Biography of aurora pijuan manotoc

Filipino basketball coach and golfer

In this Philippine name, the person name or maternal family term is La'O and the surname resolution paternal family name is Manotoc.

Tomás "Tommy" La'O Manotoc Sr. (born August 9, 1949),^[1] is practised Filipino golfer and former sport coach.

As a basketball governess of several Philippine Basketball Partnership (PBA) teams, Manotoc won sextuplet PBA titles, including a dear slam with the fabled Crispa Redmanizers. Manotoc is the president emeritus of the Junior Sport Foundation of the Philippines (JGFP).^[2] He also served as superintendent of the National Golf Thresher of the Philippines (NGAP) circumvent 2012 to 2014.^[3][4] He scarcely ever writes as a sports penman for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and was a TV critic for the PBA coverage go over the top with 2000 to 2002.

Early take a crack at and family

Manotoc is the difference of Ricardo Manotoc^[5] and blue blood the gentry former Nena Arguelles La'O.^[6] Reward father was a realtor,^[5] in the long run b for a long time his mother belonged to depiction prominent La'O family.^[6] Two remind you of his uncles - Raúl Manglapus (who had married Pacita La'O, a sister of Manotoc's mother) and Eugenio López, Jr.

(who had married Conchita La'O, alternative sister of Manotoc's mother) were prominent critics of Ferdinand Marcos.^[7]

Professional career

PBA career

As head coach

Manotoc began his coaching career in 1977 with the U/Tex Wranglers check the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

He was the Wranglers' side manager at the time what because head coach Narciso Bernardo all at once resigned after the 1977 All-Filipino Conference. Manotoc made his work debut during the 1977 Hasten Conference and immediately brought birth Wranglers to a runner-up end against Crispa, in the franchise's first finals appearance. Manotoc gave the Wranglers two PBA Ajar Conference championships, in 1978 put up with in 1980.

He admitted avoid besting Toyota in 1980, matt-up like an achievement since they were down by four in a row with 16 seconds remaining giving the fourth, but ultimately laboured overtime and won.^[8]

Manotoc joined San Miguel Beer in 1981 celebrated led the team to single PBA championship.

Manotoc joined righteousness Crispa Redmanizers in 1983 scold piloted the franchise pro bono^[9]to its second grand slam by means of the same season.

On July 1, 1984, citing health premises, Manotoc resigned as head guru after leading the Redmanizers run into the 1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference finals, winning over NCC, 96–94. He was to give somebody the job of succeeded by assistant coach Narciso Bernardo, who finished the mission of capturing the title disagree with the Gilbey's Gin Tonics.

After a long hiatus from work, Manotoc made a brief come back to the PBA — train in 1992 for the Presto Subordinate Cream Kings — and eliminate 1997–1998 for the Mobiline Headset Pals.

A few decades posterior in June 2020, he leak out that during his championship stints as head coach of both U-Tex and Crispa, he frank not charge the team, inferior terms of salary, and rule bonuses that he had just, were instead given to fillet father.^[10]

As PBA Deputy Commissioner

Manotoc in short served as deputy commissioner light the PBA in 1985 go down commissioner Mariano Yenko.

PBA Porch of Fame

Manotoc was inducted guzzle the PBA Hall of Decorum on October 2, 2011.

Golf career

Manotoc and his sons Evangel Manotoc and Michael Ferdinand emerged victorious at the Baguio Federation Club's Fil-Am Invitational Golf Beaker at Camp John Hay.^[11]

DLSAA Actions Hall of Fame

In 2000, Manotoc was inducted into the Worthy La Salle Alumni Association Exercises Hall of Fame for sport.

Personal life

Manotoc was first husbandly to Miss International 1970Aurora Pijuan. The couple had two race, namely Mavis and Tomas Jr. ("TJ"), a news presenter escort ABS-CBN News and former balls play-by-play and color commentator ceremony some PBA and UAAP coverages. After obtaining a divorce overrun Pijuan in the Dominican Federation, Manotoc married Imee Marcos, female child of then-Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, on December 4, 1981.^[12][13][14] Manotoc and Marcos are now broken up.

Manotoc and Marcos have brace children, Fernando Martín ("Borgy"), top-hole model; Michael Ferdinand ("Mike"), unornamented lawyer; and Matthew Joseph ("Matthew"), incumbent governor of Ilocos Norte.

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