Raoul Cesar "Nash" Escueta Racela (born November 30, 1971) is a Filipino professional basketball coach.
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Position | Head coach | |||||||||||||
League | UAAP | |||||||||||||
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Born | (1971-11-30) November 30, 1971 (age 50) | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
College | De La Salle University | |||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1998–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
As coach: | ||||||||||||||
1998–2002 | Batangas Blades | |||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Batangas Blades | |||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Coca Cola Tigers (assistant) | |||||||||||||
2004–2005 | San Beda Red Lions | |||||||||||||
2006–2008 | San Miguel Beermen (assistant) | |||||||||||||
2008–2013; 2014–2016 | TNT KaTropa (assistant) | |||||||||||||
2010–2018 | Philippines (assistant) | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Fruitas Shakers | |||||||||||||
2012–2016 | FEU Tamaraws | |||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Meralco Bolts (assistant) | |||||||||||||
2016–2018 | TNT KaTropa | |||||||||||||
2016 | Philippines | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | FEU Tamaraws (assistant) | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Blackwater Elite / Blackwater Bossing | |||||||||||||
2021–present | Adamson Soaring Falcons | |||||||||||||
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As head coach
As assistant coach
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Medals
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Nash Racela was a graduate of De La Salle University before taking on a career as a coach. He also coached the Philippine squad that participated at the 2016 SEABA Cup.[1]
Season | Team | Eliminations | Playoffs | |||||||
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W | L | PCT | Finish | PG | W | L | PCT | Results | ||
2004 | SBC | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | Won over Mapúa in the 4th-Seed Playoff, Lost to Perpetual Help in the Semifinals |
2005 | SBC | 1 | 6 | .143 | T-7th | (fired) | ||||
2013 | FEU | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Lost to La Salle in the Semifinals |
2014 | FEU | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | Won over La Salle in the Semifinals,Lost to NU in the Finals |
2015 | FEU | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | Won over Ateneo in the Semifinals,Won over UST in the Finals |
2016 | FEU | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Ateneo in the Semifinals |
2021 | AdU | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5th | Did not qualify | ||||
Totals | 54 | 37 | .593 | 17 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 1 championship |
Season | Team | Conference | Elimination round | Playoffs | |||||||
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W | L | PCT | Finish | PG | W | L | PCT | Results | |||
2016–17 | TNT | Philippine | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4th | 9 | 5 | 4 | .555 | Defeated GlobalPort in the quarterfinals 2-0 Lost to San Miguel in the semifinals 4-3 |
Commissioner's | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4th | 13 | 7 | 6 | .692 | Defeated Meralco in the quarterfinals 2-1 Defeated Brgy. Ginebra in the semifinals 3-1 Lost to San Miguel in the Finals 2-4 | ||
Governors' | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Defeated Rain or Shine in the quarterfinals in two games Lost to Brgy. Ginebra in the Semifinals 1-3 | ||
2017-18 | TNT | Philippine | 5 | 6 | .455 | 8th | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Defeated Phoenix in the 8th seed playoff Lost to San Miguel in the quarterfinals 93-106 |
Commissioner's | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Lost to San Miguel in the quarterfinals 0-2 | ||
Governors' | 1 | 4 | .200 | replaced by Bong Ravena | |||||||
Totals | 36 | 24 | .600 | 32 | 15 | 17 | .469 | 0 championships |
Racela is the younger brother of Olsen Racela, who is a former professional basketball player and took over Nash's position as the head coach of the FEU Tamaraws.
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