Hernando Planells

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Hernando L. Planells [1] [2] (born November 4, 1976) is an American basketball coach. He is a former associate head coach of Duke Blue Devils women's basketball, former assistant coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League and former head coach of the Basketball Japan League (BJ) team Ryukyu Golden Kings. [3] 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 Slamball team.

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Early life and family

Planells was born in Los Angeles to mother, Carmen Waga-Pangan from Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, and father, Hernando Sr. from Spain. Hernando has two amazing kids currently both in college, named Preston and Gabrielle. Preston is a Division 1 athlete at the University of Utah and Gabrielle is a musical theater major at Chico State.

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 Ryukyu Golden Kings, 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. [4]

Slamball coaching record

TeamYearRegular SeasonPost Season
WonLostWin %FinishWonLostResult
Bouncers 200254.5563rd01Lost in semi-finals
Bouncers 200346.4006th––Did not qualify
Total910.474-01-

Head coaching record in Japan

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %
TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
Ryukyu Golden Kings 2007-08441034.2275th in Western---–-

Film credits

Planells' experience and background has allowed him to be a basketball choreographer for Reelsports Solutions, on motion pictures. He choreographed the basketball scenes and trained the actors on movies and commercials.

In 2001 Planells, also known as Coach "H," was named the head coach for the Bouncers on TV SPIKE TV's smash hit SLAMBALL. His two-year run with the Bouncers saw them qualify for the playoffs, lead the league in scoring and being voted the most "exciting team in Slamball". In 2004–2005 he was hired to train the athletes of "Extreme Dodgeball", 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 Yuta Tabuse for Nissay Insurance.

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References

  1. ↑ Herando Planells Jr.
  2. ↑ "Hernando L Planells was born on November 4, 1976 in Los Angeles County, California". californiabirthindex.org. California Birth Index . Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ http://www.asia-basket.com/JPN/d3.asp
  4. ↑ "Jessup Athletics Announces Hernando Planells to Take Over Women's Basketball Program". William Jessup University Athletics. July 6, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
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