Alain Portes (born 31 October 1961) is a French handball player and coach, who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

He stopped his career in 1994 after a final vice-champion title, the club being demoted to the lower division following a bankruptcy.

In 2004, after 9 years at the head of the club, Alain Portes leaves the D1 to supervise the emerging Training Center.

In February 2010, he won the African Nations Championship in Cairo by beating the Egyptian team in the final with a score of 24–21.

Title which he kept two years later, having Algeria 23–20 in the final of the 2012 edition which allowed him to qualify for the 2012 Olympic games in London.