MADRID (Reuters) - Juan Antonio Orenga has stepped down as Spain's basketball coach following last week's surprise loss to France in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, the national federation (FEB) said on Tuesday.
Orenga, who took over from Italian Sergio Scariolo in November 2012, was widely blamed for Spain's failure and some of the local fans attending Sunday's final in Madrid, in which United States thrashed Serbia 129-92, chanted for him to go.
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