Joel Banal
{{short description|Filipino basketball player and coach}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=April 2023}}
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| nationality = Filipino
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|02|06|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Manila, Philippines
| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4
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| college = Mapúa
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| career_start = 1982
| career_end = 1985
| coach_start = 1987
| coach_end = 2012
| years1 = 1982–1985
| team1 = Great Taste Coffee Makers
| cyears1 = 1987–1997
| cteam1 = Mapúa
| cyears2 = 1993–1997; 2005–2011
| cteam2 = Alaska Aces (assistant)
| cyears3 = 1998–2001
| cteam3 = Pasig Pirates
| cyears4 = 2002–2003
| cteam4 = Ateneo de Manila
| cyears5 = 2002–2003
| cteam5 = Talk 'N Text Phone Pals (assistant)
| cyears6 = 2003–2005
| cteam6 = Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
| cyears7 = 2011–2012
| cteam7 = Alaska Aces
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As player:
As head coach:
- PBA champion (2003 All-Filipino)
- 2× NCAA Philippines champion (1990, 1991)
- UAAP champion (2002)
As assistant coach:
- 8× PBA champion (1994 Governors', 1995 Governors', 1996 All-Filipino, 1996 Commissioner's, 1996 Governors', 1997 Governors', 2007 Fiesta, 2010 Fiesta)
- Grand Slam champion (1996)
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Joel Banal (born February 6, 1958) is a retired Filipino professional basketball player, and former head coach in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the former commissioner of the now-defunct Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL).{{cite news|url=http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Sports&title=banal-as-pcbl-commissioner&id=123714|title=Banal as PCBL commissioner|newspaper=BusinessWorld|last=Joble|first=Rey|date=February 28, 2016|access-date=March 1, 2016}} Banal is the only head coach to win championships in the NCAA, UAAP, PBL, and the PBA.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/prayers-well-wishes-after-champion-coach-joel-banal-suffers-heart-attack-a793-20180820|title=Prayers, well wishes after champion coach Joel Banal suffers heart attack|publisher=Spin.PH|last=Ramos|first=Gerry|date=August 20, 2018|access-date=October 8, 2020}}
Profile
=Playing career=
Banal played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before venturing into professional basketball with the Great Taste Coffee Makers in the PBA from 1982–1985 where he got an injury. After his semi-retirement from the PBA, he worked as a circulation director of The Philippine Star.{{cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/young-star/163913/joel-banal-he-got-game|title=Joel Banal: He got game|newspaper=The Philippine Star|date=June 8, 2002|access-date=March 11, 2016}}
=Coaching career=
His first coaching stint was for RC Cola team played in the Philippine Basketball League.{{cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/starweek-magazine/215160/coach-joel-banal-coachingbyfaith|title=COACH JOEL BANAL: coachingbyfaith|newspaper=The Philippine Star|last=Estabillo|first=Matthew|date=July 27, 2003|access-date=March 11, 2016}}
He was previously the head coach of the collegiate teams Mapua Cardinals in the NCAA, Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP (won the 2002 UAAP title), the Casino Rubbing Alcohol and Hapee Nenaco in the PBL, and the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in the PBA, where he won championships in all of the four leagues.{{cite web|last1=Joble|first1=Rey|title=Joel Banal in contact with Tim Cone, willing to join San Mig Coffee as assistant coach|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/joel-banal-in-contact-with-tim-cone-willing-to-join-san-mig-coffee-as-assistant-coach|website=www.interaksyon.com|publisher=Sports5|access-date=May 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525011533/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/joel-banal-in-contact-with-tim-cone-willing-to-join-san-mig-coffee-as-assistant-coach|archive-date=May 25, 2014|url-status=dead}} He is also the assistant coach of the Pasig Pirates in the Metropolitan Basketball Association.
In 2011, he replaced longtime head coach Tim Cone as coach of the Alaska Aces after serving as Cone's longtime deputy.{{cite web|last1=Tordecilla|first1=Jaemark|title=Tim Cone, Alaska part ways|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/tim-cone-alaska-part-ways|website=www.interaksyon.com|publisher=Sports5|access-date=September 1, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926190325/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/tim-cone-alaska-part-ways|archive-date=September 26, 2011}} He stepped down from the position in 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/pcbl-commissioner-joel-banal-still-leaving-door-open-for-possible-coaching-stint-in-the-future|title=Joel Banal returns to basketball as PCBL commissioner, leaves door open for coaching comeback|publisher=Spin.ph|last=Ramos|first=Gerry|date=March 4, 2016|access-date=March 11, 2016}}
Shortly after his resignation, Banal focused on his family-owned school business, Domuschola International School where he was the president until 2015.
