB and led the team for four years Duero Lagoon on First National. His jump to professional basketball took place in the 2007/2008 campaign as an assistant coach of Basketball in Palencia in ancient times LEB Plate (hey Second FEB), and since then it has always been at a first-rate level of competition. A year later, he signed on Wolves of Cantabria having the same position and achieving double, conquering both Cup like LEB Bronze league.
The following year, an international stage began Africafirst as head coach in it Maxaquenne from Maputowhich he got two Vodacom League titles and reached the semifinals of African Cupthe most famous competition on the continent. His performance during those two seasons got the attention of the national team. Mozambiquewho named him national coach to lead the team of AfroBasket 2011an experience he repeated in 2015. At that stage, he also participated in African Games on two occasions (2011 and 2015), reaching a silver medal in the first edition.
At the club level, he combines his work as a coach with his role as a leader of CB Zamora on League EBA (2012/2013), assistant Gustavo Aranzana in it Margarita Guaiqueries (Venezuela) during the 2013/2014 season, and assistant Porfi Fisac in it CB Valladolid on LEB Gold (2014/2015).
In the first season in the history of City of Valladolid Basketball Club (2015/2016), Iñaki Martín assumed the position of coach of LEB Plate. After that course, he continued his international career with many stops in different countries, as coach of Mozambique Women’s U18 (silver in AfroBasket), coach of the women’s team Maputo Railway (champion of Super Cup and runner-up to African Clubs), and selector Mozambique in it AfroBasket 2017. He also coached for two seasons at Sport Clube Lusitânia Basketball on Portugal.
Since then, Iñaki Martin He spent almost his entire career in Spainadding more achievements to his resume. In 2019, it did technical director and assistant Marcelo Nikola in it Gipuzkoa Basketballwhere they achieved Princess Cup (in Pisuerga, precisely) and the administrative promotion in the Endesa League in the same summer. He continued as an assistant to the Argentine coach until 2021, when he directed two games as the main coach, with victories in both, due to the absence of Marcelo Nikola for the positive Covid.
In June 2022, he left San Sebastián to participate in Students on LEB Gold as an assistant. In 2023, it moved to Burundiwhere he trained Great BBC on League of Burundiand a year later he returned to Spain to be a part of Real Betisas an assistant Bruno Savignani. At this time, he returned to acb league as an assistant Porfi Fisac in it Zaragozaa team where he led two victories in important games, after the dismissal of Fisacreaffirming his extensive experience and level.