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Gilas Pilipinas Men will add three veteran tacticians to his coaching staff for the upcoming February window of the 2021 FIBA Asian Cup qualifiers.
Joining Head Coach Jong Uichico and Program Director Tab Baldwin are Meralco Bolts Head Coach Norman Black, Rain or Shine Head Coach Caloy Garcia, and Gilas Youth mentor Sandy Arespacochaga. The development was first reported by Spin.ph.
Black first served on the national team as an assistant to Robert Jaworski at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing before taking office at the 1994 Asian Games in Japan. He also made the decisions for the Sinag Pilipinas team that won gold at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. He was also assistant coach Chot Reyes at the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, the 2014 FIBA World Cup and the first windows of the FIBA World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers.
“I am happy to be a member of the PR team once again, and I look forward to helping as much as I can in preparing for the next FIBA window. It will be a tough challenge but I think we can get the job.” done, “Black told ESPN5.
Garcia, on the other hand, will reprise his role at the 2019 FIBA World Cup with coach Yeng Guiao.
“I am grateful to have the opportunity to be a part of Gilas again. I will do what I can to help the team in any way I can and at the same time to get more knowledge from the coaches,” Garcia said.
Finally, Arespacochaga will rejoin the coaching staff after skipping the second window. He was on Mark Dickel’s staff at the first window.
The three will head to the bubble inside INSPIRE Sports Academy in Laguna on Sunday to start training.
The Philippines will host two groups in the third window in a bubble in Clark, Pampanga, and will face South Korea on February 18 and 22, and Indonesia on February 20. Record.