=PCBL commissioner=
In 2016, Banal returned to basketball after he appointed as the league commissioner of Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League starting this 2016 Chairman's Cup. He will take over the position from Ato Badolato.
Coaching records
=Collegiate record=
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| rowspan=2|Season
! ! colspan="5" |Eliminations | colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||
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| Team | Finish
!GP !W | L | PCT | PG | W | L | PCT | Results | |
| 1997
|MIT | 4th
|12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Stepladder round 2 |
| 2002
| rowspan="2" |ADMU | 3rd
|14 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | Champions |
| 2003 | 1st
|14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | Runner-up |
| colspan="3" | Totals (since 1997)
!40 | 27 | 13 | .675 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 1 championship |
= PBA record =
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! rowspan="2" |Team ! rowspan="2" |Season ! rowspan="2" |Conference ! colspan="5" |Elims./Clas. round ! colspan="5" |Playoffs |
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!W !L !PCT !Finish !PG !W !L !PCT !Results |
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| Talk 'N Text
|2003 |bgcolor="#FFD700"|All-Filipino Cup |bgcolor="#FFD700"|9 |bgcolor="#FFD700"|6 |bgcolor="#FFD700"|3 |bgcolor="#FFD700"|.666 |bgcolor="#FFD700"|3rd (in Group B) |bgcolor="#FFD700"|14 |bgcolor="#FFD700"|9 |bgcolor="#FFD700"|5 |bgcolor="#FFD700"|.643 |bgcolor="#FFD700"|Won PBA championship |
| rowspan="3" |Talk 'N Text
| colspan="2" |2004 Fiesta (Transitional) |18 |11 |7 |.611 |4th |6 |4 |2 |.000 |Won Third Place |
| rowspan="2" |2004–05
|18 |12 |6 |.667 |2nd |9 |7 |2 |.778 |Lost in the finals |
| Fiesta
|18 |12 |6 |.667 |1st |9 |4 |5 |.444 |Lost in the finals |
| rowspan="2" |Talk 'N Text
| rowspan="2" |2005–06 |16 |9 |7 |.563 |4th |5 |3 |2 |.600 |Lost in the quarterfinals |
| Philippine Cup
|16 |6 |10 |.375 |8th |3 |0 |3 |.000 |Lost in the wildcard single round-robin |
| rowspan="2" |Alaska
| rowspan="2" |2011–12 |11 |3 |8 |.273 |11th |— |— |— |— |Missed Playoffs |
| Commissioner's Cup
|9 |5 |4 |.556 |4th |3 |1 |2 |.000 |Lost in the quarterfinals |
| colspan="3" |Totals
!115 !64 !51 !.557 !Playoff Totals !49 !28 !21 !.571 !1 PBA championship |
Personal life
Banal is the elder brother of former Phoenix Fuel Masters head coach Koy Banal.{{cite web|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/banal-cousins-hope-to-live-up-to-family-legacy-with-pba-draft-dreams|title=Banal cousins hope to live up to family legacy with PBA Draft dreams|work=InterAksyon.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231519/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/banal-cousins-hope-to-live-up-to-family-legacy-with-pba-draft-dreams|archive-date=March 4, 2016}} His older brother, Conrad, served as the business writer for newspapers Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star and was once a player for the Ateneo men's basketball team.
References
{{Reflist}}
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{{succession box
|before = Valerio Lopez
|after = Bong Ramos
|title = Mapua Cardinals men's basketball head coach
|years = 1987-1997
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{{succession box
|before = Joe Lipa
|after = Sandy Arespacochaga
|title = Ateneo Blue Eagles men's basketball head coach
}}
{{succession box
|before = Paul Woolpert
|after = Derrick Pumaren
|title = Talk 'N Text Phone Pals head coach
|years = 2003-2005
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{{succession box
|before = Tim Cone
|after = Luigi Trillo
|title= Alaska Aces Head Coach
|years = 2011-2012
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{{succession box
|before = Ato Batolato
|after = Final (ceased)
|title= Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League commissioner
|years = 2016
}}
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{{Alaska Aces}}
{{Great Taste Coffee Makers 1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference Champions}}
{{Great Taste Coffee Makers 1984 PBA Invitational Conference Champions}}
{{Great Taste Coffee Makers 1985 PBA Open Conference Champions}}
{{Great Taste Coffee Makers 1985 PBA All-Filipino Conference Champions}}
{{Ateneo Blue Eagles 2002-2003 UAAP Men's Senior Basketball Champions}}
{{Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup Champions}}
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