Bonnie Garcia (coach)

Bonnie Garcia
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Coaching career1997–present
Career history
As coach:
1997–2001Manuel L. Quezon University
1998Laguna Lakers
2000Pampanga Dragons
2001Laguna Lakers
2001–2006AMA University
2002–2003FedEx Express (assistant)
2003–2004FedEx Express
2007–2011San Beda (assistant)
2012–2018Mapúa (assistant)
2015Sta. Lucia Realtors
2015–2018Colegio de San Lorenzo
2018–2021UST (assistant)
2018–2020UST HS
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
  • 2× UCBL champions (2006, 2017)

As assistant coach:

Bonifacio "Bonnie" Garcia is a Filipino basketball coach.

Coaching career

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Garcia started his career at Manuel L. Quezon University Pythons varsity basketball team. Later, he served as head coach of AMA University and won a championship with them in 2006.[1] While he was at Pythons and AMA, he served as head coach for the Laguna Lakers in 1998 and 2001, and for Pampanga Dragons in 2000. He became the team consultant for the FedEx Express team in the PBA before becoming appointed as head coach in 2003 and served until 2004.[2][3]

He was an assistant coach of the Mapúa Cardinals under Atoy Co, and the San Beda Red Lions under Frankie Lim.[4][5] He was also the head coach of the Sta. Lucia basketball team in the PCBL in 2015.

He led the Colegio de San Lorenzo Griffins to the 2017 UCBL and NCR-UCLAA championships.[6][7]

He later served as an assistant to Aldin Ayo for UST Growling Tigers,[8] and later as interim head coach for its high school team.[9] He served as an interim for the high school team until 2020, replaced by Jinino Manansala.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "St. Clare begins quest for NAASCU title repeat in main offering of opening four-game bill". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  2. ^ "FedEx sack Pumaren". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson. "Lipa excited over new job as FedEx coach". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  4. ^ Terrado, Reuben. "Sta. Lucia looking to reclaim old, winning tradition as it sees action in eight-team PCBL". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 9 Oct 2015.
  5. ^ Navarro, June (12 Sep 2003). "FedEx Express sack Pumaren". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  6. ^ Wires, The. "San Lorenzo Griffins sweep CEU Scorpions to clinch UCBL crown". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 27 Nov 2017.
  7. ^ Servinio, Anthony. "San Lorenzo NCRUCLAA Hoops Champs". Servinio's Sports Etc. Retrieved 31 Mar 2017.
  8. ^ "Ayo picks assistant as interim Tiger Cubs head coach". 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  9. ^ "Garcia named Tiger Cubs' coach; FEU eyes Final 4". Manila Standard Sports. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  10. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. "UST revamps HS program, installs Jinino Manansala as Tiger Cubs coach". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-08-05.