Víctor Lapeña

Club career He coached several teams in Spain, both in the second tier league (2003-2008) and the first tier league (2008-2018). He won the Spanish League in the 2012-13 season, and the 2014 Spanish Cup with CB Avenida.

In the 2018-2019 season he coached his first team abroad, Nadezhda Orenburg from the Russian Premier League, winning the second-tier 2018–19 EuroCup Women. On 29 June 2019 he signed for Turkish club Fenerbahçe.

In May 2024, Lapeña signed a three-year contract with Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Super League . In January 2025 Lapena and Mersin part ways.

In May 2025 the Italian champion Famila basket Schio announced Lapena as their new head coach for the next two years.

National team Spain Lapeña has worked with the Spanish Basketball Federation as both assistant and head coach in the youth teams and the senior team, winning a total of 14 medals. In November 2015 he was the head coach of the senior team for two games.

8th 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth) (head coach)

7th 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth) (head coach)

Canada In January 2022, Lapeña was appointed head coach for the Canada women's national basketball team. He guided the team to a fourth-place finish at the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and third place at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. Following the 2024 Olympic tournament, where Canada failed to win a game, Canada Basketball and Lapeña mutually agreed to part ways.