After eight years on the head of the French ladies’s basketball workforce, and a bronze medal gained in early August on the Tokyo Olympics, Valérie Garnier will go away her publish of coach, the French Federation of basketball (FFBB).
The latter justified its determination by a want to offer a brand new path to the workforce in anticipation of Paris 2024, defined Alain Contensoux, the nationwide technical director in a press launch.
Conversely, the federation prolonged, a number of days in the past, Vincent Colet, coach of the French males’s basketball workforce since 2009: he’ll stay answerable for the Blues till the 2024 Video games in Paris.
Former participant, Valérie Garnier, 56, took over from Pierre Vincent in 2013. Along with Olympic bronze, she additionally gained 4 European silver medals throughout her tenure with the Blue.
The selection of the one who will succeed him has not but been determined. The federation explains main “A mirrored image across the new structure of the technical employees of the French workforce”.
Valérie Garnier, for her half, may retain features inside the federation. “We want to consider entrusting him with missions inside the FFBB with the intention to proceed to profit from his experience and his potential to transmit”, stated Alain Contensoux.