1. Joseller "Yeng" Medina Guiao was born on March 19,1959 and is a Filipino professional basketball head coach, politician, commentator and sports commissioner.
30 Facts About Yeng Guiao
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Yeng Guiao is currently the head coach of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association.
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Yeng Guiao previously served as the interim head coach of the Philippine national team.
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Yeng Guiao is a former Philippine Basketball League commissioner from 1997 to 2000.
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Yeng Guiao was the Vice Governor of the Province of Pampanga from 2004 to 2013, serving three different Governors, Mark Lapid, Eddie Panlilio and Lilia Pineda.
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Yeng Guiao is a former congressman, representing the 1st District of Pampanga from 2013 to 2016.
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Yeng Guiao was an alumnus of La Salle Green Hills and studied industrial engineering at the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he was a member of the Senior Men's Varsity Basketball team.
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Yeng Guiao was the team's first head coach and led the renamed Diet Sarsi to its first finals appearance, losing to Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdog in the 1991 All-Filipino Finals.
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Yeng Guiao would led the Mighty Meaties squad to two finals appearances in 1993 and 1994, losing to San Miguel and Alaska.
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In 2000, Yeng Guiao made his PBA coaching return for the Batang Red Bull Energizers.
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The series saw physical confrontation between teams, even Yeng Guiao was ejected in Game 6 for elbowing Dondon Hontiveros and getting involved in a verbal exchange with SMB assistant coach Pido Jarencio.
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Yeng Guiao led the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters to its 2nd straight finals appearance , but lost to the Talk N Text Tropang Texters in a 4-game sweep.
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Yeng Guiao again led the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters to the finals for the 3rd time, but lost to the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers in 6 games of the Philippine Cup and then again in the Governors Cup for the 4th time in the final game of the series against the same team.
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Yeng Guiao left the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters to join the NLEX Road Warriors in October 2016.
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In September 2022, Yeng Guiao returned to the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters for his second stint as the team's head coach.
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Yeng Guiao was the successor of Chot Reyes, the current head coach of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters.
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Yeng Guiao became the sixth coach to head a PBA-backed national squad after Robert Jaworski, Sr.
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Yeng Guiao returned as head coach of the Philippines, after Chot Reyes along with several Filipino players was suspended by FIBA for their involvement in the Philippines-Australia basketball brawl of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers.
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In 1997, Yeng Guiao became the new commissioner of the Philippine Basketball League, replacing Charlie Favis.
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Yeng Guiao's first move was to put the league's game from the Rizal Memorial Coliseum to the newly built Makati Coliseum.
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Yeng Guiao helped the league gained marginal success from 1997 to 1999, with teams such as the Tanduay Rhum Masters winning titles and Blu Detergent signing-up Asi Taulava.
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From 1998 to 1999, Yeng Guiao formed a popular tandem with Chino Trinidad, mostly delivering humor to the broadcasting booth.
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Trinidad and Yeng Guiao called Barangay Ginebra's upset of the Mobiline Phone Pals in 1999 All-Filipino Cup quarterfinals for Vintage Sports.
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Yeng Guiao would leave the commentary booth, as well as the Commissioner post in 2000 to join Red Bull's move to the pro ranks.
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In 2001, Yeng Guiao became a board member in the province of Pampanga, after serving in numerous local positions in his home town.
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Yeng Guiao had plans to have Pampanga host several sports for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games but was later scrapped.
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Yeng Guiao ran for re-election as Vice Governor and won as a running mate of Senior Provincial Board Member Lilia Pineda, the wife of alleged-Jueteng lord Bong Pineda, under the KAMPI banner.
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Yeng Guiao ran for congressman of the First District of Pampanga in 2013.
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Yeng Guiao is the principal author of the Samboy Lim Law, Republic Act 10871, or "The Basic Life Support Training in Schools Act".
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Yeng Guiao ran again for his second term in the 2016 elections against Jon Lazatin, son of former Angeles mayor and 1st district congressman Carmelo Lazatin.