José Neto (basketball)

José Alves dos Santos Neto (born 16 March 1971) is a Brazilian professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the Brazil women's national basketball team.

Pro clubs
Neto has been the head coach of the Brazilian League club Flamengo. As the head coach of Flamengo, he won the 2014 FIBA Americas League championship, and the 2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Petro de Luanda (2020–2024)
In September 2020, Neto signed as head coach of Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League and Basketball Africa League. He won the 2021 Angolan League title in his first season, and guided Petro to the third place in the 2022 BAL season.

In the 2021–22 season, Neto and Petro won the triple crown in Angola as they won all three competitions (the Angolan League, Cup and Supercup). He guided Petro to the 2022 BAL Finals where his team lost to US Monastir. On 27 May 2022, one day before the final, he was given the BAL Coach of the Year award.

In 2023, Neto won the Angolan Cup once again with Petro. In April, he won his third consecutive Angolan League championship and was named Coach of the Year once again.

Neto was sacked by Petro de Luanda on 21 March 2024. He guided Petro to three league championships, two cup titles, four supercup titles and one BAL final.

National teams
Neto has also been involved with the senior men's Brazil national basketball team, which he has served as a head coach and assistant coach.