Eric Altamirano

Frederick "Eric" Altamirano (born August 8, 1966) is a former Filipino basketball player. He is the head coach of the National University Bulldogs.

Playing career

Varsity

Eric Altamirano went to San Beda College for his high school education. He was a member of the Red Cubs, the school's varsity basketball team and was one of the players who were instrumental in giving the school a string of championships. Altamirano played college ball for the University of the Philippines in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, where his team won the championship in 1986. He was named the Most Valuable Player that same year.

Professional

Altamirano later played in the Philippine Basketball Association for Alaska Aces, Pepsi, and Shell Turbo Chargers.

He is now the Program Director for the National Basketball Training Center, a grassroots program for Philippine Basketball. In 2004, he also created the Coach E Basketball School.

Coaching career

Collegiate coach

Altamirano ventured into coaching after retiring from playing. His first try was in 1996 when he led the University of the Philippines to a Final Four finish. He is now the head coach of the National University Bulldogs.

Pro League coach

Altamirano won two championships in the PBA. Before leading Purefods to a PBA title in 1997, he was Chot Reyes' assistant coach at Purefoods in 1995 until 1996. After leading the Cowboys in the All-Filipino Conference, he moved to the Mobiline Phone Pals and gave them a championship, the 1998 PBA Centennial Cup. He returned to Purefoods and gave them a string of decent finishes. He left Purefoods, after being selected by Jong Uichico as the RP men's basketball team assistant coach. After 2 years of not coaching a PBA team, he coached the Coca-Cola Tigers during the 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference. Eventually, he was reassigned and appointed as the Project Director for the San Miguel All Stars.

National team coach

He was the head coach of the Nokia Pilipinas Under 18 Men's basketball team. Handled of the Nokia Pilipinas Men's National under-16 national basketball team of the Philippines, that placed 4th in the Fiba Asia U 16 Men's Tournament in Johor Bahru in November 2009.,^[1] and Project Director of the National Basketball Training Center of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation.^[2] Created Coach E Basketball School

Personal life

He is married and has three children.

References

Preceded by Allan Caidic	UAAP Men's Basketball Most Valuable Player 1986	Succeeded by Jun Reyes
Preceded by Joe Lipa	University of the Philippines head coach 1996	Succeeded by Nic Jorge
Preceded by Chot Reyes Derrick Pumaren	Purefoods Corned Beef/Carne Norte Cowboys/TJ Hotdogs head coach 1997-1998 2001-2002	Succeeded by Chito Narvasa Ryan Gregorio
Preceded by Tommy Manotoc	Mobiline Phone Pals head coach 1998-2000	Succeeded by Louie Alas
Preceded by Biboy Ravanes	Coca-Cola Tigers head coach 2005	Succeeded by Binky Favis
Preceded by Eric Gonzales	NU Bulldogs men's basketball head coach 2011-present	Succeeded by (incumbent)

NU Bulldogs men's basketball current roster

4 Alolino 5 Diputado 6 Morido 7 Neypes 8 Lastimosa 9 Yu 10 Abatayo 11 Javelona 12 Alejandro 13 Celda 14 Salim 15 Javillonar 16 Tansingco 17 De Castro 18 Rangel 19 Aroga

Head coach: Altamirano Assistant coaches: Guanio Jose Napa Ycasiano

Philippines squad – 1986 Asian Games – Bronze medal

4 Alvin Patrimonio 5 Ronnie Magsanoc 6 Jojo Lastimosa 7 Elmer Reyes 8 Allan Caidic 9 Samboy Lim 10 Dindo Pumaren 11 Eric Altamirano 12 Glenn Capacio 13 Harmon Codiñera 14 Jerry Codiñera 15 Jack Tanuan Coach: Joe Lipa

Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys 1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup Champions

1 Bong Ravena 3 Elmer Lago 5 Edmund Reyes 7 Rey Evangelista 8 Genesis Sasuman 10 Dindo Pumaren 16 Alvin Patrimonio 19 Freche Ang 24 Cris Bolado 44 Jerry Codiñera 55 Sonny Cabatu 88 Cadel Mosqueda Coach Eric Altamirano

Tropang TNT

Formerly the Pepsi Hotshots, Mobiline Phone Pals and Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Founded in 1990 Owned by Smart Communications, Inc., subsidiary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Draft history Seasons Current season

