Hernando L. Planells (born November 4, 1976) is an American basketball coach. He is a former associate head coach of

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, former assistant coach of the

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of the NBA Development League and former head coach of the Basketball Japan League (BJ) team

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. Planells has coached at the high school, college and professional ranks. He has also choreographed basketball action in movies and commercials. He was also the head coach of the Bouncers

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team.

Early life and family

Planells was born in Los Angeles to mother, Carmen Waga-Pangan from Cagayan de Oro City in the Southern

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and father, Hernando Sr. from Spain.

Coaching career

Planells has one of the most diverse backgrounds in basketball in both coaching and player development. He has coached at every level including a stint with the Maine Red Claws from 2010-11 of the NBA Development League. Planells has also spoken at coaching clinics and conducts player development camps all over the United States and in countries such as Japan, Philippines, Australia, Switzerland and Taiwan. In 2011, he founded ELITE athlete training, which specialized in personal training and consulting services for athletes. Through his work with ELITE, he trained and assisted over 100 athletes reach their goal of gaining a college scholarship or playing professionally. From 2005-10, Planells served as a scout for Marty Blake, who is the Director of Scouting for the NBA. In his role as a scout, Planells put together scouting reports evaluating NBA prospects which were circulated to every NBA general manager and player personnel director. In 2008, Planells returned to the United States after serving as head coach of the

, an expansion team that is a part of the BJ League (Basketball Japan). For the 2006-07 season, he served as the head basketball coach for The Hollywood Fame, a team that participated in the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 2005, Planells was named the first head coach of the Wyoming Golden Eagles out of the All-American Professional Basketball League. At that time, the 28-year-old was the youngest professional basketball coach in the country. In 2020, Planells was named head coach of the women's basketball team for William Jessup University.

Slamball coaching record

Head coaching record in Japan

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Film credits

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", the highest rated show on the Game Show Network. In 2006 Planells teamed up with Radiant Pictures and choreographed a Japanese basketball commercial featuring Japanese Basketball superstar

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Plannels, Hernando 1976 births Living people American Basketball Association (2000–present) coaches American expatriate basketball people in Japan American men's basketball coaches American people of Spanish descent American sportspeople of Filipino descent Basketball coaches from California Basketball players from Los Angeles Citrus Owls men's basketball coaches Maine Red Claws coaches High school basketball coaches in the United States Ryukyu Golden Kings coaches UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball coaches