Pioneros de Los Mochis

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]

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Current roster

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Pioneros de Los Mochis roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 0 Wilson-Frame, Jared 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1996-07-13)13 July 1996 PG 4 Rojo, Miguel 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 21 – (2005-02-07)7 February 2005 G 5 Heredia, Jesús 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2003-06-16)16 June 2003 PG 6 Evans, Jawun 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1996-07-26)26 July 1996 C 7 Thompson, Eric 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1993-04-08)8 April 1993 SG 10 Smith, Rashad 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (2000-02-27)27 February 2000 C 11 Moultrie, Arnett 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 35 – (1990-11-18)18 November 1990 F 12 Edwards, Vincent 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1996-05-04)4 May 1996 SF 13 Sánchez, Eliher 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (2001-10-18)18 October 2001 C 14 Martínez, Irving 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1999-12-11)11 December 1999 PG 15 Juárez, Ricardo 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 21 – (2005-02-15)15 February 2005 SG 23 Butler, Matthew 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 F 24 Pearson, Ryan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 36 – (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 G 55 Allen, Jordan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1998-03-19)19 March 1998 PF 87 Baldenebro, Juan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1999-09-23)23 September 1999	Head coach Jhovanny García Assistant coach(es) Marcelo Rafael Elusich José Luis Ruiz Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster

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