Ato Agustin

The Honorable Ato Agustin
Agustin in 2014
Member of the San Fernando City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2016
In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013
Personal details
Born	(1963-08-01) August 1, 1963 (age 60) Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines
Political party	KAMBILAN
Other political affiliations	Liberal
Residence(s)	San Fernando, Pampanga
Occupation	Athlete, politician
Basketball career
San Miguel Beermen
Position	Assistant coach
League	PBA
Personal information
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College	University of the Assumption Lyceum of the Philippines University
PBA draft	1989: 2nd round, 11th overall pick
Selected by the San Miguel Beermen
Playing career	1989–2001
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Coaching career	2009–present
Career history
As player:
1989–1996	San Miguel Beermen
1996–1997	Pop Cola Panthers
1997	Mobiline Phone Pals
1998	Pampanga Dragons
1999	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2000–2001	Batang Red Bull Energizers
As coach:
2009–2010	San Sebastian Stags
2010–2012	Petron Blaze Boosters
2013–2014	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2014–2015	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (assistant)
2015	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2015–present	San Miguel Beermen (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player: 7× PBA champion (1989 Open, 1989 All-Filipino, 1989 Reinforced, 1992 All-Filipino, 1993 Governors', 1994 All-Filipino, 2001 Commissioner's) PBA Most Valuable Player (1992) PBA Most Improved Player (1991) PBA Comeback Player of the Year (2000) 3× PBA Mythical First Team (1992–1994) PBA Mythical Second Team (1991) 6× PBA All-Star (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) PBA 25 Greatest Players PBA Grand Slam champion (1989) MBA champion (1998) MBA Finals Most Valuable Player (1998) MBA Mythical First Team (1998) As coach: NCAA Philippines champion (2009) PBA champion (2011 Governors') As assistant coach: 9× PBA champion (2015 Governors', 2015–16 Philippine, 2016–17 Philippine, 2017–18 Commissioner's, 2017–18 Philippine, 2019 Philippine, 2019 Commissioner's, 2022 Philippine, 2023–24 Commissioner's)

Renato "Ato" Guilas Agustin (born August 1, 1963) is a Filipino former professional basketball player, politician, and current assistant coach for the San Miguel Beermen. He played college basketball for the Lyceum of the Philippines before moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).^[1]

Basketball career

Professional career

Agustin was the Most Valuable Player awardee of the PBA in 1992.^[1] He played for the San Miguel Beermen, Sunkist/Pop Cola, Mobiline Phone Pals, Sta. Lucia Realtors, and finally, Batang Red Bull. Agustin was named a member of the PBA's 25 Greatest Players in 2000. He also had a brief stint in with the Pampanga Dragons in the Metropolitan Basketball Association.^{[citation needed]}

A shooting guard since his amateur days with RFM-Swift Corporation of the Philippine Basketball League, Agustin saw limited minutes during his rookie season with the grandslam-winning San Miguel Beermen in 1989, playing backup to his more illustrious teammates Samboy Lim and Elmer Reyes. However, beginning the 1990 season, he became a regular part of the Beermen's backcourt rotation with the departure of Reyes to expansion team Pop-Cola (RFM) and constant injuries to Lim and Hector Calma. Coach Norman Black would sometimes play Agustin at point guard until he became an adept combo guard.^{[citation needed]}

National team career

Agustin represented the Philippine national basketball team at the 1994 Asian Games.

Coaching career

He is the former head coach of the San Sebastian Golden Stags men's basketball team in the NCAA, having taken over from Jorge Gallent in 2009, and winning a championship in the same year. In 2010, he became head coach of his former PBA team, the San Miguel Beermen. During the 2011 PBA Governors' Cup, Agustin steered the team (then known as the Petron Blaze Boosters) to the championship, defeating the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in seven games. He became the 9th coach in PBA history to win a title in his first year as head coach.^[2][3]

On July 25, 2013, San Miguel Corporation, owner of Petron Blaze Boosters and Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, announced the appointment of Agustin as interim coach of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel for the 2013 PBA Governor's Cup.^[4]

On January 5, 2015, Barangay Ginebra team manager Alfrancis Chua announced during the team's practice the reappointment of Agustin as head coach of the team.^[5] This was after former coach Jeffrey Cariaso's attempt to end Ginebra's PBA championship drought failed after two conferences. After a quarterfinal finish in the Commissioner's Cup, Agustin was fired as the head coach of Ginebra and was replaced by assistant coach Frankie Lim. Following his termination, he returned to San Miguel Beermen as an assistant coach.^[6]

Political career

Agustin was already a three-term councilor^[7] when he was defeated for vice mayor of San Fernando, Pampanga in 2013.^[8] However, he elected councilor of the same city in 2019^[9] and 2022.^[10]

Coaching record

Collegiate record

PBA

References

This page was last edited on 15 April 2024, at 06:36