Pedro Ferrándiz González (20 November 1928 – 7 July 2022) was a Spanish

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coach. He is most famous for coaching

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basketball club in the 1960s and 1970s. The

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awarded him the Olympic Order in 1977. Ferrándiz was born in

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. He was made an inductee of the

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in April 2007. In 2008, he was named one of the

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. He was inducted into the

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in 2009.

Coaching career

Ferrándiz holds a record 12 titles in the Spanish League, 4 titles in the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called

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) and 11 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. He was the

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of the senior Spain national basketball team, from 1964 to 1965. He coached Spain at the

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. He died in 2022, aged 93.

Titles won

* 4× FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) Champion: 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1973–74 * 12× Spanish League Champion: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 * 11× Spanish King's Cup Winner: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

References

External links

Pedro Ferrandiz Foundation

Basketball Hall of Fame Ferrandiz Profile

FIBA Hall of Fame Ferrandiz Profile
1928 births 2022 deaths EuroLeague–winning coaches FIBA Hall of Fame inductees Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Real Madrid Baloncesto players Real Madrid basketball coaches Recipients of the Olympic Order Spanish men's basketball players Spanish basketball coaches Basketball players from Madrid Sportspeople from Alicante 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub

Coaching career

Titles won

See also

References

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