Pedro Ferrándiz
Personal information | |
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Born |
Alicante, Spain | November 20, 1928
Nationality | Spanish |
Position | Head coach |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1955–1957 | Real Madrid (juniors) |
1957–1959 | Hesperia |
1959–1962 | Real Madrid |
1964–1965 | Spain |
1964–1965 | Real Madrid |
1966–1975 | Real Madrid |
Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach:
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Basketball Hall of Fame as coach | |
FIBA Hall of Fame as coach |
Pedro Ferrándiz González (born November 20, 1928, in Alicante, Spain) is a retired Spanish basketball coach. He is most famous for coaching Real Madrid basketball club in the 1960s and 1970s. The International Olympic Committee awarded him the Olympic Order in 1977.
He was enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame in April 2007. He is also a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.
Coaching career
Ferrándiz won a record 12 titles in the Spanish League, as well as 4 titles in the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) and 10 titles in the Spanish King's Cup. His combined record, while coaching Real, was 437–90. He recorded three undefeated Spanish League seasons. He was the AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year in 1975.
Titles won
- 4× FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague): 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1973–74
- 12× Spanish League: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
- 10× Spanish King's Cup: 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
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