Eric Girard

Eric Girard (born the July 3rd 1964 with Cholet) is a trainer of French basketball.

Career

As a player

Eric Girard was born in Cholet on July 3rd, 1964. He begins the tennis shoe and quickly becomes a star with Jallais, his small club of countryside. He goes thereafter as a Pro B, where he evolves/moves at the post of leader. Its career as a player remains relatively modest and it will turn very quickly to the post of trainer.

As a trainer

He begins with close to Buffard then to Tom Becker as an assistant. Avid and assiduous, he sees himself entrusted the hopes of Cholet in 1992. Trainer meticulous person, it sees there passing some heads thereafter celebrates like Antoine Rigaudeau. Named coach of Cholet Tennis shoe in 1996, he manages to gain the cut of France as of 1998 and repeats the following year.

He moves in 2001 worms Le Havre, where he succeeds, with a budget more than modest, to reach the final of the Semaine of the aces and the play offs.

It arrives at Strasbourg in 2004, accompanied by Aymeric Jeanneau, its leader fetish, and of Jeff Greer. He managed to carry out an exceptional recruitment, although discussed because of his important number foreigners, and will offer to SIG its first championship of France. It will be this same year elected trainer of the year. Often criticized, Eric Girard became with the passing of years one of all the best French trainers. Its capacities to link and occupy a team, but also those purely technical, enabled him to acquire this statute even with close to its more former detractors.

The Alsatian public him was not mistaken there, offering a long ovation at the time of the presentation of the trophy to moved Girard which affirmed then in a pastiche well with the image of the character " we all are of the alsaciens" , thumb your nose with all criticisms, of the press and others, but also mark of respect towards the supporteurs.

Successive clubs (as a trainer)

Prize list (as a trainer)

  • Double winner of the cut of France with Cholet in 1998 and 1999

  • Reaches the final of the Semaine of the Aces with Le Havre
  • Champion of France 2005 (Strasbourg)
  • Elu trainer of the year 2005
  • Dispute the Euroligue in 1999 - 2000 and 2005 - 2006

See too

External bond

  • Its card trainer on the site of Euroligue.
  • the site of SIG

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