Porfirio Fisac
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| 2018–2020 | Zaragoza | ||||||||||||||
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| 2020–2022 | Gran Canaria | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Zaragoza | ||||||||||||||
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Porfirio Fisac de Diego (born January 24, 1965) is a Spanish
Coaching career
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Born in
In 2004, Fisac signed with
"I never felt so messed up for anything and I only can compare it with the death of my father."
— Porfirio Fisac, after the relegation of GBC.[2]
In the club's debut season in LEB, despite finishing the regular season in the sixth position, Gipuzkoa BC completed a perfect playoff with seven wins and no defeats and promoted to the Liga ACB. In the next season, he could not avoid the last position and ended his stage at Gipuzkoa. Fisac compared the relegation of the club with the death of his father.[2]
After one season without coaching, Fisac took the helm of freshly relegated from Liga ACB CB Valladolid and achieved the promotion in his first season, and qualified the team to the Copa del Rey in 2011. He ended the contract in that year and signed with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, where he was sacked.
Two years later, he came back to Valladolid, for coaching the club in their last season before relegation and in 2015, after starting the season with Palencia Baloncesto, he left the team as leader of the LEB Oro with a 9–1 record for agreeing terms with Gipuzkoa Basket. Fisac could not avoid finally their relegation, but he achieved a third promotion to Liga ACB in the next season.
In March 2016, Fisac was hired as manager of the
On 30 May 2018, despite avoiding successfully the relegation from Liga ACB, Fisac resigned to continue at the helm of GBC. He alleged he feels he "completed the cycle".[5]
Two weeks later, Fisac signed a two-year contract with Tecnyconta Zaragoza.[6]
On July 8, 2020, he has signed with Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB.[7]
References
- ^ "Porfirio Fisac De Diego, sélectionneur de l'équipe nationale masculine : Le parcours de combattant du nouveau patron de la "Tanière"". rts.sn. 19 September 2017.
- ^ Diario Vasco. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Porfi Fisac, nuevo seleccionador de Senegal; objetivo: Afrobasket 2017". Solobasket. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Porfi Fisac, seleccionador de Senegal". Mundo Deportivo. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Porfi Fisac: "Siento que he completado el ciclo"" [Porfi Fisac: "I feel I completed the cycle"] (in Spanish). ACB.com. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Porfirio Fisac, nuevo entrenador de Tecnyconta Zaragoza" [Porfirio Fisac, new coach of Tecnyconta Zaragoza] (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Porfirio Fisac hired as new head coach of Gran Canaria". Sportando. July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
External links
- ACB profile (in Spanish)