Zico Coronel / NZNBL / Wellington Saints In 2018, he debuted as a head coach in the New Zealand NBL, leading the Taylor Hawks to 12 wins and a semi-final berth. The following year, the Hawks won 15 games and narrowly lost the final to arguably the greatest roster ever constructed in the NZ NBL. Prior to this, the last three years the Hawks only won 10 games combined. Previously, in 2017, he was the assistant coach (to Head Coach Kevin Braswell) for the New Zealand National Basketball League undefeated champion Wellington Saints (20-0), a feat never achieved before in the history of the league and was his fifth championship in his thirteen years as an assistant coach in the National Basketball League (NZNBL). Coach Zico Coronel is currently a Basketball coach for 22 years, from coaching areas such as New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand via Warea, California, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Napier, Whangaparaoa, and Wellington once again.