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Baba Jubril

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Baba Jubril
Jubril in 2023
Kwara Falcons
PositionHead coach
LeagueNigerian Premier League
Personal information
Born (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34)
Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria
Coaching career2018–present
Career history
As player:
0Nigeria Customs
0Kwara Falcons
As coach:
2018–2019Kwara Falcons (assistant)
2019–presentKwara Falcons
2023–presentNigeria (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

Kadri Baba Jubril (born 18 January 1990) is a Nigerian professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Kwara Falcons of the Nigerian Premier League (NPL).

Playing career

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Jubril competed with the Nigeria Under-19 team at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, where he averaged 15 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.[1] During his professional career, he played for the Kwara Falcons (where he was the captain), Ebun Comets and the Nigeria Customs, among others in the 2013 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup.[2]

Coaching career

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Since 2023, Jubril is also an assistant coach for the Nigeria national men's team.[3] In 2018, Jubril started as assistant coach with the Kwara Falcons, under Lateef Erinfolami.[4] Since assuming the position a year later, Jubril has been the head coach of Kwara Falcons. He guided the team to their first-ever Premier League title in 2022.[5] As a result, he coached the Falcons in their debut season in Season 3 of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).[6] The Falcons went winless in the Sahara Conference, finishing in sixth place with a 0–5 record.

Head coaching record

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BAL

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Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Kwara Falcons 2023 5 0 5 .000 5th in Sahara Conference Did Not Qualify

References

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  1. ^ "Kadri Baba Jibril profile, World Championship for Junior Men 1999". FIBA.COM. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Nigeria Customs not shaken by inaugural appearance at FIBA Africa Champions Cup 2016". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  3. ^ Fayiga, Kunle (10 February 2023). "FIBA World Cup Qualifiers: NBBF announce 21-man D'Tigers squad - AfrosportNow". Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. ^ Online, The Eagle (25 January 2018). "Kwara Falcons gets new coach -". The Eagle Online. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ^ Omoniyi, Oluwaferanmi (13 November 2022). "NBBF Final 8: Kwara Falcons wins first title as High school student emereges MVP". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Kwara Falcons Coach Baba Jubril Unfazed On BAL Draws". 15 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.