Men's Basketball
Cardona, Juan
Juan Cardona
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- cardona_jj@mercer.edu
- Phone:
- (478) 301-2085
Juan Cardona begins his second season as an assistant men’s basketball coach for the 2020-21 season. He was hired on April 17, 2019.
In his first year at Macon, the Bears won 17 games and finished fourth in the Southern Conference standings with 11 victories. Cardona helped the Bears win six consecutive games from January 15 – February 1, 2020 and receive National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team of the Week honors on February 4.
At season’s end, three players – Djordje Dimitrijevic, Ethan Stair and Kamar Robertson – received All-SoCon honors for their on-court performance. Dimitrijevic was also recognized by the NABC as a Second Team All-District XXI selection and a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Second Team Academic All-America
Cardona arrived in Macon following a three-year stretch as the head coach of the varsity boys program at Miami Christian High School in Miami, Fla., where he led the program to a pair of 2A FHSAA state titles (2017, 2018) and a No. 1 ranking in the state of Florida during the 2017 season.
In his three seasons with the varsity boys program at Miami Christian, Cardona achieved a 74-19 record for a .796 winning percentage.
Cardona spent one season (2018-19) on the sidelines with the varsity girls team, leading the squad to a 17-7 record and an appearance in the FHSAA 2A semifinals, which was a first for the girls program.
Cardona additionally led the Miami Tropics AAU program from 2016-19, where he worked alongside his mentor, Art Alvarez.
An experienced and accomplished coach in Puerto Rico and Mexico as well, Cardona served as the head coach for seven different professional organizations from 2007-18, including a recent position with Caciques de Humacao in Humacao, P.R.
Further accomplishments of Cardona’s include leading the Puerto Rican U-17 National Team to a gold medal at the Centrobasket Tournament in 2007 and leading American University (Bayamon, P.R.) and Caribbean University (Bayamon, P.R.) as head coach. Cardona spent one season on the sidelines at American and was at Caribbean University from 2009-2011.
Cardona’s coaching career began in 1998 when he was named head coach at Lino Padron Rivera High School in his hometown of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.
THE JUAN CARDONA FILE
Birthdate: Aug. 24, 1978
Hometown: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
High School: Harlem High School (Harlem, Ga.)
College: Middle Georgia College, 1996 & Interamerican University, 2003
Wife: Rosaida
Children: Mariliz, Johanna, Juan, Joaliz
In his first year at Macon, the Bears won 17 games and finished fourth in the Southern Conference standings with 11 victories. Cardona helped the Bears win six consecutive games from January 15 – February 1, 2020 and receive National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team of the Week honors on February 4.
At season’s end, three players – Djordje Dimitrijevic, Ethan Stair and Kamar Robertson – received All-SoCon honors for their on-court performance. Dimitrijevic was also recognized by the NABC as a Second Team All-District XXI selection and a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Second Team Academic All-America
Cardona arrived in Macon following a three-year stretch as the head coach of the varsity boys program at Miami Christian High School in Miami, Fla., where he led the program to a pair of 2A FHSAA state titles (2017, 2018) and a No. 1 ranking in the state of Florida during the 2017 season.
In his three seasons with the varsity boys program at Miami Christian, Cardona achieved a 74-19 record for a .796 winning percentage.
Cardona spent one season (2018-19) on the sidelines with the varsity girls team, leading the squad to a 17-7 record and an appearance in the FHSAA 2A semifinals, which was a first for the girls program.
Cardona additionally led the Miami Tropics AAU program from 2016-19, where he worked alongside his mentor, Art Alvarez.
An experienced and accomplished coach in Puerto Rico and Mexico as well, Cardona served as the head coach for seven different professional organizations from 2007-18, including a recent position with Caciques de Humacao in Humacao, P.R.
Further accomplishments of Cardona’s include leading the Puerto Rican U-17 National Team to a gold medal at the Centrobasket Tournament in 2007 and leading American University (Bayamon, P.R.) and Caribbean University (Bayamon, P.R.) as head coach. Cardona spent one season on the sidelines at American and was at Caribbean University from 2009-2011.
Cardona’s coaching career began in 1998 when he was named head coach at Lino Padron Rivera High School in his hometown of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.
THE JUAN CARDONA FILE
Birthdate: Aug. 24, 1978
Hometown: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
High School: Harlem High School (Harlem, Ga.)
College: Middle Georgia College, 1996 & Interamerican University, 2003
Wife: Rosaida
Children: Mariliz, Johanna, Juan, Joaliz
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