Paco Olmos
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Francisco Olmos Hernández (born July 10, 1970 in Valencia), usually known as Paco Olmos, is an Spanish
Spain
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 basketball
Basketball
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 coach
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, currently in the Spanish Liga ACB club Menorca Basquet.

Coaching career

Olmos coached inferior teams of Valencia BC until 1997, when he signed for CB Calpe of the EBA League
Liga EBA
Liga Española de Baloncesto Amateur is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth level in the Spanish basketball league system, behind Liga ACB, LEB Oro and LEB Plata. Is administered by the FEB.The Liga EBA is constituted by five groups...

. In 1999 he made his debut in the second Spanish division LEB League
Liga Española de Baloncesto
Liga Española de Baloncesto is the second league of the Spanish basketball league system behind the ACB. It is run by the FEB. The Liga Española de Baloncesto is divided into two categories and they are sponsored by Adecco. The names of the two leagues are Adecco Oro and Adecco Plata.The LEB league...

 with CB Inca
CB Inca
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; in the following year he continued in the same dvision, signing for CB Ciudad de Huelva
CB Ciudad de Huelva
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 (2000-01) and for CB Los Barrios (2001-2002).

After that, Olmos signed for Pamesa Valencia of ACB League, where he stayed during two years and achieved the best results of the club history: finalist of the 2002-2003 ACB League and 2002-03 ULEB Cup champions.

In June 2005 he became the coach of the Spain national under-20 basketball team
Spain national under-20 basketball team
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. Then he return to the LEB again, first coaching Aguas de Calpe (2005-2006), then CB Melilla (2006-2008) and afterwards, in July 2009, he became head coach of Menorca Basquet, reaching the second position in the regular league and winning the 2010 LEB Playoff, thus promoting the team to the ACB League.

Titles

  • National competitions:
  • 1 LEB
    LEB
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     Playoffs and promotion with Menorca Basquet: 2009/2010.

  • International competitions:
  • 1 ULEB Cup
    ULEB Cup
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     with Pamesa Valencia : 2002/03.

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