Francisco Luis "Louie" Evora Alas was born on October 10,1963 and is a Filipino basketball coach.
23 Facts About Louie Alas
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Louie Alas is the head coach of the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League since 2023 and the deputy assistant coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles basketball team of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines since 2024.
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Louie Alas was a former coach of Mobiline from 2000 to 2001 in the Philippine Basketball Association.
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Louie Alas used to work in the Philippine Sports Commission.
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Louie Alas's first coaching job was with the Saint Francis of Assisi Baby Doves in Las Pinas.
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Louie Alas had started as an assistant coach for Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys under Eric Altamirano from 1997 to 1998.
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Louie Alas was supposed to handle another MBA team, the Batangas Blades when the PBA's Mobiline Phone Pals gave him an offer a chance to coach, and immediately took it.
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However, before the 2002 season, Louie Alas was fired from the team.
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On December 3,2001, Mobiline announced that Louie Alas had stepped down as the team's head coach.
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Louie Alas was replaced by American Bill Bayno who immediately received heavy criticism from the nationalist Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines due to his nationality.
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Louie Alas immediately captured that year's championship trophy by sweeping the San Sebastian Stags in a best-of-three series.
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Louie Alas made his coaching debut in the national team by assisting San Beda College High School coach Ato Badolato in the SEABA Jrs in 1996.
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Louie Alas led the Philippines to a gold medal by sweeping the whole tournament and beating Thailand in the Gold Medal Match.
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Louie Alas was hired as head coach of Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters in 2017.
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Louie Alas was hired as head coach of Zamboanga Valientes in the MPBL.
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In 2024, Louie Alas was hired as a deputy coach for the Ateneo Blue Eagles under Tab Baldwin.
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Louie Alas is married to Liza Alas, a hotel manager and has four sons: Kristoffer Louie, Kevin, Kenneth, and Kieffer, all of whom are inclined towards basketball.
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Historian Pepe Louie Alas is a nephew of his, a son of his elder brother Josefino.
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Louie Alas is known to nicknames such as "Coach A" or "The Ace Coach".
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Louie Alas has a reputation of being a very good motivator and a certified winner.
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Louie Alas has the ability to transform a weak team to a championship contender and turning unknown or under the radar players into stars.
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Louie Alas only missed the NCAA Final Four twice.
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Louie Alas became the first non-Letran graduate coach in school history to give Letran at least 3 championships and 10 Final Four appearances.