Xavier Pascual Vives
 Pascual in January 2009. | |
| FC Barcelona | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League |
Liga ACB Euroleague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
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–present | FC Barcelona |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Xavier "Xavi" Pascual i Vives (born September 9, 1972) is a Spanish professional basketball coach, currently the head coach of FC Barcelona. On May 9, 2010, he became the youngest coach to manage to win the Euroleague (only counting the Euroleague Basketball Company era, since the year 2000), and soon after, he also won the Euroleague Coach of the Year Award.
Coaching career
The first team Pascual coached was Gavà (1990–91). Other teams he has coached are: Cornellà, Santfeliuenc, Olesa, and Aracena. In the 2004–05 season, Pascual moved to FC Barcelona, where became the coach of the club's Liga EBA farm team.
He then became the assistant head coach of the first division team, in the 2005–06 season. When head coach Duško Ivanović was fired in 2008, he became the head coach. On September 21, 2012, Pascual has extended his contract with Barcelona until the end of 2014–15 season.[1] On February 3, 2015, he extended his contract with Barcelona until the end of 2016–17 season.[2]
Honours
CB Aracena
- LEB 2 (1): 2002–03
- Lliga Catalana LEB (1): 2003–04
FC Barcelona
- Liga ACB (4): 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
- Spanish Cup (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Euroleague (1): 2009–10
- Spanish Supercup (3): 2009, 2010, 2011
- Lliga Catalana (5): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Individual
- 4x Best Coach of the Spanish League: (2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12)
- 3x AEEB Coach of the Year Award (2009, 2010, 2011)
- Euroleague Coach of the Year: (2009-10)
References
- ↑ "FC BARCELONA REGAL extends coach Pascual". Euroleague. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "Xavi Pascual firma la ampliación de su contrato hasta 2017". fcbarcelona.es (in Spanish). 3 February 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
External links
- Xavier Pascual at acb.com
- Xavier Pascual at eurolegue.net
- Xavier Pascual at fcbarcelona.es
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Preceded by Željko Obradović |
Euroleague Winning Coach 2010 |
Succeeded by Željko Obradović |
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