Xavi Pascual (basketball)

Xavi Pascual

Pascual in January 2009.
Panathinaikos Athens
Position Head coach
League Greek Basket League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1972-09-09) September 9, 1972
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Coaching career 1990–present
Career history
As coach:
1990–1991 CB Gavà
1995–1997 Cornellà (assistant)
1997–1999 CB Santfeliuenc
1999–2001 CB Olesa
2001–2004 CB Aracena
2004–2005 FC Barcelona B
2005–2008 FC Barcelona (assistant)
2008–2016 FC Barcelona
2016–present Panathinaikos
Career highlights and awards

Xavier "Xavi" Pascual i Vives, commonly known as Xavi Pascual,[1] (born September 9, 1972) is a Spanish professional basketball coach. On May 9, 2010, he became the youngest coach to manage to win the EuroLeague championship (only counting the Euroleague Basketball Company era, since the year 2000), and soon after, he also won the EuroLeague Coach of the Year Award. He is currently the head coach of Panathinaikos.

Coaching career

Early years

The first team Pascual coached was Gavà (1990–91). Other teams he has coached are: Cornellà, Santfeliuenc, Olesa, and Aracena.

FC Barcelona

In the 2004–05 season, Pascual moved to FC Barcelona, where he became the head coach of the FC Barcelona Bàsquet B, the club's Liga EBA (Spanish 4th Division) affiliate team.

In the following, 2005–06 season, he became the assistant head coach of the Spanish 1st Division team of FC Barcelona. After the team and then head coach Duško Ivanović parted ways in 2008, Pascual became the club's head coach. On September 21, 2012, Pascual extended his contract with Barcelona until the end of 2014–15 season.[2] On February 3, 2015, he extended his contract with Barcelona until the end of the 2016–17 season.[3]

After the 2015–16 season, in which Barcelona failed to win the Spanish ACB League, and was eliminated in the EuroLeague's quarterfinal playoffs, Pascual was fired.[4]

Panathinaikos

On October 22, 2016, Pascual signed a three-year contract to be a head coach of the Greek team Panathinaikos.[5][6]

Coaching record

Legend
G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Team Year G W L W–L% Result
FC Barcelona 2007–08 9 4 5 .444 Eliminated in Quarterfinal Playoffs
2008–09 23 18 5 .783 Won in 3rd place game
2009–10 22 20 2 .909 Won EuroLeague Championship
2010–11 20 14 6 .700 Eliminated in Quarterfinal Playoffs
2011–12 21 19 2 .905 Won in 3rd place game
2012–13 31 25 6 .806 Lost in 3rd place game
2013–14 29 23 6 .793 Won in 3rd place game
2014–15 28 21 7 .750 Eliminated in Quarterfinal Playoffs
2015–16 29 16 13 .552 Eliminated in Quarterfinal Playoffs
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Honours

CB Aracena

FC Barcelona

Individual

References

  1. ↑ PASCUAL, XAVI BORN: 9 SEPTEMBER, 1972 NATIONALITY: SPAIN.
  2. ↑ "FC BARCELONA REGAL extends coach Pascual.". EuroLeague. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Xavi Pascual firma la ampliación de su contrato hasta 2017.". fcbarcelona.es (in Spanish). 3 February 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "El Barça pone fin a la etapa de Xavi Pascual." (in Spanish). Lavanguardia. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Panathinaikos tabs Xavi Pascual as new bench boss.
  6. ↑ "Xavi Pascual is officially the new coach of Panathinaikos BC.".
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