Louie Gonzalez (coach)

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Louie Gonzalez
JRU Heavy Bombers
PositionHead coach
League NCAA
Personal information
Nationality Flag of the Philippines.svg Filipino
Career information
College Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Coaching career1999–present
Career history
As coach:
1998–2001 Letran (assistant)
2007–2010 FEU (assistant)
2012–2014 GlobalPort Batang Pier (assistant)
2014–2015 Kia Sorento (assistant)
2015Letran (assistant)
2016–2018 La Salle (assistant)
2018La Salle
2019–present Jose Rizal
2020–2021 Muntinlupa Cagers
Career highlights and awards
As assistant coach:

Jose Luis "Louie" Gonzalez (sometimes misspelled as Louie Gonzales) is a former collegiate basketball player who currently serves as the head coach of the JRU Heavy Bombers. [1]

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Coaching career

Early career

Gonzalez, a Letran alumnus, son of a former La Salle Greenhills Greenies Tanny Gonzalez, worked with Binky Favis in the late 1990s. He's a part of Letran championship run at 1999. [2]

After his stint at Letran, he coached at British School Manila and then became part of Glenn Capacio's coaching staff at FEU Tamaraws from 2007 to 2010. He joined Globalport Batang Pier, and reunited again with Capacio. When Pido Jarencio took over, Gonzalez left for Kia Sorento in 2014. [2]

In 2015, Gonzalez, returned to Letran, with Ayo, a former player of the 1999 team, was coaching, and Capacio also joined. They won the 2015 title. The three later moved to La Salle, and also win a championship. [2]

Head coaching

When Ayo left for UST, he was appointed to head coach with Siot Tanquingcen and Capacio as his assistants, [2] but fired after a lackluster performance. [3] He was replaced by Gian Nazario. [4]

He was hired by the JRU Heavy Bombers, replacing Vergel Meneses. [5] [6] [7] He also served as a head coach to Muntinlupa Cagers. [8]

Coaching record

Collegiate

SeasonWLPCTFinishPGPWPLPPCTResults
De La Salle Green Archers (UAAP)
2018 86.5715th101.0004th seed Playoff
JRU Heavy Bombers (NCAA)
2019 513.2788th————Eliminated
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 18.11110th————Eliminated
2022 711.3899th————Eliminated
2023 98.5296th————Eliminated
Totals2138.603.355101.0000 championship

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References

  1. ↑ Payo, Jasmine (2019-04-20). "JRU taps former La Salle coach Louie Gonzalez". RAPPLER. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Li, Matthew (2018-01-02). "Who is Louie Gonzalez?". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  3. ↑ Olivares, Rick (2018-12-14). "Sources: La Salle to fire coach Louie Gonzales as part of major overhaul". The Philippine Star . Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  4. ↑ Riego, Norman (2019-05-05). "La Salle's new head coach has long been a mentor to Aljun Melecio". Rappler.
  5. ↑ "Gonzalez in, Meneses out as Heavy Bombers coach". philstar.com. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  6. ↑ Li, Matthew (2019-04-20). "JRU taps Louie Gonzalez as head coach". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  7. ↑ "Gonzalez, ex-DLSU coach, tapped by JRU". ESPN.com. 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  8. ↑ "Louie Gonzalez appointed as Muntinlupa coach in bid to return to MPBL contention". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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