Huracanes de Tampico

Huracanes de Tampico
League	LNBP
Founded	2009
History	Huracanes de Tampico (2009–present)
Arena	Centro de Convenciones de Tampico
Capacity	8,500
Location	Tampico, Mexico
Team colors	Navy blue, sky blue, white
Head coach	Omar Quintero
Home Away

Huracanes de Tampico (English: Tampico Hurricanes) is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Tampico, Tamaulipas. The Libertadores are part of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in Mexico.[1] The team plays their home games at the Expo Tampico, with a capacity of 4,200 spectators.[2]

History

Professional basketball in Tampico started in the 1990s, with the Correcaminos UAT Tampico; the team achieved 4 championships and were runners-up twice in the Conferencia de Básquetbol Profesional.[3]

The Huracanes was established in 2009 as a joint effort of public institutions and private entities to bring professional basketball back to the city of Tampico. Huracanes is also the first LNBP team to have played a friendly match against a European team, FC Barcelona Bàsquet.[3]

After the 2014–15 season, the team went on hiatus, making their comeback for the 2018–19 season.[4]

For the 2018–19 season, Argentine Marcelo Elusich was appointed as head coach.[5]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Huracanes de Tampico roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 3 Harper, Aaron 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) SG 7 Ramírez, Maximiliano 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 74 kg (163 lb) G/F 10 Herrera, Pedro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) G 13 Lamonte, Kyle 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) C 14 Carrillo, Hugo 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) C 15 Woodson, Dominic 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 127 kg (280 lb) G 50 Sosa, Miguel 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb)	Head coach Omar Quintero Assistant coach(es) Steven Charles Walton Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 14, 2020

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Michael Carey
• Omar Quintero
• Adrián Zamora
• Timajh Parker-Rivera
• Eddie Basden
• Tony Bobbitt
• Ivan Johnson
• Néstor Colmenares

References

1. "Huracanes". LNBP.mx. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
2. "Estadio". LNBP.mx. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
3. "Historia - Huracanes Tampico". huracanestampico.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
4. "Tendrá LNBP 3 equipos más". El Heraldo Aguascalientes (in Spanish). Reforma. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
5. "Marcelo Elusich es el nuevo entrenador de Huracanes". El Sol de Tampico (in Spanish). 12 November 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Team profile (in Spanish)