Sherwin Meneses

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Sherwin Meneses
Meneses at outstanding alumni awards rites at Adamson in 2024.jpg
Meneses in 2024
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Born (1982-07-20) July 20, 1982 (age 42)
College / University Adamson University
Coaching information
Current team
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
    • 2012–2016
    • 2009–2024
    • 2018
    • 2022–present
    • 2022
    • 2024–present
    • 2024

Sherwin Meneses (born July 20, 1982 [1] ) is a Filipino volleyball coach. He is a ten-time champion in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), seven times as the head coach of the Creamline Cool Smashers. He is also the head coach of the NU Lady Bulldogs, who captured their second straight title in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in May 2025.

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He also coached the Adamson Lady Falcons in the UAAP and the Arellano Chiefs in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Career

Meneses is a former player for the Adamson Falcons. [2] He and Mike Alinsunurin won the Nestea Beach Volleyball crown in Boracay in 2006. [3]

Coaching career

Collegiate

Adamson Lady Falcons

Sherwin Meneses has been the coach of the Lady Falcons, Adamson University's women's volleyball team from 2012 to 2016. He resigned from his post on March 10, 2016, while UAAP Season 78 was still underway due to a dispute with the management. [4] [5] [6] Under his coaching the Falcons reached the Final Four twice. Other players including captain Mylene Paat left the team. [7]

Adamson University awarded Meneses as one of the 2024 Outstanding Alumni in Sports, Culture and Arts. [8]

Arellano Chiefs

Meneses moved to the Arellano Chiefs in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. [9]

NU Lady Bulldogs

In August 2024, Meneses became coach of the NU Lady Bulldogs. [10] NU considered national team coach Jorge Edson and Akari Chargers coach Taka Minowa for the role left by Norman Miguel. Meneses accepted the role adding to his current position as head coach of Creamline. His wife and daughter have studied at NU. [11]

The Lady Bulldogs played at the 2024 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship under the club name Monolith Skyrisers. [12] They finished sixth. [13] He would be formally signed as coach for the Lady Bulldogs for the UAAP in October 1, 2024. [14]

Meneses and the Lady Bulldogs won the 2024 Shakey's Super League Pre-season Championship over the DLSU Lady Spikers. [15] The latter lost again, 0-2, in the finals as NU claimed back-to-back UAAP crowns in May 2025. [16]

Club

Generika

He would also coach the now-defunct Generika-Ayala Lifesavers of the Philippine Super Liga and led the Arellano men's volleyball team to a runner-up finish in the NCAA Season 93. [17]

Creamline

Meneses would be tapped to coach the Creamline Cool Smashers, of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). [18] He won his first title as a head coach when he helped Creamline clinch the 2022 Open Conference title. [17]

Leaning on the steady hands of Tots Carlos and Jema Galanza who were the top two highest pointers for Creamline, Meneses bagged his second title as a pro head coach in the 2022 Invitational Conference and thought about continuing the system in order to win a third straight championship. [19] [20]

Meneses has been tapped to the coaching staff of the national team with seven of its players coming from Creamline – Carlos, Galanza, Gumabao, Morado-De Guzman, Atienza, Domingo, and Valdez – set to participate in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia in May 2023 after the Cool Smashers successfully defended their PVL All-Filipino Conference title against the Petro Gazz Angels last March 30, 2023. [21]

Meneses guided the Cool Smashers to their 4-peat and 8th title overall in the pro league PVL on May 12, 2024. [22] [23]

Creamline bagged the first-ever grand slam and 10th title overall without the usual MVP-veterans as starters last September 12, 2024, equally making Meneses the first grand slam coach in the women's pro league in the Philippines. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

In March 2025, Meneses reach another milestone. He won his 100th game during Game 1 of the 2024–25 All-Filipino Conference quarterfinals. [29] Creamline lost the final to Petro Gazz. [30]

National team

Creamline as the Philippine national team took part at the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup under the tutelage of Meneses. [31] [32]

Honors

Creamline:

References

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  3. Calapre, Frank (March 23, 2007). "Adamson, SFAC gain semis slots". Manila Times. p. A8. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
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