Jinino "Jino" Manansala is a Filipino basketball coach for Saint Claire Saints in NAASCU. He is the son of former PBA player Jimmy Manansala.[1]

Jino Manansala
Saint Claire Saints
PositionHead coach
LeagueNAASCU
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Listed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Career information
CollegeUST
PositionPoint Guard
Number11, 15
Career history
As coach:
2012–presentSaint Claire College of Caloocan
2020–2022UST HS
2020–2022UST
2022–2023UST HS
2023–presentUST HS (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
  • 7× NAASCU Champion (2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24)

Career

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Playing

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Manansala was a former UST Growling Tigers player under Aric del Rosario. He became team captain in 2003, on his final year of playing and del Rosario's final year of coaching the team.[2][1]

Coaching

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Saint Claire

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Since 2012, Manansala coached the Saint Claire Saints in NAASCU, and on his first year, he won a championship.[3][4] The team made finals for the next 3 years, all losing to CEU Scorpions,[5][6][7] before creating another 4-peat championship from 2016 until 2019.[8][9][10][11]

Manansala was appointed as UST Tiger Cubs head coach since 2020.[1] In this time, he was also appointed as interim head coach of the seniors team, UST Growling Tigers.[12][13] He was later replaced by Bal David.[14] He later returned to Tiger Cubs,[15] and coached the team until 2023, when Manu Iñigo was appointed as head coach. Manansala stayed as his assistant.[16]

Return to Saint Claire

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Manansala returned to coaching Saint Claire, and won back-to-back titles.[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Leongson, Randolph B. "UST revamps HS program, installs Jinino Manansala as Tiger Cubs coach". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  2. ^ Olivares, Rick. "Meet a rising coaching star you may have never heard of". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  3. ^ "St. Clare tops CEU for NAASCU crown". Philstar.com. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "St. Clare tops CEU for NAASCU crown". Philstar.com. October 2, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  5. ^ "CEU kampeon sa NAASCU". Pilipino Star Ngayon. October 1, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  6. ^ Inquirer, Philippine Daily (September 27, 2014). "CEU keeps Naascu title over St. Clare". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  7. ^ Times, The Manila (October 3, 2015). "CEU Scorpions rule NAASCU". The Manila Times. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "St. Clare teams kampeon sa NAASCU". Pilipino Star Ngayon. October 14, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  9. ^ "St. Clare Saints sweep De Ocampo Cobras to complete back-to-back romp in Naascu". Spin.ph. October 12, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  10. ^ "St. Clare caps season sweep with win over Enderun for Naascu title treble". Spin.ph. October 29, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  11. ^ Times, Tiebreaker (October 22, 2019). "St. Clare survives Enderun for fourth straight NAASCU crown". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  12. ^ Ramos, Josef (October 8, 2020). "Manansala named UST interim coach". Business Mirror. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  13. ^ Naredo, Camille. "UST seeks return to winning ways after challenging campaign". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  14. ^ Morales, Luisa. "Archers survive Tigers to keep Final Four hopes alive". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  15. ^ Naredo, Camille B. (July 3, 2022). "UAAP: Manansala not returning to UST Growling Tigers". ABS-CBN News.
  16. ^ Li, Matthew (March 7, 2023). "Manu Inigo set to take over UST Tiger Cubs, Manansala remains as assistant coach". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  17. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (June 27, 2022). "St. Clare completes NAASCU five-peat run". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  18. ^ Andaya, Robert (December 13, 2023). "Seventh heaven - Journalnews". Retrieved March 11, 2024.