Pierre Galle

See also: Galle

Player then trainer of basketball born with Calais the January 13rd 1945, Pierre Galle made his first weapons in the schoolyard Condé in Calais, to begin with glaner his titles of nobility on the level of Flandres, then with the Team of France junior, with which it will take down the title of vice-champion of Europe, the Équipe of France of basketball of which he will be the leader of play and captain (74 selections) and especially mythical the ACE Berck, floret of the Côte of Opal.

Biography

Large rival of Alain Gilles throughout the Seventies, this genious leader, that the daily newspaper the Team had called " the cerveau" , will be crowned, under the direction of its trainer of brother Jean Galle and at the sides of Yves-Marie Vérove, Jean Caulier and Didier Dobbels, twice Champion of France in 1973 (MVP 1973) and 1974 (MVP 1974).

To the European plan, Pierre Galle will twice lead the ACE Berck in semi-final of the Cut of Europe of the Clubs Champions (current Euroleague) in 1974 and 1975, which will remain, in spite of the historical strike of part of manpower in 1975, the best French result all collective sports confused until the victory of CSP Limoges in Euroleague in 1993 then of the Olympique of Marseilles in Ligue of the Champions.

The Captain of the ACE Berck was a particularly skilful left-handed leader halfway and even with very long distance. Of calm imperturbable and a great clearness, its reading of the play and situations enabled him to make shine its fellow-members and to take its responsabilities when that is évérait necessary.

Pierre Galle leaves the ACE Berck in 1977 to join his brother in Caen Basket Club, and to start his reconversion. In 1981, it takes to the direction of the Training center of the ACE Montferrand for coacher in turn the boys in Main road 2 (and to even put on again the shorts for the difficult ends of matches) and the girls carried out by Catherine Malfois in Nationale 1.

In 1986, Louis Nicollin makes of it the leader of sound armada of Montpellier Paillade in Main road 2. In three small years, it will carry its team to the more high level with a frightening manpower: Sam Mitchell (which will make then 15 years in NBA before becoming coach of the Toronto Raptors), Rick Raivio, Appolo Faye the mythical pivot of the CSP Limoges, in particular. In the passing, it will take down the championships of National France 2 and Pro B. In 1989 for its first season in the Elite, it will qualify Montpellier in Coupe Korac, with one 5th place. The Raivio-Mitchell pair will remain in the history of the Pro has like most productive, the two players émargeant each one with more than 30 points and 10 rebounds of average. Sam Mitchell will be designated moreover better defender of the league and Rick Raivio the most complete player…

After two seasons in NBA, Sam Mitchell reconsidering his hexagonal experiment will declare with Maxi Tennis shoe " Pierre taught me the jeu".

ASVEL, chaired by the former minister for Defense Charles Hernu, will quickly make him the soft eyes while proposing to him to take in hand the destinies of the green TEAM of Lyon.

In 1991, Pierre Galle takes in hand the destinies of the Hyères Toulon Var Tennis shoe, then in Main road 2 then in Pro B and discovers a young winger of talent named Laurent Sciarra. It will make pass this last of the wing to the post of leader of play, certainly transmitting some of its strings to him, before it become after one sabbatical year imposed by rupure of its contract with the HTV on the profit of PBR Paris, the multiple MVP of the Championship of France and leader of the Équipe of France.

In 1995, it takes the Head office of the Spacer' S of Toulouse in Main road 2, qu ' it quickly makes reach the Pro B (Champion of France) then with Pro A.

From 1997, Galle finds Montpellier where it settles as Departmental Chief technical officer where it finds glorious old in the person of Jean-Paul Beugnot before taking the direction of female of Montpellier-Slats which it makes reach in professional Ligue.

Since 2005, it directs the training center of the female Club of Montpellier-Slat-Agglomeration.

Career

Player

Statistics

  • Seasons in the 1st ProA division: 10.
  • Average: 13,6 pts.
  • Better averages:
    • 1970-1971 (Berck 7°): 19.6 pts (MJ 26).
    • 1971-1972 (Berck 4°): 20.0 pts (MJ 24).
    • 1972-1973 (Berck 1°): 17.4 pts (MJ 30).
    • 1973-1974 (Berck 1°): 17.2 pts (MJ 30).
    • 1974-1975 (Berck 7°): 15.4 pts (MJ 29).
    • 1975-1976 (Berck 5°): 11.5 pts (MJ 29).
    • 1976-1977 (Denain 15°): 15.1 pts (MJ 08).
    • 1977-1978 (Caen 5°): 4.1 pts (MJ 26).
    • 1978-1979 (Caen 7°): 3.7 pts (MJ 16).

Trainer

  • 1981-1985 : ACE Montferrand
  • 1986-1989: Montpellier
  • 1989-1991: ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
  • 1992-1994: Hyères-Toulon
  • 1995-1997: Toulouse (Managing director)
  • 1999-2003: Montpellier-Slats
  • 2005-…. : Director of the training center Montpellier-Slats

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