Michael Oliver returns as Batang
Gilas coach
by
rick olivares
Michael Oliver will
continue to Coach the Batang Gilas national youth team. This was announced
last Thursday, February 2, by Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Executive
Director Renauld "Sonny" Barrios.
Oliver previously coached
Batang Gilas in 2015 during the 2015 U16 Seaba championship that was held in
Cagayan De Oro where they emerged SEABA Champions and qualified them to play in
the 2016 FIBA Asia U18 Championship in Tehran, Iran. As a player, Oliver
won a UAAP seniors championship with Far Eastern University in 1997 and he
coached the FEU Baby Tamaraws to a UAAP Juniors crown in 2012.
The SBP will announce
soon the schedule for the upcoming SEABA tournament that the Philippines is
hosting this summer of 2017 where both the Men's and U16 Men's categories will
be played simultaneously.
According
to Batang Gilas team manager Andrew Teh, "Oliver's announcement is a
welcome one because now we can prepare in earnest for the tournament."
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