Ricky Umayam

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Ricky Umayam
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
PositionAssistant coach/Team scout
League PBA
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Career history
As a coach:
2013–present Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (assistant/scout)
2013–2014 Letran (assistant)
Career highlights
As assistant coach:

Richard "Ricky" Umayam is a Filipino coach who serves as an assistant coach and team scout for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the PBA. [1]

Career

Umayam is notable for being an assistant coach of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters since 2013 under Yeng Guiao. [2] In the same year, he also joined Letran Knights in the same year when Caloy Garcia, one of his colleagues in Rain or Shine was hired by the colleagiate team. [3] But before he accepted the assistant coaching role, he was already waiting for head coaching offer from Benilde. [2]

In 2018, when Guiao was hired as head coach of the national team, he was tapped to be an assistant. [4] [5] Notably his role was being deputy scout for Ryan Gregorio (who was appointed as special assistant to the SBP president). [6] The team played for 2018 Asian Games. He was also retained for 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, and on its preceding qualifying games. [5] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Terrado, Reuben. "Scouting from home: Tough task for assistant coaches Dayong Mendoza, Ricky Umayam". Spin.ph.
  2. 1 2 Almo, Alder (January 18, 2013). "Garcia, Letran seal two-year coaching deal". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  3. ↑ "Garcia, Letran finalize two-year coaching deal". Philstar.com. January 19, 2013. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  4. ↑ Henson, Joaquin M. (September 2, 2018). "Mission accomplished by cagers". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  5. 1 2 Henson, Joaquin M. (September 4, 2018). "Yeng retains staff for Qualifiers". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  6. ↑ Beltran, Nelson (August 24, 2018). "Ryan Gregorio appointed SBP SAP". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  7. ↑ Henson, Joaquin (August 10, 2019). "Blatche nears peak form for World Cup". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
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