Jong Uichico

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Joseph Enrique Uichico (born July 15, 1962), better known as Jong Uichico, is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association.^[1] Uichico is a former Philippines national basketball team Youth member and a former player and head coach of the La Salle Green Archers in the UAAP before replacing Ron Jacobs as SMB coach in 1999. Uichico was coach of the San Miguel Beermen from 1999–2006, leading the Beermen to six PBA championships.

Basketball career

Uichico played for the La Salle Green Archers in the collegiate ranks. He was a member of the 1982 RP Youth Team that won the ABC Under-18 Championship. After a stint with the famed Northern Consolidated Cement squad of Ron Jacobs, Uichico ended his basketball career early.

Coaching career

In the mid-1990s, Uichico had a coaching stint with the Green Archers and guided them to two runner-up trophies. He also joined the Magnolia Beverage Masters coaching staff during Norman Black and Jacobs tenure. In 1999, Uichico became the new head coach of the Beermen after Jacobs' departure.

After an early elimination in the All-Filipino Cup, he coached the Beermen to the Commissioner and Governors Cup titles during the 1999 campaign, ending San Miguel's five-year title drought. He is also the first rookie coach to lead his team to back-to-back titles in the same year, a feat duplicated by Siot Tanquingcen in 2005.

In 2000, Uichico once again guided San Miguel to two more titles and laid claim to his first and only Coach of the Year plum. His first All-Filipino Cup title with the Beermen came in 2001, defeating sister team Barangay Ginebra Kings.

Ron Jacobs appointed Uichico as one of his assistants for the RP team's 2002 Asian Games campaign. However, after Jacobs suffered a stroke, Uichico was named as the new head coach of the national squad. Uichico guided the Philippines to a fourth-place finish in the event. Their semifinal loss against eventual tournament winner South Korea was a crushing blow for Uichico's squad losing by one point on a Lee Sang Min triple in the final seconds. Despite the loss, the team still brought home what is known to Filipino basketball fans as "The Silent Gold."

He returned as San Miguel's head coach after the Asian Games campaign, but went on a four-year title drought before winning his sixth PBA title in six years in the 2005 Fiesta Conference. The Beermen defeated the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 4-1.

Barangay Ginebra Head Coach

On August 3, 2006, Chot Reyes was named as the new head coach of the San Miguel Beermen replacing Uichico. and the, San Miguel Corporation moved Uichico to San Miguel's sister team the Barangay Ginebra Kings replacing Siot Tanquingcen, who was demoted as one of Uichico's assistants. On his first Ginebra coaching stint, he was able to win a championship in the 2006-07 PBA Philippine Cup that season. A year later, he won his 2nd championship with the Gin Kings in the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference and his 8th overall title.

References

↑ Musong R. Castillo (13 January 2011). "Gin Kings seek 2-2 tie vs Beermen". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

External links

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Preceded by Pilo Pumaren Siot Tanquingcen	San Miguel Beermen head coach 1999-2002 2003-2006	Succeeded by Siot Tanquingcen Chot Reyes
Preceded by Tim Cone	Philippine national basketball team Asian Games Head Coach 2002	Succeeded by not yet decided
Preceded by Siot Tanquingcen	Barangay Ginebra Kings Head Coach 2006-2012	Succeeded by Siot Tanquingcen

v t e San Miguel Beermen

Founded in 1975 • Owned by San Miguel Brewery, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

Coaches	Ramos Ocampo Manotoc D. Pumaren Black Jacobs P. Pumaren Uichico Reyes Ravanes Tanquingcen Agustin Racela Abanilla

Championships (19)	1979 Open 1982 Invitational 1987 Reinforced 1988 Open 1988 Reinforced 1989 Open 1989 All-Filipino 1989 Reinforced 1992 All-Filipino 1993 Governors' 1994 All-Filipino 1999 Commissioner's 1999 Governors' 2000 Commissioner's 2000 Governors' 2001 All-Filipino 2005 Fiesta 2009 Fiesta 2011 Governors'

Runner-up finishes (14)	1982 Reinforced Filipino 1985 Open 1992 First 1993 All-Filipino 1995 Governors 1998 All-Filipino 1998 Commissioner's 2001 Commissioner's 2001 Governors' 2003 Reinforced 2006-07 Philippine 2010 Fiesta 2010-11 Philippine 2013 Governors'

Retired jerseys	8 Caidic 9 Lim 12 Dignadice 14 Calma 17 Racela 19 Fernandez

Seasons (39)	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

v t e Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

Formerly the Gilbey's Gin Tonics, Añejo Rum 65ers and Gordon's Gin Boars Founded in 1979 Owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

Coaches	Pumaren Valenzona Jaworski Salazar Caidic Tanquingcen Uichico Tanquingcen Chua Agustin

Championships (8)	1986 Open 1988 All-Filipino 1991 First 1997 Commissioner's 2004 Fiesta 2004-05 Philippine 2006-07 Philippine 2008 Fiesta

