Richie Ticzon

Richard Anthony M. Ticzon

Personal information
Born	September 8, 1971 Pasig City
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
College	Ateneo de Manila University
PBA draft	1994 Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Pepsi Mega Hotshots
Playing career	1994–2002
Position	Assistant Coach
Career history
As player:
1994-1995	Coney Island Ice Cream Stars/Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
1996-1998	Formula Shell Zoom Masters
1999-2000	Cagayan de Oro Amigos (MBA)
2001-2002	Alaska Aces
As coach:
2014	GlobalPort Batang Pier (interim coach)
2015	Barako Bull Energy

Richie Ticzon (born September 8, 1971 in Pasig City) is a former Filipino professional basketball player and coach.

Playing career

Nicknamed The Velvet Touch for his outside shooting, Ticzon played college ball at the Ateneo de Manila University and was a teammate of Olsen Racela. He was selected fourth overall by the Pepsi Mega Hotshots in the 1994 PBA draft. On draft day, he was traded to Purefoods (then known as Coney Island) alongside Pepsi’s 1995 and 1996 second round picks for Dindo Pumaren and Dwight Lago. He had his best years with the Shell Turbo Chargers (then known as Formula Shell). As a midseason signee, he shocked everyone when he teamed up with Kenny Redfield and Benjie Paras to pummel Ginebra in the semifinals of the 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup. He would later jump to the MBA via the Cagayan de Oro Amigos, and would later return to the PBA with the Alaska Aces.^[1][2]

Coaching career

Ticzon would later turn to coaching after his playing years were over. He became an assistant coach at FEU,^[3] and would later serve as assistant to coach Junel Baculi at GlobalPort. Despite his lack of head coaching experience, team owner Mikee Romero installed him as the interim head coach for the Batang Pier after the team fired Baculi just a week before the start of the 2013-14 PBA season.^[4] In his only conference with the team, he compiled a 5-9 win-loss record and helped them reach the All-Filipino Conference quarterfinals as a seventh-seed team. He was then replaced by Pido Jarencio before the start of the next conference.^[5]

References

1. Salazar, Syd. "Richie Ticzon - former 90s hoop heartthrob - is now the new GlobalPort coach". www.sydrified.org. Syd Salazar. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
2. Henson, Joaquin. "No regrets for Ticzon". www.philstar.com. Philippine Star. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
3. Terrado, Reuben. "After shortlived stint at GlobalPort, Richie Ticzon is back coaching. Find out where". www.spin.ph. SPIN.ph. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
4. Venancio, Jeff. "GlobalPort names Richie Ticzon interim coach". www.gmanetwork.com. GMA News. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
5. Badua, Snow. "Former coach Richie Ticzon feels bad for Globalport over struggling start in Commissioner's Cup". www.spin.ph. SPIN.ph. Retrieved 23 March 2014.