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| name            = Manuel Peña Garcés
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| cyears1         = 2013–2018
| cteam1          = [[Reading Rockets]]
| cyears2         = 2016-2017, 2017-2018
| cteam2          = [[England men's national basketball team|England U15]]
| cyears3         = 2018–2021
| cteam3          = [[Casademont Zaragoza]] (assistant)
| cyears4         = 2021-2022
| cteam4          = [[Stadium Casablanca]] (technical director)
| cyears5         = 2022–2023
| cteam5          = [[Gran Canaria]] (assistant)
| cyears6         = 2023
| cteam6          = [[Shenzhen Leopards]]
| cyears7         = 2024
| cteam7          = [[Satria Muda Pertamina]]
| cyears8 = 2024-present
| cteam8 = [[Kagoshima Rebnise]]
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| highlights      = '''As head coach:'''
* [[National Basketball League (England)|NBL Division 1]] champion (2014)
* [[National Basketball League (England)|NBL Division 1]] National Cup Winner (2014)
* [[National Basketball League (England)|NBL Division 1]] National Trophy Winner (2014)
'''As assistant coach:'''
* [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] champion ([[2022–23 EuroCup Basketball|2023]])
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| image           = Manuel Peña Tiempo Muerto Final Copa 2015.jpg
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| birth_place     = [[Castellón de la Plana, Spain]]
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| caption         = Manuel Peña Garcés in time out during the National Cup Final 2015
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'''Manuel Peña Garcés''' (born 2 January 1983) is a Spanish [[basketball]] coach, who is currently the head coach of [[Kagoshima Rebnise]] of the [[B.League]]. He was last coaching at [[Satria Muda Pertamina]] of the [[Indonesian Basketball League]] (IBL) and [[CB Gran Canaria|Gran Canaria]] at [[Liga ACB|Liga Endesa]] and the [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] as assistant coach alongside head coach [[Jaka Lakovič|Jaka Lakovic]], they won the EuroCup title in 2023.
==Coaching career==
During 2021–2022 he served as Sporting Technical Director at [[Stadium Casablanca]] after serving three years at [[Basket Zaragoza]] as Assistant Coach in Liga Endesa. He spent five seasons at [[Reading Rockets]] in English NBL1 where they got different achievements (1 Regular League, 1 National Cup and 1 Trophy) arriving to different finals and increasing the structure of the club; meanwhile Manuel Pena was Head Coach and Technical Director.
He alsos served as the head coach of the U15 men's English National Team<ref>{{Cite web |title=Squad U15M Basketball England 2018 |url=https://www.hoopsfix.com/2018/06/initial-england-under-15s-squad-announced/}}</ref> in the years 2016–2017 and 2017–2018.
From 2011 through to 2018, he taught at the level 3 CES course for coaches under the [[Spanish Basketball Federation]] FEB.
Additionally, he is a co-founder of SportCoach, a platform focused on development, education, and training for coaches.
==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05h188y? Interview Manuel Peña Preseason 2017-2018 BBC]
* [http://www.hoopsfix.com/2016/12/basketball-england-announce-national-team-coaching-staff/ Article in Hoopsfix about National Team Coaching Staff 2017]
* [http://www.feb.es/2017/10/23/baloncesto/los-reading-rockets-vibran-con-visita-museo-feb/72520.aspx Article about the visit of JMA Reading Rockets Academy to Spanish Federation Museum 2017]
* [http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/14691104.Reading_Rockets_offer_coaching_clinic_with_Manuel_Pena_Garces/ Article in the Reading Chronicle about Coaching Clinic in preseason 2016-2017]
* [https://cantharus.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/a-life-in-the-day-manuel-pena-garces-head-coach-ebl-1-and-technical-director-of-the-reading-rockets-mens-basketball-team/ Article about a life in the day of Basketball Coach 2015]
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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:CB Gran Canaria coaches]]