Baba Jubril

Baba Jubril

Jubril in 2023
Kwara Falcons
Position	Head coach
League	Nigerian Premier League
Personal information
Born	(1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 35) Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria
Coaching career	2018–present
Career history
As player:
0	Nigeria Customs
0	Kwara Falcons
As coach:
2018–2019	Kwara Falcons (assistant)
2019–present	Kwara Falcons
2023–present	Nigeria (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: Nigerian Premier League champion (2022)

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

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), the Ebun Comets and the Nigeria Customs,[2] among others.

Coaching career

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

BAL

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

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.