Omar Quintero

Omar Quintero Pereda (born 26 September 1981) is a Mexican professional basketball coach and former player. He played the point guard position for teams in Mexico, Spain, Italy, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico. He also played for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League. Quintero represented the Mexico national basketball team, winning several international medals.
Quintero has coached the Mexico men's national team since 2021.
Early life and college career
A native of Nogales, Sonora, Quintero started playing basketball at the age of nine. He attended the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT), where he played basketball for the Correcaminos UAT and set the Mexican collegiate record by scoring 87 points in a single game.
Quintero attended one year of college (2002–03) in the United States, with NAIA school Southern Nazarene University, where he played with the Crimson Storm. Quintero averaged a school record and conference-leading 24.1 points per game for Southern Nazarene. He turned pro after one season at the school, playing for Fuerza Guinda de Nogales in Mexico.
Professional career
In addition to playing for local teams in Mexico, Quintero's pro career has also taken him to the Spanish Liga ACB and Venezuelan League. He was the first Mexican to play in the Liga ACB. In the 2004–05 season, he played in the EuroLeague with Spanish side TAU Ceramica, scoring nine points in two games off the bench for the team. He played under head coach Aleksandar Petrović in 2006 with Fabriano Basket, later calling him the best coach of his career. In 2008, he played in the BSN league of Puerto Rico, with Cariduros de Fajardo. In 2009, he played with Gigantes de Guayana of the Venezuelan League.
Quintero played with the Huracanes de Tampico from 2009 to 2014.
Quintero announced his retirement from professional basketball in December 2017, accepting a position on the coaching staff of the Aguacateros de Michoacán as an assistant coach.
National team career
Quintero was long-time a member of the senior Mexico national basketball team. He was the leading overall scorer at the 2003 FIBA AmeriCup, averaging 21.1 points per game, and the sixth overall scorer, with an average of 18.5 points per game, at the 2005 FIBA AmeriCup.
Coaching career
After one season as an assistant coach for the Aguacateros de Michoacán, Quintero was promoted to head coach in December 2018.
In June 2019, he was announced as the new head coach of the Huracanes de Tampico.
Quintero was hired as the head coach of the Libertadores de Querétaro in January 2020.
In February 2021, Quintero was announced as the new head coach of the Mexico men's national basketball team.
References
External links
FIBA Profile
Euroleague.net Profile
Eurobasket.com Profile
Spanish League Profile
1981 births
Living people
Aguacateros de Michoacán players
Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games
Basketball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Basketball players from Sonora
Correcaminos UAT Victoria players
Fabriano Basket players
Fuerza Guinda de Nogales players
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón players
Huracanes de Tampico players
Mexican basketball coaches
Mexican expatriate basketball people in Italy
Mexican expatriate basketball people in Puerto Rico
Mexican expatriate basketball people in Spain
Mexican expatriate basketball people in the United States
Mexican expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
Mexican men's basketball players
Liga ACB players
Pan American Games medalists in basketball
Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
People from Nogales, Sonora
Point guards
Santos de San Luis players
Saski Baskonia players
Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm men's basketball players
Tijuana Zonkeys players
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Cariduros de Fajardo players