Pedro Cintrón
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Pedro Cintrón is a Puerto Rican
basketball
coach, currently with the Maratonistas de Coamo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional league.
In the 2007 season, Cintrón was the assistant coach of Guillermo Vecchio
for the Maratonistas. Vecchio, however, quit the team after a 2-12 start. Cintrón then took over and finished the season with a 9-21 record. After that season, the Maratonistas were forced to recess due to financial problems, and Cintrón became assistant coach for the Leones de Ponce.
In 2010, Cintrón started as interim coach for Ponce while Manolo Cintrón
fulfilled previous compromises in a Mexican basketball league. During that period, Pedro led the team to a 5-0 start. After Manolo was fired, Pedro became head coach of the Leones and led them to the quarterfinals. They were eliminated by the Cangrejeros de Santurce in a fifth decisive game.
Cintrón was born in Ponce
, Puerto Rico
.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
coach, currently with the Maratonistas de Coamo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional league.
In the 2007 season, Cintrón was the assistant coach of Guillermo Vecchio
Guillermo Vecchio
Guillermo Edgardo Vecchio, Basketball Head CoachBorn March 9 , 1961 in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBegan his coaching career in Lanus, then moved to Obras Sanitarias, where won the William Jones World Cup.Moved to Puerto Rico, for 3 years with Coamo...
for the Maratonistas. Vecchio, however, quit the team after a 2-12 start. Cintrón then took over and finished the season with a 9-21 record. After that season, the Maratonistas were forced to recess due to financial problems, and Cintrón became assistant coach for the Leones de Ponce.
In 2010, Cintrón started as interim coach for Ponce while Manolo Cintrón
Manolo Cintron
Manuel Cintrón Vega is a former Puerto Rican professional basketball player, who for 11 seasons in the 1980s and early 1990s played with several teams in the National Basketball League in Puerto Rico., including the "Atléticos de San German", the "Leones de Ponce" and the "Gigantes de...
fulfilled previous compromises in a Mexican basketball league. During that period, Pedro led the team to a 5-0 start. After Manolo was fired, Pedro became head coach of the Leones and led them to the quarterfinals. They were eliminated by the Cangrejeros de Santurce in a fifth decisive game.
Cintrón was born in Ponce
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
.