Gijón Baloncesto

Gijón Baloncesto was a basketball team based in Gijón, Asturias, Spain.

History
Gijón Baloncesto was established in 1982, after taking over the franchise of another local team, Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga, who was undergoing financial difficulties. In its first year, the club played in the third tier and immediately promoted to Primera División B, the second division in the Spanish league system.

GB continued playing in the second tier from 1984 to 1995, when the club achieves promotion to Liga ACB after finishing runner-up of the 1994–95 Liga EBA and beating Lucentum in the semifinal game. The club only remained one season and could not avoid relegation by losing the relegation playoffs against Ourense by 1–3.

From 1996 to 1999, Gijón Baloncesto played in the new second league: LEB. It came back to ACB in 1999 by beating Menorca 3–0 in the semifinal of the promotion playoffs. In this second era in ACB, Gijón Baloncesto remained for three seasons until the relegation in 2002. After the relegation, the club started its decline until being relegated to the third tier in 2007 and finally being dissolved in 2009.

Sponsorship

 * IVECO: 1983–1984
 * Trébol: 1984–1985
 * Lagisa: 1985–1992
 * CLAS: 1992–1993
 * Trébol: 1993–1995
 * Cabitel: 1998–2000
 * Isastur: 2002–2003
 * Calefacciones Farho: 2003–2008
 * Viopisa: 2008–2009

Head coaches

 * Pedro Zorrozúa 1982–1983
 * José Antonio Figueroa 1983–1984
 * Ed Johnson 1984–1985, 1988–1989, 1991
 * Ricardo Hevia 1985–1987
 * Emilio de Diego 1987
 * Trifón Poch 1987–1988
 * Eduardo Ayuso 1988
 * Antonio Garrido 1990–1991, 1992
 * Víctor Lago 1989, 1991–1992, 1992
 * Ángel Martín-Benito 1993
 * Bill McCammon 1993–1995
 * Iñaki Iriarte 1995–1996
 * Luis Casimiro 1996–1997
 * Vicente Charro 1997
 * Pepe Rodríguez 1997–1998
 * Moncho López 1998–2002
 * Moncho Fernández 2002–2005
 * Diego Tobalina 2005–2006
 * Joaquín Prado 2006–2007
 * Jorge Elorduy 2007–2008
 * Jenaro Díaz 2008–2009
 * Guillermo Arenas 2021-2022

Notable players

 * 🇪🇸 Carles Marco
 * 🇪🇸 Tomàs Jofresa
 * 🇪🇸 Óscar Yebra
 * 🇪🇸 Saúl Blanco
 * 🇪🇸 Javi Rodríguez
 * 🇪🇸 Xavi Vallmajó
 * 🇦🇷 Luis Scola
 * 🇦🇷 Hernán Jasen
 * 🇺🇸 Bob Harstad
 * 🇺🇸 James Blackwell
 * 🇺🇸 Etdrick Bohannon
 * 🇺🇸 Glen Whisby
 * 🇺🇸 Michael Smith
 * 🇺🇸 Brad Sellers
 * 🇺🇸 Linton Townes
 * 🇺🇸 Terquin Mott
 * 🇺🇸 Lou Roe
 * 🇺🇸 Eric Johnson
 * 🇺🇸 Ryan Stack
 * 🇺🇸 Etdrick Bohannon
 * 🇺🇸 Stephen Howard
 * 🇺🇸 Todd Fuller
 * 🇫🇷 Thierry Zig
 * 🇷🇸 Miroslav Pecarski
 * 🇧🇷 Guilherme Giovannoni
 * 🇺🇸 Larry Moffett

Individual awards
ACB Most Valuable Player
 * Lou Roe – 2001