Koy Banal

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Koy Banal
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Position Head coach
League PBA D-League
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Career information
College San Beda
Career history
As coach:
1998–1999 Pasig Pirates (assistant)
2000–2004 FEU
2004–2009 Magnolia Purewater Wizards
2005–2006 San Beda
2006–2012 B-Meg Llamados (assistant)
2011–2013 Arellano
2013–2014 Petron Blaze Boosters (assistant)
2014–2016 Barako Bull Energy
2016 Phoenix Fuel Masters
Career highlights and awards
As head coach

As assistant coach

Enrico "Koy" Banal, is a Filipino professional basketball head coach.

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Coaching career

Played as a Red Lion in his college days, [1] Banal has had extensive head coaching experience in the collegiate and amateur ranks. He called the shots for the PSBA Jaguars [1] in the late 90s with ex-pro Warren Ybañez as his main man. From 2000-2004, he was the head coach of the FEU Tamaraws in the UAAP, bannered by future PBA MVP Arwind Santos, Denok Miranda, Mark Isip, Cesar Catli. He won two championships for FEU from 2003 to 2004 (Due to La Salle's ineligible players which led them to give up the 2004 championship trophy due to the scandal that leaked out the following year and forfeiting all their wins from 2003-2005).

Midway through the 2005 NCAA season, he was hired as head coach of his alma mater, San Beda Red Lions, [1] and in 2006, he guided the team to their first championship after 28 years. He was awarded as Coach of the Year. [2] Citing differences with the management, he was unceremoniously dumped as head coach of the Red Lions in 2007.

He then jumped to the pros as an assistant coach to Ryan Gregorio at Purefoods, and back in the collegiate ranks in 2011, coaching Arellano University. [3] After his stint at Arellano in 2013, he was appointed assistant coach to Siot Tanquincen and was then promoted to head coach a day before the start of the 2014-15 PBA season replacing Tanquincen. [4] On May 31, 2016, Banal was fired by the Phoenix Fuel Masters after rumors emerged that Banal was going to return to one of the teams San Miguel Corporation owned (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, San Miguel Beermen, and Star Hotshots). [5] He was replaced by former Westports Malaysia Dragons Ariel Vanguardia. [6]

To this date, he is one of only a handful of coaches to win championships in both UAAP and NCAA. [7]

Coaching record

Collegiate record

SeasonTeamElimination roundPlayoffs
GPWLPCTFinishGPWLPCTResults
2000 FEU 1495.6433rd422.500Runners-up
2001 FEU 1486.5713rd101.000Semifinals
2002 FEU 1468.4295thEliminated
2003 FEU 14113.7862nd4401.000Champions
2004 FEU 14113.7861st422.500Championsa
2005 SBC 734.4297thEliminated
2006 SBC 14131.9291st431.750Champions
2012 AU 18612.3338thEliminated
2013 AU 18810.4446thEliminated
Totals1277552.59017116.6473 championships

aWon over UE in the semifinals, lost to La Salle in the finals. The 2004 championship was later awarded to FEU by technicality.

PBA

SeasonConferenceTeamElimination roundPlayoffs
GPWLPCTFinishGPWLPCTResults
2014–15 Philippine Cup Barako Bull 1147.3649th101.000Quarterfinals (1st phase)
Commissioner's Cup 1156.4557th101.000Quarterfinals
Governors' Cup 1165.5456th101.000Quarterfinals
2015–16 Philippine Cup Barako Bull 1156.4558th101.000Quarterfinals (1st phase)
Commissioner's Cup Phoenix 1138.27311th Eliminated
Career total552332.418Playoff total404.0000 championship

Personal life

Banal is the younger brother of former PBA, UAAP and NCAA coach Joel Banal and has a son Jonathan Banal, a former point guard for the Mapúa Cardinals in the NCAA. [8]

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References

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Preceded by FEU Tamaraws men's basketball head coach
20002004
Succeeded by
Preceded by San Beda Red Lions men's basketball head coach
20052006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Arellano Chiefs men's basketball head coach
2011–2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Barako Bull Energy Head Coach
2014–2016
Succeeded by
team renamed as Phoenix Fuel Masters