13 Facts About Bo Perasol

Dolreich "Bo" Perasol was born on November 30,1971 and is a Filipino basketball coach.

Bo Perasol is the former head coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the UP Fighting Maroons, and is the current director of the University of the Philippines Office of Athletics and Sports Development.

Bo Perasol is among the few athletes of the university who actually passed the UP College Admission Test, a rigorous entrance examination given to high school students in the Philippines.

Bo Perasol graduated with a degree in Mass Communications in the year 1994 in the same university.

Bo Perasol's system follow the same philosophy of the Air21 management, relying on a 12-man rotation and a run-and-gun type of basketball system.

Bo Perasol was named Kenneth Duremdes' assistant coach and manager of basketball operations for the Coca-Cola Tigers.

Bo Perasol took over as head coach in November 2009 when Duremdes filed his candidacy for a local position in Marbel, South Cotabato.

In 2013, Bo Perasol took over from Norman Black as the head coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles.

Bo Perasol coached the Blue Eagles for three seasons, leading them to two UAAP Men's Basketball Final Four appearances in 2014 and 2015.

Six months after his resignation as the coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles, Bo Perasol was appointed as the new head coach of the UP Fighting Maroons, replacing Renzy Bajar, who spent only one season as the Maroons' head mentor.

The appointment of Bo Perasol was announced on May 2,2016, days before the start of the campaign in the 2016 Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup against Perpetual Altas.

In UAAP Season 81, Bo Perasol led the Maroons to their first UAAP Final Four appearance since 1997, defeating the Adamson Falcons in two games, and first UAAP Finals appearance since 1986, losing to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in two games.

Bo Perasol was the head coach of then first-seeded Ateneo Blue Eagles team that lost twice to the eventual champions NU Bulldogs in 2014.