Bogs Adornado

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William "Bogs" Adornado is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975 to 1987, for the Crispa Redmanizers, U-Tex Wranglers, Great Taste Coffee Makers, Formula Shell and the Hills Bros Coffeemakers. He is a three-time PBA Most Valuable Player in 1975, 1976 and 1981.

He is a member of the PBA 25's Greatest Players of all-time and the PBA Hall of Fame. Due to his accomplishments, Adornado is considered one of the best Filipino basketball players of all time. After Leo Austria left the Adamson Falcons, Adornado was elevated as assistant to head coach after the 69th UAAP season. He was also a head coach for Alaska Milk and an assistant for the Mobiline Phone Pals and Shell Turbo Chargers in the PBA and the UST Growling Tigers in the past.

[edit] PBA career

In 1975, Adornado began his PBA career with the Crispa Redmanizers and earned the distinction of the first PBA Most Valuable Player and also the first PBA player to the said award in back to back seasons in 1975 and 1976, leading Crispa to four PBA titles during that time.

After his career with the Redmanizers, he moved to the U-Tex Wranglers and led the team to a win over the Toyota Tamaraws in the 1980 PBA Open Conference championship that saw U-Tex coming from a four point deficit with 16 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime. In 1981, Adornado won his third Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the first player to win third MVP awards in his career.

Adornado later joined Great Taste after his stint with the Wranglers. In 1985, he played for rookie team Shell Azodrin Bugbusters along with former Crispa teammate Philip Cezar and Bernie Fabiosa. Under the former Crispa stars and head coach Freddie Webb, Shell made its first finals appearance in its first season, losing to the Great Taste Coffee Makers.

In 1987, Adornado joined the Hills Bros Coffee Kings for his final season in the league. He led the Coffee Kings to the finals losing to the San Miguel Beermen. Adornado's number 33 has been retired by the Alaska franchise and was honored in the opening of the 1988 PBA season.

[edit] Coaching Career

After his playing career, Adornado became the coach of Alaska before he was let go by the franchise. He later joined the Mobiline Phone Pals as an assistant coach.

When Leo Austria was named coach of the Shell Turbo Chargers in 2004, Adornado joined Austria's staff. He and the former 1985 PBA Rookie of the Year were teammates with Shell. After Shell's disbandment from the league, Adornado was named in Austria's Adamson Falcons coaching staff.

After the 69th season, Austria left the Falcons to concentrate his post as the Welcoat Dragons head coach, the school named Adornado as their new head coach. In his coaching debut in the Collegiate Champions League, the Falcons lost to the University of the Visayas Green Lancers 70-67 in the 1st round of the tournament.