Yeng Guiao
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Joseller "Yeng" Guiao is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Red Bull Barako in the Philippine Basketball Association. Guiao won four PBA titles since starting his head coaching job for Swift in the early-1990's. He is a former Philippine Basketball League commissioner from 1997-2000. He is also the Vice Governor of the province of Pampanga.
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[edit] Early life
Guiao is the son of former Pampanga Governor, the late Bren Guiao. He was an alumnus of La Salle Greenhills and studied at the University of the Philippines before entering the coaching ranks in the 1980's.
[edit] First Coaching Stint
Prior to his PBA coaching career, Guiao was head coach of the Swift franchise in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League with Alvin Patrimonio as one of its top stars. The RFM franchise entered the PBA in 1990, as Pop Cola, joining market rival Pepsi. Guiao was the team's first head coach and led the renamed Diet Sarsi to its first finals appearance, losing to the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs in the 1991 All-Filipino Finals.
In the 1992 Third Conference, he led Swift to their first championship with a 4-0 sweep of 7-Up in the championship. It was also Guiao's first championship in the PBA. He would also led the Mighty Meaties squad to two finals appearances in 1993 and 1994, losing to San Miguel and Alaska.
In 1995, Guiao and then-Pepsi mentor Derrick Pumaren were involved in rare coach for coach trade. While Pumaren led the rechristened Sunkist Orange Juicers to two championships that year, Guiao had two forgettable seasons with Pepsi and then-renamed as Mobiline before leaving his coaching position in 1996.
[edit] Philippine Basketball League Commissioner
In 1997, Guiao became the new commissioner of the Philippine Basketball League, replacing Charlie Favis. His first move was to put the league's game from the Rizal Memorial Coliseum to the newly-built Makati Coliseum. He was also helped the league gained marginal success from 1997-1999, with teams such as the Tanduay Rhum Masters winning titles and Blu Detergent signing-up Asi Taulava.
In 1999, he put the PBL coverage for one-season on Vintage Sports, the same coveror of the PBA games back then. The year saw significant exposure for the league while Welcoat Paints established themselves as the league's new dynasty.
[edit] Commentator
Around the time he was the PBL commissioner, he also joined Vintage Sports as their regular color commentator from 1997-1999. From 1998-1999, Guiao formed a popular tandem with Chino Trinidad, mostly delivering humor to the broadcasting booth and also formed a friendship off the mic. Trinidad and Guiao's called Barangay Ginebra's upset of the Mobiline Phone Pals in 1999 All-Filipino Cup quarterfinals for Vintage Sports.
Guiao would leave the commentary booth, as well as the Commissioner post in 2000 to join Red Bull's move to the pro ranks. Ironically, the PBL board choose Trinidad as its successor.
[edit] Red Bull head coach
In 2000, Guiao made his PBA coaching return for the Red Bull Energy Kings. Despite poor performances in the All-Filipino and Commissioners Cup, he coached the Thunder to a third-place finish in the 2000 Governors Cup.
In 2001, he would lead Red Bull to its first PBA title by defeating San Miguel 4-2 in the Commissioners Cup finals with Antonio Lang as import. The series was marred by physical play between both teams and also Guiao's famous "San Miguel has never beat us with a complete lineup" line, during the series. It was a reference to the PBA suspending Kerby Raymundo and Junthy Valenzuela in Games 3 and 4, respectively as the Beermen won both games.
Guiao would later repeat the same feat in 2002 Commissioners Cup, leading the Red Bull Thunder to a seven-game series victory over Talk N' Text to defend its championship won a year ago.
Red Bull had a two-season title drought, despite several respective finishes during those seasons. But in the 2005-06 PBA season, he coached the Bulls to the 2005-06 Fiesta Conference Championship, defeating Purefoods in six games and a runner-up finish in the 2006 Philippine Cup, losing to the same Purefoods team, 4-2.
[edit] Political Career
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| Political Party: | Lakas CMD (2004–2007) |
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| Political Party: | Lakas CMD (2001–2004) |
In 2001, Guiao became a board member in the province of Pampanga to start off his political career. Guiao had plans to have Pampanga host several sports for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games but was later scrapped. In 2004, he won the Vice Governor position of the province in the local elections which he currently serves.
Guiao has been critical about the leadership of current Pampanga Governor Mark Lapid. In 2005, he asked Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to investigate Gov. Lapid and his father Senator Lito Lapid of plunder charges.
[edit] Criticisms and Controversies
Guiao coaching style is currently criticized by most basketball fans for its physical style of play. Most of them believe that he ask his players to resort to dirty tactics on the court. This was further intensified when Purefoods' Eugene Tejada suffered a critical injury on May 14, 2006. However, some also believe that Red Bull's play is much similar to the old Ginebra San Miguel team's of the 1980's.
Some also criticized Guiao if he could control his time both as Pampanga's Vice Govenors and as Red Bull's head coach but many people do not know that he just wants the better for his province.
Coach Yeng Guiao is really a good coach. Even though, there are criticisms about him, he does not mind those because it would just affect his career. Recently, there was a fight between him and Talk N Text team manager's Frankie Lim. Both were ejected from the game but Redbull still won against the Phonepals.
[edit] Trivia
- Guiao is also popular for his bald head he has sported since the mid-90's. In 1994, after his team Swift lost a game, he and the rest of the players shaved their head bald as a sign of team unity. Guiao kept his hair short ever since and has shaved his head bald since he was the PBL commissioner.
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Pop Cola/Swift/Sunkist head coach 1990-94 |
Succeeded by: Derrick Pumaren |
| Preceded by: Charlie Favis |
Philippine Basketball League Commissioner 1997-99 |
Succeeded by: Chino Trinidad |
| Preceded by: First |
Red Bull head coach 2000-Present |
Succeeded by: Current |
| Preceded by: Edna David |
Vice Govenor of Pampanga 2004-Present |
Succeeded by: Current |
