Danny Floro PBA Executive of the Year Award

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The Danny Floro Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Executive of the Year award is an annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given since the 1993 PBA season. The winner receives the Danny Floro Trophy, which is named since 1995 in honor of Valeriano "Danny" Floro, who owns the Crispa Redmanizers, one of the original members of the PBA which won two Grand Slam in 1976 and 1983. Unlike the traditional player awards, which is given by the league, this citation is awarded by the PBA Press Corps. [1]

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Since its inception, the award has been given to 17 individuals and one group. The most recent recipient of this award is TNT Tropang Giga coach and team manager Jojo Lastimosa.

List of awardees

^Denotes executive who is still active in the PBA
*Elected to the PBA Hall of Fame as an executive
*^Active PBA executive who has been elected to the PBA Hall of Fame
SeasonExecutiveCountry of birthTeam
1993 Elmer Yanga Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Swift Mighty Meaties
1994 Elmer Yanga (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Swift Mighty Meaties
1995 Elmer Yanga (3)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Sunkist Orange Juicers
1996 Jun Bernardino *Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines n/a
1997 Simon Mossesgeld Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies
1998 Wilfred Uytengsu Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Alaska Milkmen
1999 Jun Bernardino * (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines n/a
2000 Buddy Encarnado Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Sta. Lucia Realtors
2001 Sonny Barrios Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines n/a
2002 George Chua Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Red Bull Thunder
2003 Manny Pangilinan ^Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
2004–05 Henry Cojuangco Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Barangay Ginebra Kings
2005–06 Rene Pardo ^Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Purefoods Chunkee Giants
2006–07 Ricky Vargas ^Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
2007–08 Buddy Encarnado (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Sta. Lucia Realtors
2008–09 Danding Cojuangco *Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Beermen
2009–10 Wilfred Uytengsu (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Alaska Aces
2010–11 Manny Pangilinan ^ (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2011–12 Raymond Yu ^Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2011–12 Terry Que ^Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2012–13 Team PBA1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines n/a
2013–14 Ramon Ang ^Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Corporation teams
2014–15 Patrick Gregorio ^Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2015–16 Raymond Yu ^ (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2015–16 Terry Que ^ (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2016–17 Ramon Ang ^ (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Corporation teams
2017–18 Alfrancis Chua ^Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2019 Ricky Vargas ^ (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines TNT KaTropa
2020 [n 1] Willie Marcial ^Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines n/a
2021 Alfrancis Chua ^ (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2022–23 Jojo Lastimosa ^Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines TNT Tropang Giga

Multiple time winners

TotalPlayer
3Elmer Yanga
2 Ramon Ang
Jun Bernardino
Alfrancis Chua
Buddy Encarnado
Manny Pangilinan
Terry Que
Wilfred Uytengsu
Ricky Vargas
Raymond Yu

Notes

  1. The 2020 season only had one conference. A different award, named "Mr. Executive" was given to Marcial.

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References

  1. PBA Press Corps Annual Awards Night set Sept. 16, PBA.inquirer.net, September 11, 2015