List of Philippines men's national basketball team head coaches

The following is a list of people who had assumed the role of head coach for the Philippines men's national basketball team.

List edit

Name Nationality Term Competitions Result Ref.
Start End
Pedro Villanueva   Philippines 1930 1930 Far Eastern Games   1st [1]
Alfredo Del Rosario   Philippines 1934 1934 Far Eastern Games   1st
Dionisio Calvo   Philippines 1936 1936 Summer Olympics 5th
1948 1948 Summer Olympics 12th
1951 1951 Asian Games   1st [2]
Felicisimo Fajardo   Philippines 1952 1952 Summer Olympics 9th
Herminio Silva   Philippines 1954 1954 1954 Asian Games   1st [2]
1954 FIBA World Championship   3rd [3]
Leo Prieto   Philippines 1956 1956 Summer Olympics 7th
Valentin Eduque   Philippines 1958 1958 Asian Games   1st [2]
Baby Dalupan   Philippines 1959 1959 FIBA World Championship 8th
Arturo Rius   Philippines 1960 1960 1960 ABC Championship   1st
1960 Summer Olympics 11th
Enrique Crame   Philippines 1962 1962 Asian Games   1st [2]
Felicisimo Fajardo   Philippines 1963 1963 ABC Championship   1st
Valentin Eduque   Philippines 1964 1964 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament 6th
Felicisimo Fajardo   Philippines 1965 1966 1965 ABC Championship   2nd
1966 Asian Games 6th [4]
Carlos Loyzaga   Philippines 1967 1968 1967 ABC Championship   1st
1968 Summer Olympics 13th
Lauro Mumar   Philippines 1969 1969 ABC Championship   3rd
Baby Dalupan   Philippines 1970 1970 Asian Games 5th
Ignacio Ramos   Philippines 1971 1972 1971 ABC Championship   2nd [5]
1972 Summer Olympics 13th
Valentin Eduque   Philippines 1973 1974 1973 ABC Championship   1st
1974 FIBA World Championship 13th
1974 Asian Games 4th
Francisco "Kiko" Calilan   Philippines 1975 1975 ABC Championship 5th
Honesto Mayoralgo   Philippines 1976 1977 1977 Southeast Asian Games   1st
1977 ABC Championship 5th
Nicanor Jorge   Philippines 1978 1978 1978 FIBA World Championship 8th
1978 Asian Games 4th [6]
Nat Canson   Philippines 1979 1979 Southeast Asian Games   2nd
Freddie Webb   Philippines 1979 1979 ABC Championship 4th
Filomeno "Pilo" Pumaren[7]   Philippines 1981 1981 1981 ABC Championship 4th
1981 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Nat Canson   Philippines 1982 1982 Asian Games 4th
Larry Albano   Philippines 1983 1983 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Ron Jacobs   United States 1980 1986 1983 ABC Championship 9th
1985 ABC Championship   1st
1985 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Joe Lipa   Philippines 1986 1989 1986 Asian Games   3rd
1987 Southeast Asian Games   1st
1987 ABC Championship 4th
Derick Pumaren[7]   Philippines 1989 1989 1989 Southeast Asian Games   2nd
1989 ABC Championship 8th
Robert Jaworski[8]   Philippines 1990 1990 Asian Games   2nd
Francis Rodriguez   Philippines 1991 1991 1991 ABC Championship 7th
1991 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Rogelio Melencio   Philippines 1993 1993 1993 Southeast Asian Games   1st
1993 ABC Championship 11th
Virgil Villavicencio[7]   Philippines 1994 1994 SEABA Championship 4th
Norman Black   United States 1994 1994 Asian Games 4th
Arlene Rodriguez   Philippines 1995 1995 ABC Championship 12th
Joe Lipa   Philippines 1995 1995 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Dong Vergeire   Philippines 1996 1998 1996 SEABA Championship   2nd [9]
1997 ABC Championship 9th
1997 Southeast Asian Games   1st
1998 SEABA Championship   1st
Tim Cone   United States 1998 1998 Asian Games   3rd
Louie Alas   Philippines 1999 1999 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Victor "Rambo" Sanchez   Philippines 1999 1999 ABC Championship 11th
David "Boysie" Zamar   Philippines 2001 2001 2001 SEABA Championship   1st
2001 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Ron Jacobs   United States 2002 [note 1]
Jong Uichico   Philippines 2002 2002 Asian Games 4th [11]
Aric del Rosario   Philippines 2003 2003 2003 SEABA Championship   1st
2003 ABC Championship 15th
2003 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Eric King   Philippines 2004 2004 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 8th [note 2]
David "Boysie" Zamar   Philippines 2005 [note 3]
Chot Reyes   Philippines 2005 2008 2007 SEABA Championship   1st
2007 FIBA Asia Championship 9th
Junel Baculi   Philippines 2007 2007 Southeast Asian Games   1st [note 4]
Yeng Guiao[15][16]   Philippines 2008 2009 2009 SEABA Championship   1st
2009 FIBA Asia Championship 8th
Rajko Toroman[17]   Serbia 2009 2011 2010 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 4th
2010 Asian Games 6th
2011 SEABA Championship   1st
2011 FIBA Asia Championship 4th
