Mau Belen

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Mau Belen
Personal information
Born1991or1992(age 31–32)
Career history
As coach:
2021–2024 TNT Triple Giga (3x3)
2024 Philippines 3x3
Career highlights and awards

Maureen Kris Belen [1] (born 1991or1992 [2] ) is a Filipino basketball coach. [3]

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Career

Coaching career

Early years (pre-2021)

A former high school varsity player, [3] Belen shifted to coaching having limited options to continue her playing career as a woman. She joined coach Eric Altamirano's basketball school to hone her skills before heading to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates where she stayed for four years and worked as a youth coach for the local Filipino community there. [4]

Belen returned to the Philippines in 2017, coaching at least three teams. [4] This include the Philippine National Police women's team in 2019. [5] Her other previous employers were Assumption College and St. Paul College of Parañaque. [4]

TNT Tropang Giga assistant coach

In March 2021, Belen became the first female coach in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) when she was made assistant coach of the Chot Reyes-led staff of TNT Tropang Giga. [5] However, the inclusion of female staff member is not new in the history of the franchise with Debbie Tan as team manager when the team was still known as Mobiline. [1]

TNT Triple Giga head coach

She would also become head coach of TNT's team in the PBA 3x3. [6] TNT would win the third conference of the 2021 season under her mentorship. [7] The team, later rebranded as the TNT Triple Giga, would continue its winning streak by winning all three conferences in the 2022–23 season – the first ever grand slam in the 3x3 league's history. [7] [8] [9] The team would be disbanded after the PBA 3x3's dissolution after the 2023–24 season. [10]

Philippines 3x3

Belen would be the head coach of the Philippines men's national 3x3 team which took part in the 2024 FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup. [11]

Sports administration

Belen organized sports events in Dubai. [6] She was also part of the organizing team of the basketball tournament of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines. [5]

Belen also served as tournament director of National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) which organizes tournaments for girls. [12]

Personal life

Belen identifies as a lesbian and presents herself as masculine. [3]

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