Career
He trained Baloncesto for three years, winning one Liga ACB Championship and an ULEB Cup victory. On 2009, after a bad season, he was replaced by CSKA"s successful coach Ettore Messina. At the same time he worked for the women"s team EB Santísima Trinitat as well as the small club Central Bank Sant Adriá.
In 1995 he at last became the new coach of the Joventut de Badalona, where he worked as the youth and assistant trainer until 2004.
In the summer of 2004, following the wish of the new coach Božidar Maljković, Plaza switched to When the Serbian coach left after a disappointing season, Plaza assumed the position of head coach.
In 2007/2008, signed Greek star Lazaros Papadopoulos, who failed to perform well during the whole session. The team lost in first round in ACB Playoffs and didn"t reach the Euroleague Final Four for 12th consecutive year.
Madrid"s 2008/2009"s team was reformed, but failed again to reach the Final Four or perform well in the Spanish Cup.
The following day, he signed a one-year contract with league strugglers Cajasol Sevilla. American sports fans heard of him for the first time on January 11, 2010 when he was featured on the humor web site "Totally Looks Like", shown next to a picture of Steve Carell sporting a beard.