José Vicente "Pepu" Hernández Fernández (born 11 February 1958) is a Spanish former professional

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Coaching career

Club coaching career

During his

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career, Hernández won the

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in 2000, and the AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year award in 2004, while he was the

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of Estudiantes.

National team coaching career

Between 2006 and June 2008, Hernández was the head coach of the senior

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, that won the gold medal at the

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, and the silver medal at the

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Awards and accomplishments

CB Estudiantes

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runner-up: 1999 *

winner: 2000 * Spanish League runner-up: 2004 * AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year: 2004

Spanish senior national team

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Political career

On 30 January 2019, it was announced that Hernández would run in the

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's primary election to select the party challenger to become Mayor of Madrid (vis-à-vis the

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), facing Manuel de la Rocha and Chema Dávila as rivals. He won the primary election and ran for

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finishing in an all-time-worst fourth place for a PSOE candidate with just 13.7% of the vote. He is not the only former Spanish men's national basketball team coach in politics.

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also entered politics, joining

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References

External links

Spanish League Coach Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Pepu 1958 births Living people CB Estudiantes coaches Joventut Badalona coaches Liga ACB head coaches Spanish basketball coaches Madrid city councillors (2019–2023)