The experienced Catalan, who previously worked in Barcelona, Baskonia, Panathinaikos and Estudiantes, will join forces with Oded Kattash. Coach Kattash: “He was a significant part of winning teams”
“We are happy to add a very experienced assistant coach, who knows European basketball very well”, head coach Oded Kattash told maccabi.co.il. “He is a coach under whom leading players trained and was a significant part of winning teams. He is an impressive man who believes in teamwork and I have no doubt that he will contribute a lot”.
Josep Maria Berrocal was born in Barcelona on May 30th, 1970 and began coaching at a young age in Joventut Badalona’s youth academy and in other local teams. In 1997 he joined Barca and worked his way up until becoming the primary assistant coach in the senior team in 2002. He stayed there until 2010, when he made the jump to his first head coaching role with Budivelnyk Kiev.
Later on, Berrocal return to spain to lead Menorca and Alicante, before heading back to Ukraine to coach Donetsk. He moved on to Belfast for a year, before to an assistant coach role in Panathinaikos. In 2016 he returned home to Barcelona to work under Georgios Bartzokas, continued to Eskisehir in Turkey and Estudiantes in Spain.
In 2019, the Catalan he became the assistant of Du?ko Ivanovi? in Baskonia, helping the team to win the Spanish league. After that, he travelled to Bahrain to be the head coach of Al Muharraq and last year managed CB Prat, a second division club from a suburb of Barcelona.
In Berrocal’s resum? you can find two EuroLeague titles, four Spanish league titles, three Spanish cups, a Ukrainian championship and a league ascension with Menorca.
