Xavi Pascual (basketball)
Xavier "Xavi" Pascual i Vives, commonly known as Xavi Pascual,[1] (born 9 September 1972) is a Spanish professional basketball coach who is the head coach for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League and EuroLeague. On 9 May 2010 he became the youngest head 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.
Pacual coaching FC Barcelona, in 2009 | |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | VTB United League EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain | 9 September 1972
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 |
2016–2018 | Panathinaikos |
2020–present | Zenit |
Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach:
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Coaching career
Early years
The first team Pascual coached was Gavà (1990–91). Other teams that he coached early in his career were: Cornellà, Santfeliuenc, Olesa, and Aracena.
FC Barcelona
In the 2004–05 season, Pascual moved to FC Barcelona, where he became the head coach of FC Barcelona Bàsquet B, the club's Liga EBA (Spanish 4th Division) reserve 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 21 September 2012, Pascual extended his contract with Barcelona, until the end of 2014–15 season.[2] On 3 February 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 22 October 2016, Pascual signed a three-year contract to be the head coach of the Greek Basket League team Panathinaikos.[5][6] In domestic competition, Pascual led the Greens to back-to-back Greek League titles, in 2017 and 2018, and was named the league's best coach for both seasons. On 20 December 2018 Panathinaikos dismissed Pascual after he had spent two seasons with the club, bringing the Greens to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs in both, but failing to bring them back to the Final Four.[7]
Coaching record
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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 |
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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 | |
Panathinaikos | 2016–17 | 30 | 19 | 11 | .633 | Eliminated in Quarterfinal Playoffs |
2017–18 | 34 | 20 | 14 | .588 | Eliminated in Quarterfinal Playoffs | |
2018–19 | 13 | 6 | 7 | .462 | Fired | |
Career | 276 | 206 | 83 | .713 |
Honours
CB Aracena
FC Barcelona
Panathinaikos
- Greek League (2): 2016–17, 2017-18
- Greek Cup (1): 2016–17
Individual
- 4× Spanish League Coach of the Year: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16
- 3× AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011
- EuroLeague Coach of the Year: 2009–10
- 2× Greek League Best Coach: 2016–17, 2017-18
References
- PASCUAL, XAVI BORN: 9 SEPTEMBER, 1972 NATIONALITY: SPAIN.
- "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.
- "El Barça pone fin a la etapa de Xavi Pascual" (in Spanish). Lavanguardia. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- Panathinaikos tabs Xavi Pascual as new bench boss.
- "Xavi Pascual is officially the new coach of Panathinaikos BC".
- Panathinaikos ends Pascual era on bench
External links
- Xavi Pascual at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Xavi Pascual at euroleague.net