Pedro Martínez (basketball)

Pedro Martínez
	Martínez, in 2017
Valencia Basket
Position	Head coach
League	Liga ACB; EuroCup
Personal information
Born	June 29, 1961 (age 63); Barcelona, Spain
Coaching career	1986–present
Career history
As coach:
1989–1990	Ram Joventut (assistant)
1990	Joventut Badalona
1990–1994	TDK Manresa
1994–1995	7up Joventut
1995–1996	Salamanca
1997–1998	Granada
1999–2000	Menorca
2001	Ourense
2001–2002	Tenerife
2002–2005	Gran Canaria
2005	Baskonia
2006–2007	Estudiantes
2007–2008	Girona
2008–2009	Sevilla
2009–2014	Gran Canaria
2014–2015	Manresa
2015–2017	Valencia
2017–2018	Baskonia
2019	Gran Canaria
2019–2024	Manresa
2024–present	Valencia
Career highlights and awards
	As head coach: Basketball Champions League Best Coach (2022); EuroCup Coach of the Year (2017); FIBA Korać Cup champion (1990); Spanish League champion (2017); Spanish Supercup winner (2005); 2× AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year (1994, 2017);

Pedro Martínez Sánchez (born 29 June 1961 in Barcelona) is a Spanish professional basketball coach for Valencia of the Liga ACB.

Coaching career

Martínez has coached Gran Canaria, Cajasol, Girona, Manresa, and Joventut.^[1] He led Joventut to win the 1989-90 Korać Cup, becoming, at age 28, the youngest coach ever to win a European trophy. This record stills holds as of 2024^[update].^[2]

He was appointed to the Sevilla head coach position in November 2008.^[3] He was voted the Spanish Basketball Coaches Association AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year in 1994. He was also named the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup's Coach of the Year in 2017.^[4] Also in that year, Martínez managed Valencia Basket to win their first Liga ACB. However, he did not continue in the team.^{[citation needed]}

On October 27, 2017, Martínez signed as Baskonia head coach, replacing Pablo Prigioni,^[5] twelve years after his previous experience in the Basque club. Baskonia made the 2017–18 EuroLeague playoffs, despite an initial 0-4 record when he joined the club. On November 16, 2018, Martínez parted ways with Baskonia after an opening 2-5 record in the EuroLeague, including the 99-84 road defeat at Budućnost VOLI.^[6]

In March 2019, Martínez returned to Gran Canaria, which was struggling in the EuroLeague and became the club's third coach of the season.^[7]

On June 24, 2019, Baxi Manresa announced the return of Martinez as head coach for the following season.^[8]

On May 29, 2024 Valencia Basket announced they had hired Martinez again as head coach for two seasons.^[2]

Coaching record

Legend
G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.