Administration	Owner: Manuel V. Pangilinan Board Governor: Ricky Vargas

Coaches	Ocampo Silverio Pumaren Guiao Black Pumaren Manotoc Altamirano Alas Bayno Woolpert Banal Pumaren Reyes Black Uichico

Championships (8)	2003 All-Filipino 2008-09 Philippine 2010-11 Philippine 2011 Commissioner's 2011-12 Philippine 2012-13 Philippine 2015 Commissioner's (1998 Centennial)

Runner-up finishes (9)	1992 Third 1998 Governors 2002 Commissioner's 2004-05 Philippine 2005 Fiesta 2007 Fiesta 2011 Governors 2012 Commissioner's 2014 Commissioner's

Retired jerseys	3 Alapag

Culture and lore	Philippine Cup 3 Peat: 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 Jun Bernardino Trophy The Blur The Mighty Mouse The Rock

Seasons (26)	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Star Hotshots

Formerly the Purefoods TJ Giants, Coney Island Ice Cream Stars, B-Meg Llamados and San Mig Coffee Mixers Founded in 1988 Owned by the San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

Coaches	Fernandez Calilan Dalupan Capacio Panganiban Reyes Altamirano Narvasa Pumaren Altamirano Gregorio Gallent Cone Webb

Administration	Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala Jaime Zobel de Ayala Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. Ramon S. Ang

Championships (13)	1990 Third 1991 All-Filipino 1993 All-Filipino 1994 Commissioner's 1997 All-Filipino 2002 Governors 2006 Philippine 2009–10 Philippine 2012 Commissioner's 2013 Governors' 2013–14 Philippine 2014 Commissioner's 2014 Governors'

Runner-up finishes (13)	1988 Open 1988 All-Filipino 1989 All-Filipino 1990 All-Filipino 1992 All-Filipino 1993 Commissioner's 1994 All-Filipino 1996 All-Filipino 1997 Governors' 2000 All-Filipino 2000 Governors' 2005-06 Fiesta 2007-08 Philippine 2012 Governors'

Seasons (27)	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Retired numbers	7 Evangelista 16 Patrimonio 44 Codiñera

Culture and lore	Manila Clasico Kontrapelo The Captain The Defense Minister Big Game Pinoy Sakuragi The Scoring Apostle 2013–14 Grand Slam

Powerade Tigers

Formerly the Coca Cola Tigers Founded in 2002 Disbanded in 2012 Owned by Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company

The franchise	Franchise History All-time roster Draft history Seasons

Coaches	Reyes Ravanes Altamirano Favis Duremdes Perasol

Administration	Board Governor: Ronald Asuncion General Manager: Kenneth Duremdes

Championships (2)	2002 All-Filipino 2003 Reinforced

Runner-up finishes (3)	2003 All-Filipino 2003 Invitational 2011-12 Philippine

Retired jerseys	19 Duremdes 22 Cariaso

Seasons (10)	2002 2003 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Culture and Lore	The Jet H-Bomb The Christmas Day Victory The Alaska Connection

NU Bulldogs 2014-15 UAAP Men's Basketball Champions

4 Gelo Alolino 5 Jess Diputado 6 Ralp Tansingco 7 Jjay Alejandro 8 Henri Betayene 9 Ralph Atangan 10 Tristan Perez 11 Nico Javelona 12 Glenn Khobuntin 13 Redan Celda 14 Mohammad Al-Yusouf Salim 15 Dave Yu 16 Kyle Neypes 17 Troy Rosario 18 John Paul Caulian 19 Alfred Aroga (Finals MVP)

Head coach: Eric Altamirano Assistant coaches: Joey Guanio Mon Jose Jeff Napa Vic Ycasiano

UAAP Men's Basketball Most Valuable Player award

1960: Nadurata
1961: Roa
1963: Rosabal
1966: Jaworski
1968: Acuña
1969: Artajos
1981: Williams
1982: Caidic
1983: Capacio
1984: Caidic
1985: Caidic
1986: Altamirano
1987: Reyes
1988: Reyes
1989: Limpot
1990: Limpot
1991: Abarrientos
1992: Limpot
1993: Espino
1994: Espino
1995: Cantojos
1996: Telan
1997: Telan
1998: Allado
1999: Allado
2000: Alvarez
2001: Alvarez
2002: Villanueva
2003: Yap
2004: Santos
2005: Santos
2006: Bono
2007: Cruz
2008: Al-Hussaini
2009: Ababou
2010: Garcia
2011: Parks, Jr.
2012: Parks, Jr.
2013: Romeo
2014: Ravena
2015: Ravena

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