Ibon Navarro has been a coach in the lower categories of
Saski Baskonia from 2000 to 2005. His first experience in professional basketball was as assistant coach of Rafa Sanz at
Tenerife Rural. One year later, Navarro debuted in
Spanish League during the
2007–08 season as the assistant coach of
Neven Spahija and stayed there until 2010. After leaving
Vitoria-Gasteiz he was the assistant coach of
Paco Olmos in his experiences at
Menorca, where the team finished in the last position,
Valencia Basket, where Olmos was sacked during the season, and the
Puerto Rico national team, achieving the silver medal at the
2014 Centrobasket. Ibon Navarro helped
Baskonia win two
Spanish Leagues, one
Spanish King's Cup and two
Spanish Supercups. With
Valencia he was the runner-up in the
Spanish King's Cup and in
EuroCup. In 2013, he came back to
Laboral Kutxa as assistant of
Sergio Scariolo. In November 2014, after the dismissal of
Scariolo and
Marco Crespi, Navarro assumed the role of head coach. In February 2015, the club published a documentary about him. In June 2015, the club announced he would not continue as head coach of the first team, although his continued participation in the club was encouraged. He waved off the fans thanking all the confidence and support received during his stay in the club. In July 2015, Navarro signed a three-year deal with
ICL Manresa. In June 2017, Navarro part ways with
ICL Manresa after the relegation to
LEB Oro and signed a one-year deal with
UCAM Murcia. With
Murcia, Navarro reached the
Champions League Final Four in the club's first participation losing to
AEK Athens in the semifinals and winning the third place game over
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg. In June 2018, Navarro ended contract with
UCAM Murcia and signed a two-year deal with
MoraBanc Andorra. On February 10, 2022, he has signed with
Unicaja of the
Liga ACB.Navarro led the team into two
Basketball Champions League titles, winning it back to back from
2024 and won again recently,
2025. It marks
Unicaja became the second Spanish team to win back-to-back to do so in the Basketball Champions League after
San Pablo Burgos in
2020 and
2021. Navarro also won the
Copa del Rey de Baloncesto from
2023 and
2025.He also won his first ever
Supercopa de España de Baloncesto in
2024 ==Trophies==