Norman Black   United States 2011 2011 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Chot Reyes   Philippines 2012 2014 2012 SEABA Cup   1st
2012 FIBA Asia Cup 4th
2013 FIBA Asia Championship   2nd
2014 FIBA Asia Cup   3rd
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup 21st
2014 Asian Games 7th
Jong Uichico   Philippines 2013 2013 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Tab Baldwin   New Zealand
  United States
2015 2016 2015 SEABA Championship   1st
2015 Southeast Asian Games   1st
2015 FIBA Asia Championship   2nd
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila DNQ
Nash Racela   Philippines 2016 2016 SEABA Cup   1st [note 5]
Josh Reyes   Philippines 2016 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge 9th [note 6]
Chot Reyes[20]   Philippines 2016 2018 2017 SEABA Championship   1st
2017 FIBA Asia Cup 7th
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification [note 7]
Jong Uichico   Philippines 2017 2017 Southeast Asian Games   1st [note 8]
Yeng Guiao   Philippines 2018 2019 2018 Asian Games 5th [note 9]
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification Q
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 32nd
Tim Cone   United States 2019 2019 Southeast Asian Games   1st
Mark Dickel   New Zealand 2020 2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification [23]
Jong Uichico   Philippines 2020 2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification [24]
Tab Baldwin   New Zealand
  United States
2021 2022 2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification [25]
Chot Reyes   Philippines 2022 2021 Southeast Asian Games   2nd [26]
Nenad Vučinić   New Zealand 2022 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification [27]
Chot Reyes   Philippines 2022 2023 2022 FIBA Asia Cup 9th [28]
2023 Southeast Asian Games   1st
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup 24th
Tim Cone   United States 2023 incumbent 2022 Asian Games   1st [29]
2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification [30]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Jacobs was supposed to coach the national team in the 2002 Asian Games in Busan but he suffered a stroke shortly after being appointed and was eventually replaced by Jong Uichico, one of his assistants.[10]
  2. ^ The RP representative in the inaugural FIBA Asia Stanković Cup (later renamed FIBA Asia Cup and now referred to as the FIBA Asia Challenge) wasn’t the national team but members of the Philippine College of Criminology varsity plus several "outsiders." Johnny Tam was listed as the ragtag team’s official head coach but neither he nor his assistant, Ching Marcelino, made the trip to Taipei. Instead, team official Eric King called the shots on the sidelines while receiving instructions via cellphone from Tam in Manila.[12]
  3. ^ Zamar was tapped to coach the national team in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games but the sport was scrapped from the event as the host country was still suspended by FIBA.[13]
  4. ^ Baculi coached the national team that participated at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games.[14]
  5. ^ Racela was the head coach of the national team that participated at the 2016 SEABA Cup.[18] Baldwin remained coach of the team that participated at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Manila.
  6. ^ Josh Reyes, son of Chot Reyes, was the interim head coach of the national team that participated at the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge.[19]
  7. ^ Reyes resigned as head coach in September 2018 while still suspended following the Philippines-Australia brawl in the 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. Guiao was eventually named as his replacement and coached the national team for the remainder of the qualifiers. [21]
  8. ^ Uichico led the Philippine national team that participated at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games instead of the Chot Reyes, who led the Philippine squad which played at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup due to an overlapping schedule between the two competitions.[22]
  9. ^ Guiao coached the team which participated at the 2018 Asian Games due to the suspension on national team coach, Chot Reyes due to his involvement in the Philippines-Australia brawl in the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Although the Asian Games is not part of the scope of the sanctions, the SBP decided against fielding suspended players for the Asian Games and designating Reyes as head coach of the team.

References edit

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