Dayong Mendoza

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Dayong Mendoza
San Miguel Beermen
PositionAssistant coach/Team scout
League PBA
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Career information
College University of the Philippines – Diliman
Coaching career2002–present
Career history
As coach:
2002–2003Cheeseball-Shark (assistant)
2004–2005 Shell Turbo Chargers (assistant)
2006–2007 Adamson HS
2005–2012 B-Meg Llamados (assistant/scout)
2014–present San Miguel Beermen (assistant/scout)
Career highlights and awards
As assistant coach:

Dayong Mendoza is a Filipino professional basketball coach who serves as assistant coach and team scout of the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). [1]

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Career

Mendoza started in 2002 at a PBL team (Cheeseball-Shark) as an assistant coach together with Atoy Co, with Philip Cezar as head coach. [2] [3]

He also served as an assistant coach for Shell Turbo Chargers under Leo Austria. [4] He also served for Ateneo, Adamson, Letran and Shark Energy Drink. [5]

After the disbandment of the Turbo Chargers, he was rumored to be an assistant for Coca-Cola Tigers under Binky Favis. [6] But instead, he served as head coach of Adamson Baby Falcons. [7]

From 2005, [8] he served as an assistant coach and team scout for the B-Meg Llamados. He served with the team until 2012. [9]

From 2014 until now, he served as team scout and assistant coach for San Miguel Beermen, and reunited with Austria. [10] [1]

In 2019, he launched a basketball camp called "Camp and Play". [9]

Outside basketball

Mendoza was known for having a colorful personality, and also for painting as he owns a coffee place in Quezon City called Dayong Art Gallery Café. [11]

He has notable art exhibitions including: Basketbol Siris at Shangri-La Makati in 1996, was also sold out; Ugat, was sold out at the SM Megamall in 1999, and Dyip! Dyip! Dyip! in 2013 inside Serendra at the Global City Taguig. [5]

Personal life

He is the son of Al Mendoza, a journalist. [10]

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