Octavio De La Grana (born January 28, 1961) is a Cuban-American basketball coach, currently working as an assistant coach for the
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Southe ...
of the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA).
Coaching career
By 2006, De La Grana had a combined 21 years of head coaching experience at the high school level, including two stints at
Florida Christian School, where he led his team to the
FHSAA Class 2A State Championship in 1996, a season in which he garnered Coach of the Year honors. He also spent eight years as head basketball coach at
Westminster Christian High School. In 2005, he recorded his 400th high school coaching victory. During his tenure at Florida Christian, De La Grana also spent time as the school's Athletic Director (1990–95) and faculty Department Chair for Physical Education.
Miami Heat
De La Grana began working with the
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Southe ...
prior to the
2006–07 season. Before the start of the
2016–17 season, Heat head coach
Erik Spoelstra
Erik Jon Spoelstra ( ; born November 1, 1970) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has won two NBA championships as the head coach of the Heat. A Fi ...
added De La Grana to his coaching staff as assistant coach.
Personal life
De la Grana was born in
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. ,
Cuba
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in 1961 and was only 6 years old when he came to the United States. His father was from
Lajas and mother from
Artemisa
Artemisa () is a municipality and city in Cuba, formerly part of La Habana Province.
According to a law approved by the Cuban National Assembly in August 2010, Artemisa became the capital city of the newly formed Artemisa Province, which compris ...
.
De La Grana and his wife, Angie, reside in
Palmetto Bay with their six children.
See also
*
List of foreign NBA coaches
In the National Basketball Association (NBA), foreign coaches—also known as international coaches—are those who were born outside the United States.
This list includes all international coaches who have been assistant and/or head coach in t ...
References
External links
* Coach information a
Basketball-reference.com
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1961 births
Living people
American basketball scouts
American sportspeople of Cuban descent
Basketball coaches from Florida
Cuban emigrants to the United States
Liberty University alumni
Miami Heat assistant coaches
Miami Heat scouts
People from Palmetto Bay, Florida
Sioux Falls Skyforce coaches
Sportspeople from Havana
Sportspeople from Miami-Dade County, Florida