Jefferson "Jeff" Napa was born on September 19,1981 and is a Filipino professional basketball player and coach.
12 Facts About Jeff Napa
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Jeff Napa is the current head coach of the NU Bulldogs in the UAAP and currently serving as an assistant for the NorthPort Batang Pier in the PBA.
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Jeff Napa previously coached the Letran Knights in the NCAA.
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Jeff Napa was part of the first-ever NU Bulldogs men's basketball team that made it to the Final Four phase of the UAAP basketball tournament in UAAP Season 64.
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Jeff Napa tied the record held by Allan Caidic for the most number of three-points made in a single UAAP game.
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In 2005, Manny Dandan, the then-head coach of NU Bulldogs invited Jeff Napa to join the team as an assistant coach and he later accepted it.
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Jeff Napa was later appointed as Head Coach of NU Bullpups junior's basketball team where he successfully steered three championships with the squad in the last five years.
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Jeff Napa emerged as one of the frontrunners for the coaching job of the Letran Knights, replacing NCAA Season 91 men's basketball champion coach Aldin Ayo who is the head coach of the De La Salle Green Archers in the UAAP.
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Right after the championship run of NSNU Bullpups on the UAAP Season 78 juniors basketball tournament, Jeff Napa openly admitted in an interview that he is in talks with the Colegio de San Juan de Letran officials about his possibility to take over the coaching duty for Letran Knights.
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On March 8,2016, Jeff Napa was appointed as the new head coach of Letran Knights men's basketball team in a news conference held at the Salon de Actos in the Letran's main campus in Intramuros, Manila.
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Jeff Napa decided to stay in the NU Bullpups program as a team consultant.
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Jeff Napa will be the second non-Letran alumnus to take the coaching job of the men's basketball team, after Louie Alas, who handled the team that won three championships in NCAA men's basketball.