Lazare Adingono (or Lazare Adie Ngono; born 11 January 1978) is a Cameroonian-American former basketball player and current head coach of Primeiro de Agosto of the Angolan Basketball League.

Lazare Adingono
Andinogo in 2008
Primeiro de Agosto
PositionHead coach
LeagueAngolan Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1978-01-11) January 11, 1978 (age 46)
Yaoundé, Cameroon
NationalityCameroonian / American
Listed height200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight89 kg (196 lb)
Career information
CollegeRhode Island (1999–2003)
NBA draft2003: undrafted
Playing career2003–2004
Coaching career2006–present
Career history
As player:
2003–2004Juárez Gallos de Pelea
As coach:
2006–2009Canisius (assistant)
2007–2009Cameroon
2012–2020Petro de Luanda
2021FAP
2022–presentPrimeiro de Agosto
Career highlights and awards
As coach:
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Cameroon
FIBA Africa Championship
Silver medal – second place Luanda 2007
Representing  Angola
FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place Luanda 2015 Petro Atlético
Silver medal – second place Malabo 2012 Petro Atlético

Playing career

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Adingono played basketball at the University of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003. In the 2002–03 season, Adingono was a co-captain and finished third on the team in scoring, with 11.8 points per game. He also was a member of the Cameroon national basketball team.[1]

Coaching career

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Adingono coached the men's national team at the 2007 and 2009 FIBA Africa Championships. From 2006 to 2009, Adingono was an assistant coach for the Canisius Golden Griffins. In April 2009, Adingono left Canisius.

Adingono is an uncle of team Cameroon and Petro Atlético player Parfait Bitee.

From May 2012 until September 2020, Adingono was the head coach of Angolan side Petro Atlético. With Petro, he won one African continental title and two league titles.

He coached his native country again during the AfroBasket 2021 qualifiers.[2]

In spring 2021, he signed as head coach of Cameroonian club FAP Basketball ahead of the 2021 BAL season.[3]

On 17 June 2022, Primeiro de Agosto announced Adingono signed a two-year contract to become the club's head coach.[4]

Honours

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As coach

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Petro de Luanda

References

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  1. ^ Lazare Adingono Archived 2012-02-26 at the Wayback Machine at GoGriffs.com
  2. ^ "Seven teams set to close Qualifiers with new coaches at the helm - FIBA AfroBasket 2021 - Qualifiers - FIBA.basketball".
  3. ^ "New signings dominate Basketball Africa League teams' latest moves - FIBA.basketball".
  4. ^ Santos, Waldemar Dias dos. "Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto - Lazare Adingono é o novo técnico da equipa sénior masculina de basquetebol". www.primeiroagosto.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-20.