Tony Garbelotto

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Tony Garbelotto (born January 2, 1969 in London, England) is a professional basketball coach, currently at the helm of London United, where he is also part-owner of the franchise, as well as Assistant Coach to Chris Finch with Great Britain.

Tony started his coaching career with hometown club London Towers in 1992, as an Assistant Coach, leaving the post just two years later. In 1997 he joined up with the England team set-up where he was again an Assistant Coach, before being promoted to Head Coach of the Under-23 team in 1998.

During the same year, Garbelotto accepted a job in Iceland, taking the reins of domestic powerhouse KFÍ Ísafjarðar, where he stayed for two years while jointly coaching the Great Britain Students team in 1999. Upon his return to England in 2000, he was appointed Head Coach at fledging British Basketball League franchise Newcastle Eagles where he immediately turned their fortunes. By the end of his first season at the club, Garbelotto's Eagles had reached the BBL Trophy Final, while finishing 3rd place in the Northern Conference.

After finishing with Eagles in 2002, he then moved on to the Birmingham Bullets before settling with hometown club London United in 2006, upon their election to the BBL.

On April 30th 2008 Tony was named Everton Tigers' head coach. This was said to outline the ambitions of the newly developed club for the upcoming year of Basketball.