Moncho Fernández

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Vidal.

Moncho Fernández

Moncho Fernández and Víctor Pérez coaching Obradoiro CAB
Bàsquet Girona
Position	Head coach
League	Liga ACB
Personal information
Born	(1969-09-19) September 19, 1969 (age 55) Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
Coaching career	2000–present
Career history
As coach:
2000–2002	Gijón Baloncesto (assistant)
2002–2004	Gijón Baloncesto
2004–2006	Breogán (assistant)
2006–2009	Villa de Los Barrios
2009–2010	Murcia
2010–2024	Obradoiro CAB
2024–present	Bàsquet Girona
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: 1× Copa Príncipe champion (2011) 10× Copa Galicia (2010–2017, 2019, 2023) 1× Promotion to Liga ACB (2011) Most number of consecutive seasons in the same Liga ACB team (13 consecutive seasons with Obradoiro CAB)

Ramón Fernández Vidal (born 19 September 1969), known as Moncho Fernández, is a Spanish basketball coach who is the current head coach for Bàsquet Girona of the Liga ACB. He is nicknamed as The Alchemist.[1] He holds the record for the most number of consecutive seasons in the same ACB team, having coached Obradoiro CAB for 13 seasons in Liga ACB. Moncho was the head coach of Obradoiro CAB from 2010 to 2024. He is widely regarded as the best Galician basketball head coach of all time.

Coaching career

Moncho started his coaching career with Moncho López as the assistant coach of Gijón Baloncesto in 2000. After the relegation of the club from Liga ACB in the 2001–02, he took the lead of the club during the next two seasons.

In 2005, Moncho came back to Liga ACB, again as assistant of Moncho López, this time to Leche Río Breogán. He left the club after a new relegation, for joining CB Villa de Los Barrios, of the LEB Oro league, as head coach.[2] He qualified the Andalusians to a LEB Oro Final Four in 2009. Just after being defeated in the semifinals, the club would be dissolved and consequently, Moncho left it.

In 2009, Moncho debuted in ACB with CB Murcia, but he would leave the club in December 2009, after earning only two wins in eleven games.[3]

After one year without managing any team, on 2 July 2010, Moncho signed with his home city team Obradoiro CAB.[4] In his first season, he promoted the Galician team to the Liga ACB after winning the 2011 LEB Oro Playoffs.

He qualified Obradoiro for the 2013 ACB Playoffs, but was eliminated in the first round by Real Madrid.

In 2016, Moncho coached Obradoiro CAB in the Copa del Rey de Baloncesto.

In 2018, Moncho coached Obradoiro CAB in the Supercopa de España de Baloncesto.

In 2023, Moncho coached Obradoiro CAB in the Basketball Champions League.

Moncho left Obradoiro CAB on 16 May 2024.

Moncho became Bàsquet Girona's head coach in December 2024, replacing Fotios Katsikaris when the Catalans found themselves at the bottom of the Liga ACB.[5]

Head coaching record

Legend
G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Obradoiro CAB

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Result
Obradoiro CAB	2010–11	34	28	6	.824	2nd in LEB Oro
	2011–12	34	13	21	.382	13th in Liga Endesa
	2012–13	34	18	16	.529	8th in Liga Endesa
	2013–14	34	13	21	.382	12th in Liga Endesa
	2014–15	34	15	19	.441	12th in Liga Endesa
	2015–16	34	10	24	.294	15th in Liga Endesa
	2016–17	32	11	21	.344	13th in Liga Endesa
	2017–18	34	14	20	.412	12th in Liga Endesa
	2018–19	34	11	23	.324	15th in Liga Endesa
	2019–20	23	9	14	.391	14th in Liga Endesa
	2020–21	36	12	24	.333	14th in Liga Endesa
	2021–22	34	12	22	.353	15th in Liga Endesa
	2022–23	34	14	20	.412	11th in Liga Endesa
	2023–24	34	11	23	.324	17th in Liga Endesa
Career		467	191	276	.409

Honours

• Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (1)
  • 2011
• Copa Galicia: (10)
  • 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2023.
• Promotion to Liga ACB: (1)
  • 2011
• Most number of consecutive seasons in the same Liga ACB team
  • 13 consecutive seasons with Obradoiro CAB

See also

• Obradoiro CAB

References

1. "Moncho Fernández, el alquimista que pudo trabajar con oro" (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
2. "Moncho Fernández dirigirá a Los Barrios" (in Spanish). Solobasket. 25 May 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
3. "Moncho Fernández, destituido como técnico del Murcia" (in Spanish). Marca. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
4. "Moncho Fernández dirigirá al Obradoiro" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
5. "MONCHO FERNÁNDEZ VIDAL, NOU ENTRENADOR DEL BÀSQUET GIRONA". Bàsquet Girona (in Catalan). 16 December 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

External links

• Profile at ACB.com