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José Vicente "Pepu" Hernández Fernández (born 11 February 1958) is a Spanish former professional basketball coach.
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| Born | 11 February 1958 Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Head coach | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1994–2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1990–1994 | Estudiantes (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–2001 | Estudiantes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Estudiantes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Joventut | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Estudiantes | |||||||||||||||||||
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As head coach
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Medals
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Coaching career
Club coaching career
During his club career, Hernández won the Spanish Cup in 2000, and the AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year award in 2004, while he was the head coach of Estudiantes.
National team coaching career
Between 2006 and June 2008, Hernández was the head coach of the senior Spain men's national basketball team, that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship,[1] and the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2007.
Awards and accomplishments
CB Estudiantes
- FIBA Korać Cup runner-up: 1999
- Spanish Cup winner: 2000
- Spanish League runner-up: 2004
- AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year: 2004
Spanish senior national team
- 2006 FIBA World Championship:
Gold - EuroBasket 2007:
Silver
Political career
On 30 January 2019, it was announced that Hernández would run in the Spanish Socialist Worker's Party's primary election to select the party challenger to become Mayor of Madrid (vis-à-vis the 2019 Madrid City Council election), facing Manuel de la Rocha and Chema Dávila as rivals.[2][3] He won the primary election and ran for mayor of Madrid finishing in an all-time-worst fourth place for a PSOE candidate with just 13.7% of the vote.
He is not the only former Spanish men's national basketball team coach in politics. Javier Imbroda also entered politics, joining Citizens in Andalusia.
See also
- FIBA Basketball World Cup winning head coaches
References
- Game Report, Spain vs Greece, 64-47
- "Sánchez elige a Pepu Hernández como candidato del PSOE al Ayuntamiento de Madrid" (in Spanish). El País. 29 January 2019.
- Montero, Sara (2 February 2019). "Pepu Hernández, Manuel de la Rocha y Chema Dávila: tres hombres y unas primarias". Cuarto Poder.
External links
- Spanish League Coach Profile (in Spanish)
Spain squad – 2006 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal | ||
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Spain squad – EuroBasket 2007 – Silver medal | ||
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На других языках
- [en] Pepu Hernández
[ru] Эрнандес, Пепу
Хосе Висенте (Пепу) Эрнандес Фернандес (исп. José Vicente Hernández Fernández, Pepu Hernández, род. 11 февраля 1958, Мадрид) — испанский баскетбольный тренер и политик. Чемпион мира (2006) и вице-чемпион Европы (2007) со сборной Испании, обладатель Кубка Испании, финалист Кубка Корача и вице-чемпион Испании с клубом «Эстудиантес». Тренер года в Испании (2004). Кандидат в мэры Мадрида от Испанской социалистической рабочей партии (2019).Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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