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Tributes pour in for Baby Dalupan

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/sports2/08/17/baby-dalupan-tim-cone.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Baby Dalupan was once the PBA&#x27;s winningest coach before Tim Cone did him one better in 2014. <em>Photo by Arvin Lim, ABS-CBN Sports</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A legend has passed on. Maraming, maraming salamat Coach Baby! Rest in His loving peace. <a href="https://t.co/R14KOZ6ziH">pic.twitter.com/R14KOZ6ziH</a></p>— PBA (@pbaconnect) <a href="https://twitter.com/pbaconnect/status/766088973068308480">August 18, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>MANILA, Philippines – Filipino basketball coaches and players on Thursday celebrated the life and achievements of the legendary Virgilio &quot;Baby&quot; Dalupan, who died Wednesday night at the age of 92.</p><p>Dalupan, nicknamed &quot;The Maestro,&quot; won a staggering 52 championships during a coaching career that spanned five decades, beginning in 1955 with the University of the East and ending in 1993 with his alma mater, the Ateneo de Manila University.</p><p>For 23 years, he held the record of most PBA titles won by a head coach with 15, until Tim Cone broke it in February 2014.</p><p>READ: <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2016/08/18/legendary-coach-dalupan-passes-away-92-14561"><strong>Legendary coach Dalupan passes away at 92</strong></a></p><p>On Twitter, Cone expressed his devastation at the news of Dalupan&#x27;s death.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m so heartbroken,&quot; said Cone, now the coach of Ginebra. &quot;We lost a truly good man, and the greatest coach. I will miss him terribly.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I just now heard about Coach Baby&#x27;s passing. I&#x27;m so heartbroken. We lost a truly good man and the greatest coach. I will miss him terribly.</p>— Tim Cone (@manilacone) <a href="https://twitter.com/manilacone/status/766090798857203713">August 18, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>&quot;What I will remember about Coach Baby is how far ahead of his time he was, and what a wonderful father he was to his daughters. All of us in the PBA need to honor Coach Baby,&quot; he added.</p><p>&quot;We need to acknowledge how he impacted us all, how he was the father of all us coaches,&quot; said Cone, adding the hashtag &quot;GOAT,&quot; for greatest of all time.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">What I will remember about Coach Baby is how far ahead of his time he was, and what a wonderful father he was to his daughters. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOAT?src=hash">#GOAT</a></p>— Tim Cone (@manilacone) <a href="https://twitter.com/manilacone/status/766091369358069762">August 18, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">All of us in the PBA need to honor Coach Baby. We need to acknowledge how he impacted us all, how he was the father of all us coaches. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOAT?src=hash">#GOAT</a></p>— Tim Cone (@manilacone) <a href="https://twitter.com/manilacone/status/766092581344194560">August 18, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>In a statement, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas said it &quot;deeply mourn(s)&quot; the passing of Dalupan, who aside from his achievements in the PBA and collegiate leagues also coached the national team five times.</p><p>&quot;We will miss Coach Baby,&quot; the SBP said. &quot;But we will fondly keep him in our hearts and minds, always remembering his immeasurable contribution to Philippine basketball.&quot;</p><p>Ricardo Brown, the great Filipino-American guard who won titles with Dalupan for Great Taste in the early 1980s, said &quot;The Maestro&quot; was a true icon and legend of Philippine basketball.</p><div><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="689" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D1051768404872831%26set%3Da.169533529762994.34932.100001190431121%26type%3D3&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><p>&quot;Thank you for everything you did for me,&quot; Brown posted on Facebook. &quot;Love you always, Coach Baby.&quot;</p><p>&quot;You can rest in peace now, Coach,&quot; he added.</p><p>PBA Commissioner Chito Narvasa, for his part, called Dalupan his &quot;coach and mentor,&quot; a man who &quot;conducted himself with integrity, dignity, class, decency, and respect for others.&quot;</p><p>&quot;In spite of all his achievements and recognitions, the man remained incredibly humble. He raised the prestige of a basketball coach so high that he inspired many others to follow in his footsteps,&quot; Narvasa said <a href="http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sp0v93">in a statement</a>.</p><p>&quot;His presence did not diminish his players&#x27; talents, but instead nurtured these, and made them better,&quot; he also said.</p><p>&quot;To Coach Baby, thank you for all your contributions and for sharing your life with us.&quot;</p><p>Former national team head coach Chot Reyes, and former Gilas captain Jimmy Alapag both said on Twitter that it was a &quot;sad day for Philippine basketball.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Just got word that my inspiration, mentor, friend - The Maestro, Coach Baby Dalupan passed last night. What a sad day for Phil basketball</p>— Chot Reyes (@coachot) <a href="https://twitter.com/coachot/status/766070190694019072">August 18, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">RIP to legendary Coach Baby Dalupan. A sad day for Philippine basketball... 🙏</p>— Jimmy Alapag (@JAlapag3) <a href="https://twitter.com/JAlapag3/status/766075649773613056">August 18, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Meralco Bolts forward Jared Dillinger, for his part, said that it is also a time to &quot;rejoice for everything coach Baby Dalupan has done for Philippine basketball.&quot;</p><p>Dalupan&#x27;s wake will be held at the Ateneo campus on Thursday night.</p><p>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/"><em><strong>ABS-CBN Sports website</strong></em></a>.</p>

<p>Filipino basketball coaches and players on Thursday celebrated the life and achievements of the legendary Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan, who died Wednesday night at the age of 92. </p>

Filipino basketball coaches and players on Thursday celebrated the life and achievements of the legendary Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan, who died Wednesday night at the age of 92.