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ABL: Jimmy Alapag announced as new head coach for Alab Pilipinas

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Norman Lee Benjamin Riego, ABS-CBN Sports

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/08/12/20170802-jimmy-alapag-md-2.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Jimmy Alapag will serve as an assistant coach in the SEA Games-bound Gilas Pilipinas team. Alab Pilipinas in the ASEAN Basketball League has tapped Alapag as its next head coach.<em> Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Jimmy Alapag, who served as a longtime national-team captain, will now be tasked to call the shots for a different kind of Philippine team.</p><p>On Saturday, Alapag was named the new head coach of Alab Pilipinas for the 2017-18 ASEAN Basketball League.</p><p>The one-time PBA MVP takes over from Mac Cuan, who guided Alab to a semifinal finish last season.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><div style="margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BXrmHselpIQ/" style="color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">&quot;Life is all about facing new challenges...&quot; K. Tszyu Excited about the opportunity to Coach @alabpilipinas for the upcoming ABL season. Special thanks to @virtualplaygroundph @sportsagentcd @dondonmonteverde. Looking forward to an exciting ABL season!!! @mcc_cuan #AlabNatinTo #AlabPilipinas #AndSoItBegins #DrivenByMyDreams</a></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap">A post shared by Jimmy Alapag (@jalapag3) on <time dateTime="2017-08-12T04:58:45+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 11, 2017 at 9:58pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>This will be Alapag’s first head-coaching job, having served as an assistant for Gilas Pilipinas and Meralco in the PBA.</p><p>“The Mighty Mouse” won six championships in the PBA. He played 13 years for TNT and two years for Meralco.</p><p>He also stood as the longtime leader for the national team.</p><p>With Alab, Alapag will still have Cuan as part of his staff. </p><p>The Philippines will see action in the ABL commencing later in the year. All of the action will be shown on S+A, S+A HD, and sports.abs-cbn.com/livestream/abl.</p><p>(For more sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com" target="_blank">Sports website.</a>)</p>

<p>This will be Alapag’s first head-coaching job, having served as an assistant for both Gilas Pilipinas and Meralco in the PBA in the past couple of years.</p>

This will be Alapag’s first head-coaching job, having served as an assistant for both Gilas Pilipinas and Meralco in the PBA in the past couple of years.

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ABL: Jimmy Alapag announced as new head coach for Alab Pilipinas

Norman Lee Benjamin Riego,

ABS-CBN Sports

Published August 12, 2017 03:29 PM PHT

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Updated August 12, 2017 06:45 PM PHT

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