Runner-up finishes (13)	1982 Open 1983 All-Filipino 1984 1st All-Filipino 1986 All-Filipino 1989 Reinforced 1990 First 1991 Third 1996 Governors 1997 All-Filipino 2001 All-Filipino 2009 Fiesta 2011 Commissioner's 2013 Commissioner's

Seasons (35)	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Retired jerseys	7 Jaworski 8 Caidic

Culture and lore	The Big J Mr. Clutch The Spark Manila Clasico 1991 championship comeback

v t e San Miguel Beermen 1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup Champions

1 Boybits Victoria 3 Nic Belasco 5 Ronilo Padilla 7 Mike Mustre 10 Danny Ildefonso 15 Dwight Lago 17 Olsen Racela 18 Arthur dela Cruz 22 Arnold Gamboa 24 Cris Bolado 25 Freddie Abuda 32 Rob Duat 42 Danny Seigle - Terquin Mott (Import) Coach Jong Uichico

v t e San Miguel Beermen 1999 PBA Governors Cup Champions

1 Boybits Victoria 3 Nic Belasco 5 Ronilo Padilla 6 Lamont Strothers (Import) 7 Mike Mustre 10 Danny Ildefonso 15 Dwight Lago 17 Olsen Racela 18 Arthur dela Cruz 22 Arnold Gamboa 24 Cris Bolado 25 Freddie Abuda 32 Rob Duat 42 Danny Seigle Coach Jong Uichico

v t e San Miguel Beermen 2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup Champions

1 Boybits Victoria 3 Nic Belasco 5 Ronilo Padilla 7 Mike Mustre 10 Danny Ildefonso 15 Dwight Lago 17 Olsen Racela 18 Arthur dela Cruz 22 Arnold Gamboa 25 Freddie Abuda 32 Rob Duat 42 Danny Seigle 44 June Carmona - Stephen Howard (Import) Coach Jong Uichico

v t e San Miguel Beermen 2000 PBA Governors Cup Champions

1 Boybits Victoria 3 Mic Belasco 5 Ronilo Padilla 6 Lamont Strothers (Import) 7 Mike Mustre 10 Danny Ildefonso 15 Dwight Lago 17 Olsen Racela 18 Arthur dela Cruz 22 Arnold Gamboa 25 Freddie Abuda 32 Rob Duat 42 Danny Seigle 44 June Carmona Coach Jong Uichico

v t e San Miguel Beermen 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Champions

1 Boybits Victoria 3 Nic Belasco 5 Rob Duat 6 Dorian Peña 7 Mike Mustre 10 Danny Ildefonso (Finals MVP) 15 Dwight Lago 17 Olsen Racela 21 Joey Mente 25 Freddie Abuda 34 Arnold Gamboa 42 Danny Seigle -- Henry Fernandez Coach Jong Uichico

v t e Philippines squad – 2002 Asian Games basketball tournament - 4th Place

4 Noy Castillo 5 Olsen Racela 6 Dondon Hontiveros 7 Dennis Espino 8 Mick Pennisi 9 Eric Menk 10 Danny Ildefonso 11 Andy Seigle 12 Jeffrey Cariaso 13 Rudy Hatfield 14 Asi Taulava 15 Kenneth Duremdes Coach: Jong Uichico

v t e San Miguel Beermen 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference Champions

2 Bryan Gahol 3 Nic Belasco 4 Dorian Peña 7 Dondon Hontiveros 9 Francis Adriano 10 Danny Ildefonso 17 Olsen Racela 20 Denver Lopez 21 Joey Mente 34 Arnold Gamboa 42 Danny Seigle 50 Dale Singson - Ace Cutsis (Import) - Anton Viloria Coach Jong Uichico

v t e Barangay Ginebra Kings 2006–07 PBA Philippine Cup Champions

2 Billy Mamaril 3 Paolo Hubalde 4 Rafi Reavis 9 Rodney Santos 12 Egay Echavez 13 Jayjay Helterbrand (Finals MVP) 14 Johnny Abarrientos 18 Mark Macapagal 30 Eric Menk 45 Michael Holper 47 Mark Caguioa 52 Andy Seigle 71 Ronald Tubid 80 Sunday Salvacion 99 Rudy Hatfield Coach Jong Uichico

v t e Barangay Ginebra Kings 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Champions

2 Billy Mamaril 4 Rafi Reavis 5 Macky Escalona 9 Rodney Santos 10 Junthy Valenzuela 13 Jayjay Helterbrand 16 Paul Artadi 22 Chris Pacana 27 Willy Wilson 30 Eric Menk (co-Finals MVP) 33 Victor Pablo 43 Alex Crisano 44 Chris Alexander (Import) 47 Mark Caguioa 71 Ronald Tubid (co-Finals MVP) 80 Sunday Salvacion Coach Jong Uichico

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