Alexander M Compton was born on March 16,1974 and is a Filipino-born American retired basketball player and coach.
22 Facts About Alex Compton
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Alex Compton served as the head coach of the Alaska Aces of the Philippine Basketball Association.
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Alex Compton moved to Madison from Ithaca, New York in 1988, when his parents began working at the University of Wisconsin.
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Alex Compton was a starting guard on the 1992 Madison West High School basketball squad.
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Alex Compton found an agent, who arranged for him to join a team in July 1997, after graduation.
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Alex Compton played four seasons in the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association with the Manila Metrostars and the Batangas Blades.
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Alex Compton won the 1999 MBA Most Valuable Player award when the Metrostars won the national title, and won another championship with the Blades in 2001.
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Alex Compton played for the Sunkist-UST Tigers and the Montana Pawnshop Jewels from 2003 to 2005.
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Alex Compton led the Jewels to its only PBL crown in the 2005 PBL Open Championship.
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Alex Compton was elevated to the assistant head coaching position with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters from 2006 to 2009.
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Alex Compton then moved over to Powerade Tigers as assistant to Bo Perasol until its last conference in 2012.
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Alex Compton helped the squad win the 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup, their 14th title and the first in the post-Tim Cone era.
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Two games into the 2014 PBA Governors' Cup, Alex Compton was appointed the head coach of Alaska Aces, replacing Luigi Trillo.
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Alex Compton then got to coach the South All-Stars during the 2015 All-Star Weekend.
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Alex Compton guided the Aces to the 2015 Governors' Cup finals only to be swept by the Beermen in four games.
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In 2018, Alex Compton led Alaska to another finals appearance, where they lost to the Magnolia Hotshots.
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Alex Compton resigned as coach in 2019 and was replaced by another Alaska franchise legend Jeffrey Cariaso.
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In 2015, Alex Compton was invited by Philippines men's national basketball team head coach Tab Baldwin to be one of his coaching staff as assistant coach.
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Alex Compton helped the national team to win two silver medals from 2015 William Jones Cup and 2015 FIBA Asia Championship respectively.
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Alex Compton was notably did it in 2005 for UAAP Basketball coverages of ABS-CBN Sports with Sev Sarmenta.
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Alex Compton is currently married to a Filipina, model Michelle Astudillo.
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Alex Compton appeared on Coffee Mate commercials in early 2000s, where he has some Tagalog lines.