Pioneros de Los Mochis
| Pioneros de Los Mochis | |||
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| League | CIBACOPA | ||
| Founded | 1996 | ||
| Arena | Centro de Usos Múltiples de Los Mochis | ||
| Capacity | 5,830 | ||
| Location | Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico | ||
| Team colors | Orange, Black, and Silver | ||
| President | Julio César Leyva Arredondo | ||
| Head coach | Jhovanny García | ||
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Pioneros de Los Mochis (English: Los Mochis Pioneers) are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. The Pioneros de Los Mochis are members of the CIBACOPA and play their games in the Centro de Usos Múltiples de Los Mochis.[1]
History
[edit]Pioneros of Los Mochis began its formal operations in 1996, participating in various basketball promotion activities through municipal and state selections in youth categories, as well as social responsibility actions in partnership with clubs, schools, colleges, and non-profit civil society organizations throughout the northern part of the state of Sinaloa, Mexico.[2]
In 2001, with the birth of a new era for the Pacific Coast Basketball Circuit CIBACOPA, a league that in the 1980s marked significant development for this sport throughout the northwest of Mexico, conditions were promoted for a group of enthusiastic promoters and entrepreneurs from Sinaloa to focus on reactivating this Circuit. Pioneros de Los Mochis, alongside its main promoters, the renowned coach Jaime Leyva and his brothers, representing the entire Leyva Arredondo family as the foundation of Pioneros, were pioneers and a fundamental part of starting this project. Together with the Caballeros de Culiacán, Delfines de Mazatlán, Frayles de Guasave, Lobos Marinos de La Paz, and Paisas de Los Cabos clubs, they coordinated to carry out the first official season of the circuit in 2001.[3]
Since then, more clubs have joined CIBACOPA, expanding to over 20 locations that have hosted teams and games from the league, covering the extensive territory in the states of Sinaloa, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Baja California, Nayarit, Durango, Jalisco, and Aguascalientes.[4]
Currently, CIBACOPA is made up of 10 active clubs. It is worth noting that the franchise of Club Pioneros de Los Mochis is the only one that has remained since the beginning of the league, with its original management and some new partners who have joined to enrich the project.[5]
Venados hired American coach Derrick Alston as the team head coach in late April 2024.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pioneros de Los Mochis". Cibacopa (in Spanish). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Pioneros de Los Mochis, 20 años de pasión y tradición deportiva". Bien Informado (in Spanish). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Pioneros de Los Mochis realiza cóctel empresarial". Debate (in Spanish). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Pioneros de Los Mochis arrancan su preparación para la Cibacopa 2024". El Sol de Sinaloa (in Spanish). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "La nueva dinámica de scouteo de Pioneros tiene objetivo claro: Jhovanny García". Noroeste (in Spanish). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "El coach Derrick Alston ya está en casa de Pioneros de Los Mochis". Noroeste (in Spanish). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "¡Todos al CUM! Pioneros de Los Mochis se presenta ante su gente en el Cibacopa 2024". Línea Directa (in Spanish). 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official site
- Team profile at Latinbasket.com
