Xavier Pascual

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Xavier Pascual i Vives
FC Barcelona
Head coach
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–present FC Barcelona
Career highlights and awards

Xavier "Xavi" Pascual i Vives (born September 9, 1972, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain) is a Spanish professional basketball coach. He has been the head coach of FC Barcelona since February 14, 2008. On May 9, 2010, he became the youngest coach who managed 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]

Honours

CB Aracena

FC Barcelona

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FC BARCELONA REGAL extends coach Pascual". Euroleague. Retrieved 21 September 2012. 

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Serbia Željko Obradović		 Euroleague
Winning Coach
2010 		Succeeded by
Serbia Željko Obradović
FC Barcelona current roster
  • Head coach: Pascual
  • Assistant coaches: Julbé
  • Zorzano
  • García
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