Jino Manansala

Jino Manansala
Saint Clare Saints
TitleHead coach
LeagueNAASCU
Personal information
Listed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Career information
CollegeUST
PositionPoint Guard
Number11, 15
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
Coaching
2012–presentSaint Clare College of Caloocan
2020–2022UST HS
2020–2022UST
2022–2023UST HS
2023Imus SV Squad
2023–2024UST HS (assistant)
2024–presentBiñan Tatak Gel (assistant)
2025-presentLetran (assistant)
Career highlights
As head coach:
  • 7× NAASCU Champion (2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24)

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

Career

Playing

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

Coaching

Saint Clare

Since 2012, Manansala coached the Saint Clare 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]

UST

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 Clare

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "CEU keeps Naascu title over St. Clare". INQUIRER.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. September 27, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  7. ↑ "CEU Scorpions rule NAASCU". The Manila Times. October 3, 2015. 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. ↑ "St. Clare survives Enderun for fourth straight NAASCU crown". Tiebreaker Times. October 22, 2019. 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.