1. Joseph Enrique "Jong" Floro Uichico was born on July 15,1962 and is a Filipino professional basketball coach who is currently serving as the head coach of NLEX Road Warriors in the Philippine Basketball Association.
13 Facts About Jong Uichico
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Jong Uichico played for the La Salle Green Archers in the collegiate ranks.
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Jong Uichico was a member of the 1982 RP Youth Team that won the ABC Under-18 Championship.
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Jong Uichico joined the Magnolia Beverage Masters coaching staff during Norman Black and Jacobs tenure.
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In 1999, Jong Uichico became the new head coach of the Beermen after Jacobs' departure.
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Jong Uichico is the first rookie coach to lead his team to back-to-back titles in the same year, a feat duplicated by Siot Tanquingcen in 2005.
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In 2000, Jong Uichico guided San Miguel to two more titles and laid claim to his first and only Coach of the Year plum.
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Jong Uichico returned as San Miguel's head coach after the Asian Games campaign, but went on a four-year title drought before winning his sixth PBA title in six years in the 2005 Fiesta Conference.
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On July 9,2014, The MVP group shuffled the coaches of Meralco Bolts, NLEX Road Warriors and Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and as a result Norman Black would be the head coach of Meralco Bolts and Jong Uichico would replace him as the new head coach of Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters.
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Jong Uichico led the Philippine national team that will participate at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games instead of the Chot Reyes, who will be leading the Philippine squad which will compete at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup due to an overlapping schedule between the two competitions.
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However, after Jacobs suffered a stroke, Jong Uichico was named as the new head coach of the national squad.
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Jong Uichico guided the Philippines to a fourth-place finish in the event.
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Jong Uichico returned in 2013 as an assistant coach for national team and helped the team to win two silver medals in 2013 and 2015 FIBA Asia Championships.