{{Short description|Spanish professional basketball coach}} {{Other people|Eduardo Torres}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Edu Torres | image = EduTorres.jpg | image_size = | caption = | position = Head coach | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = 154 | league = FIBA Asia | team = Thailand national team | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|5|26}} | birth_place = Barcelona, Spain | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | draft_round = | draft_team = | career_start = | career_end = | coach_start = 1985 | coach_end = | highlights = '''As head coach''' * AEEB Spanish Coach of the Year (2002) * ABL Coach of the Year (2016–17) | medaltemplates = }}
'''Eduard Torres Girbau''' (born May 26, 1964) is a Spanish professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Thai national team.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2025/pre-qualifiers/news/thailand-take-inspiration-from-spain-s-summer-success-heading-into-pre-qualifiers | title=Thailand take inspiration from Spain's summer success heading into Pre-Qualifiers }}</ref>
== Coach career == *1985–86 {{flagicon|ESP}} Joventut Badalona (youth team) *1987–96 {{flagicon|AND}} Festina Andorra *1997–99 {{flagicon|ESP}} Climalia León *1999–03 {{flagicon|ESP}} Caprabo Lleida *2003–06 {{flagicon|ESP}} Akasvayu Girona *2006–09 {{flagicon|ESP}} Plus Pujol Lleida *2009–10 {{flagicon|ESP}} CB Murcia *2011–12 {{flagicon|ESP}} Força Lleida CE *2013–14 {{flagicon|MEX}} Huracanes de Tampico *2014–15 {{flagicon|CHN}} {{ill|Hunan Snow Wolves|zh|湖南柏寧籃球俱樂部}} *2016 {{flagicon|VEN}} Toros de Aragua *2016–19 {{flagicon|HKG}} Eastern Long Lions *2020 {{flagicon|VEN}} Guaiqueríes de Margarita *2021–22 {{flagicon|MEX}} Halcones de Xalapa *2022–present {{flagicon|THA}} Thai national team
== Honours == '''Plus Pujol Lleida'''
*'''LEB Champions: 1''' **2001 *'''ACB Catalan League Champions: 2''' **2002, 2003 *'''LEB Catalan League Champion: 2''' **2007, 2008 *'''AEEB Coach of the Year: 1''' **2002 *'''ASEAN Basketball League: 1''' **2016–17 *'''ABL Coach of the Year: 1''' **2016–17<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/long-lions-take-home-three-awards-parks-named-abl-local-mvp/|title=Long Lions Take Home Three Awards, Parks Named ABL Local MVP|publisher=ASEANBasketballLeague.com|date=23 April 2017|accessdate=25 April 2017}}</ref>
==Coaching record== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- !Team !Year !G !W !L !W–L% !Finish !PG !PW !PL !Result |- | align="left" |Festina Andorra | align="left" |1992–93 |31||15||16||.484|| align="center" |12th||2||0||2 | align="center" |Lost ACB First Round |- | align="left" |Festina Andorra | align="left" |1993–94 |28||18||10||.643|| align="center" |9th||4||2||2 | align="center" |Lost ACB First Round |- | align="left" |Festina Andorra | align="left" |1994–95 |38||20||18||.526|| align="center" |8th||2||0||2 | align="center" |Lost ACB First Round |- | align="left" |Festina Andorra | align="left" |1995–96 |38||10||28||.263|| align="center" |19th||4||1||3 | align="center" |Relegated |- | align="left" |León Caja España | align="left" |1997–98 |34||14||20||.412|| align="center" |11th||0||0||0 | align="center" |Lost ACB First Round |- | align="left" |León Caja España | align="left" |1998–99 |34||13||21||.382|| align="center" |6th||0||0||0 | align="center" |- |- | align="left" |Caprabo Lleida | align="left" |1999–00 |30||19||11||.633|| align="center" |4th||10||5||5 | align="center" |Lost LEB Semifinals |- | align="left" |Caprabo Lleida | align="left" |2000–01 |30||22||8||.733|| align="center" |1st||9||7||2 | align="center" |'''Won LEB Championship''' |- | align="left" |Caprabo Lleida | align="left" |2001–02 |34||19||15||.559|| align="center" |8th||4||1||3 | align="center" |Lost ACB First Round |- | align="left" |Caprabo Lleida | align="left" |2002–03 |34||16||18||.471|| align="center" |11th||0||0||0 | align="center" |- |- | align="left" |Caprabo Lleida | align="left" |2003–04 |15||5||10||.333|| align="center" |-||0||0||0 | align="center" |- |- | align="left" |Casademont Girona | align="left" |2003–04 |15||9||6||.600|| align="center" |13th||0||0||0 | align="center" |- |- | align="left" |Casademont Girona | align="left" |2004–05 |34||11||23||.324|| align="center" |16th||0||0||0 | align="center" |- |- | align="left" |Casademont Girona | align="left" |2005–06 |34||18||16||.530|| align="center" |7th||4||1||3 | align="center" |Lost ACB First Round |- | align="left" |Plus Pujol Lleida | align="left" |2006–07 |32||17||15||.531|| align="center" |10th||0||0||0 | align="center" |- |- | align="left" |Plus Pujol Lleida | align="left" |2007–08 |34||19||15||.559|| align="center" |6th||3||1||2 | align="center" |Lost LEB Oro First Round |- | align="left" |Plus Pujol Lleida | align="left" |2008–09 |34||18||16||.529|| align="center" |10th||0||0||0 | align="center" |- |- | align="left" |Murcia | align="left" |2009–10 |23||3||20||.130|| align="center" |18th||0||0||0 | align="center" |Relegated |- | align="left" |'''Career''' | ||572||266||286||.465|| ||42||18||24 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070826101331/http://www.aeeb.es/v2/asociacion.php?area=asociacion&sub=miembro&id=30 Edu Torres profile]
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