Gee Abanilla

Gee Abanilla
San Miguel Beermen
Position	Team Manager
Personal information
Born	1966 (age 49–50)
Nationality	Filipino
Career history
As coach:
2013–2014	San Miguel Beermen (PBA)
2014–present	San Miguel Beermen (as team manager)

Gelacio Abanilla (born 1966) is a basketball player and coach in the Philippines.

Playing career

He played for the DLSU Green Archers in the UAAP and with Magnolia Ice Cream in the PBL which were both coached by Derrick Pumaren. He was 4th round pick of 7-up Bottlers during the 1993 PBA Draft.

Coaching career

Assistant coach

He was once an assistant coach of DLSU Green Archers, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs, FedEx Express, ICTSI-La Salle, and Barako Bull Energy Boosters respectively from 1998 to present. He is currently an assistant coach with the San Miguel Beermen in the PBA.^[1]

CSB head coach

He replaced Caloy Garcia and led them to a rollercoaster season, pouched only 4 wins out of 14 outings. But, they slightly improved under him. Due to hectic schedules, he told the CSB management that he would not coach them for a while but he will also return to the bench by July. For the record, assistant coach and PBA commentator Richard del Rosario took over.

Colgate Toothpaste head coach

He replaced Louie Alas after Alas resigned after the season before due to back-to-back finals losses to Harbour Centre Batang Pier. Another roller-coaster conference and a semifinals slot are the highlights of Gee's stint with Colgate.

DLSU head coach

On October 25, 2011, De La Salle University announced the formal appointment of Abanilla as the new head coach of the Green Archers during a gathering of team supporters at the Manila Polo Club. He replaces Dindo Pumaren, who resigned after a dismal UAAP Season 74 campaign, with DLSU going out of Final Four contention for the second time since 2009.

On his first season as head coach, Abanilla was able to steer the Green Archers to a Final Four appearance.

On June 8, 2013, it was announced that Abanilla has been replaced by Juno Sauler, one of his assistant coaches, as DLSU head coach. Abanilla is said to be being recalled to the Petron Blaze Boosters.

Coaching record

Collegiate record

Season	Team	Eliminations				Playoffs
Season	Team	W	L	PCT	Finish	PG	W	L	PCT	Results
2008	CSB	4	10	.286	6th	Did not qualify
2009	CSB	(Took a leave of absence)
2012	DLSU	9	5	.642	4th	Won over FEU in the 4th-seed playoffs, lost to Ateneo in the Semifinals
Totals		13	15	.464		2	1	1	0.500	0 championships

Personal life

He is married to Karen Lee and has kids named Gio and Kit.

Preceded by Olsen Racela	Petron Blaze Boosters head coach 2013-2014	Succeeded by Biboy Ravanes
Preceded by Caloy Garcia	CSB Blazers head coach 2008-2009	Succeeded by Richard del Rosario
Preceded by Louie Alas	Hapee Toothpaste head coach 2008-?	Succeeded by Edgar Macaraya
Preceded by Dindo Pumaren	De La Salle Green Archers head coach 2011-2013	Succeeded by Juno Sauler

References

↑ sanmiguelbeermen.com

San Miguel Beermen

Founded in 1975 • Owned by San Miguel Brewery, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation • Formerly the Royal Tru Orangemen, Magnolia Ice Cream Makers and Petron Blaze Boosters

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

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

Championships (22)	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' 2014–15 PBA Philippine 2015 Governors' 2015–16 PBA Philippine

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 (41)	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 2014–15 2015–16

Culture and lore	Alaska–San Miguel rivalry El Presidente The Skywalker The Director 1989 Grand Slam Spiderman Crunchman Petron -novela The Kraken BEERacle

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