The club has brought back a former coach for a second stint with the club.
Valencia brings back Pedro Martinez as head coach
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Valencia Basket has reached back into a successful past to put head coach Pedro Martinez on its bench again with a two-year mandate, the club announced on Tuesday.
Martinez, 62, had previously coached Valencia for two seasons, from 2015 to 2017. He helped the team win its only Spanish League title in 2017 and also make to the BKT EuroCup Finals that year.
Martinez started his coaching career with Joventut Badalona, becoming the youngest coach ever to win a European trophy by leading Joventut to the 1989-90 Korac Cup crown at age 28. Martinez arrives from BAXI Manresa, where he worked for the last five seasons. It was his third stint with that club.
Martinez has also coached Salamanca, Granada, Ourense, Menorca, Tenerife, Dreamland Gran Canaria, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, Estudiantes, Girona and Sevilla, all of his native Spain. Martinez helped Girona reach the EuroCup final in 2008, and also made it to the BCL final with Manresa in 2022.
Martinez is one of two coaches, along with Aito Garcia Reneses, to work in over 1,000 Spanish League games. He has a 24-22 EuroLeague record (52.2% wins) with Baskonia and Gran Canaria, and a 73-33 EuroCup record (68.9% wins) with Gran Canaria, Estudiantes, Girona and Valencia.