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

Coaching career

Played as a Red Lion in his college days, Banal has had extensive head coaching experience in the collegiate and amateur ranks. He called the shots for the PSBA Jaguars in the late 90s with ex-pro

Warren Ybañez Warren Ybañez (born September 14, 1979) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Marikina Shoemasters of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 27th overall by Coca-Cola in 2004. He had st ...

as his main man. From 2000-2004, he was the head coach of the

FEU Tamaraws The FEU Tamaraws and Lady Tamaraws are the varsity teams of Far Eastern University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). The university's high school varsity teams are called the ''FEU-D Baby Tamaraws, Baby Tamaraws'' ...

in the UAAP, bannered by future PBA MVP

Arwind Santos Arwind Anaya Santos (; born June 10, 1981) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Basilan Viva Portmasters of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Amateur career High school career Born in Angeles City, Philippine ...

Denok Miranda Dennis Ellera "Denok" Miranda (born July 14, 1982), is a Filipino professional basketball coach and former player. He is the head coach for the FEU Tamaraws. He played majority of his career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was ...

Mark Isip Mark Gracer P. Isip (born December 10, 1980 ) is a Filipino professional basketball coach and former player. Isip played college basketball for the FEU Tamaraws, where he is currently an assistant coach. He was then drafted sixth overall by the ...

, Cesar Catli. He won two championships for FEU from

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

(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,

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, and in

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, he guided the team to their first championship after 28 years. He was awarded as Coach of the Year. 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 Paul Ryan C. Gregorio (born April 7, 1972) and nicknamed by some as "Coach R.G." is a Filipino professional basketball coach. He was head coach of the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association from 2010 to 2014. Gregorio began his ...

at Purefoods, and back in the collegiate ranks in 2011, coaching

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. After his stint at Arellano in 2013, he was appointed assistant coach to

Siot Tanquincen Bethune "Siot" Tanquingcen is a Filipino professional basketball head coach. He is currently an assistant coach for the NU Bulldogs and the NLEX Road Warriors. As coach, Tanquingcen has won three PBA championships: two with Barangay Ginebra Sa ...

and was then promoted to head coach a day before the start of the 2014-15 PBA season replacing Tanquincen. 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

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owned (

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, and

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). He was replaced by former

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Ariel Vanguardia Ariel Vanguardia (born September 29, 1972) is a Filipino professional basketball coach who currently serves as the head coach for the Manila Batang Sampaloc of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Coaching career Assistant Vangua ...

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

Coaching record

Collegiate record

PBA

Personal life

Banal is the younger brother of former PBA, UAAP and NCAA coach

Joel Banal Joel Banal (born February 6, 1958) is a retired Filipino professional basketball player, and former head coach in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the former commissioner of the now-defunct Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (P ...

and has a son Jonathan Banal, a former point guard for the Mapúa Cardinals in the NCAA.

References

Living people Filipino men's basketball coaches Barako Bull Energy Boosters coaches Arellano University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) FEU Tamaraws basketball coaches San Beda Red Lions basketball coaches San Beda Red Lions basketball players Arellano Chiefs basketball coaches Phoenix Fuel Masters coaches Magnolia Hotshots coaches San Miguel Beermen coaches {{Philippines-basketball-bio-stub