Randy Alcantara

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Randy Alcantara
San Juan Knights
PositionHead coach
League MPBL
Personal information
Born (1972-01-15) January 15, 1972 (age 52)
Nationality Flag of the Philippines.svg Filipino
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
College Mapua Institute of Techology
PBA draft 1998: 3rd round, 17th overall pick
Selected by the Formula Shell Zoom Masters
Coaching career2010–present
Career history
As coach:
2009–2019 Malayan HS
2009–2015 Mapúa University (assistant)
2011–2012 Tanduay Light Rhum Masters (assistant)
2018–2019 University of Santo Tomas (assistant)
2018–present San Juan Knights
2019–presentMapúa University
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

As player:

Randy Alcantara (January 15, 1972) is a former collegiate basketball player who currently serves as the head coach of Mapua Cardinals and San Juan Knights. [1]

Contents

Career

Playing career

Alcantara played under Joel Banal in 1991 NCAA finals. [2]

He played under Alfrancis Chua for Stag Pale Pilseners, and with MVP Marlou Aquino, Bal David, Reuben Dela Rosa, Derrick Bughao, Paul Du and best import Antoine Joubert, they completed a three-conference sweep and a grandslam in their very first season in the PBL, becoming the sole PBL Team to do so. They also became the third team to win a title in their first try during the Reinforced Conference, defeating Red Bull Energy Drink in four games. [3] Stag had an easier time scoring a three-game finals sweep in the next two conferences, winning over Casino Rubbing Alcohol in the All-Filipino Cup and repeating over Red Bull in the Danny Floro Cup in January 1996. [4] He was also a Mythical Second Team member.

In 1998 PBL Makati Mayors Cup finals, he scored 13 points for Tanduay to help the squad to win over Dazz. [5] In the same year's All-Filipino finals, he helped Tanduay to came back from a 1–2 series deficit and win their 6th PBL title against Agfa HDC Films. In the deciding fifth game, Agfa was ahead, 60–53, with 8:42 left in the final quarter, but he and Eric Menk scored successively to levelled the count at 66-all with 4:11 left. They eventually won championship. [6]

Coaching career

Alcantara coached the San Juan Knights, and led them to two championship (2019, 2020). [7]

On December 6, 2018, Alcantara was hired as the new head coach of Mapua Cardinals. [8] He led the team to a finals appearance against San Beda. [9] [10]

Coaching record

Collegiate

SeasonWLPCTFinishPGPWPLPPCTResults
Mapua Cardinals (NCAA)
2019 99.5006thEliminated
202122 72.7782nd413.250Runner-Up
2022 711.3897thEliminated
2023 153.8331st422.500Runner-Up
Totals3825.603835.3750 championship

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