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Cholo Villanueva tapped as Bay Area Dragons deputy coach

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Rey Joble

<p>A Filipino coach will join the coaching staff of the Bay Area Dragons when the Hong Kong-based squad competes in the PBA Commissioner&#x27;s Cup and the East Asia Super League.</p><p>Cholo Villanueva, head coach of the Batangas City-Embassy Chill in the MPBL, has been tapped to join the coaching staff headed by Olympian Brian Goorjan in the Dragons’ camp.</p><p>Villanueva disclosed this development to ABS-CBN News, showing a signed document formalizing his involvement with the squad.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/21/22/bay-area-dragons-hold-off-ateneo-in-tune-up">Bay Area Dragons hold off Ateneo in tune-up</a></li></ul><p>The former La Salle Green Archer has been helping the team’s practices, including tune-up matches with Blackwater and La Salle.</p><p>Bay Area Dragons will be headed by former NBA player Myles Powell and 7-foot-5 Chinese center Liu Chuanxing, a member of the Chinese national team, and 6-foot-9 veteran Duncan Reid.</p><p>Powell played for the New York Knicks coached by Tom Thibodeau, and the Philladelphia 76ers handled by Doc Rivers.</p><p>Reid was a member of the Hong Kong national team for many years.</p><p>The involvement of Villanueva in the guest squad which will also see action in EASL’s home and away tournament, will give the Hong Kong-based squad an added feel of Pinoy brand of game as well as the coach’s familiarity with the PBA.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/12/22/guest-squad-bay-area-dragons-look-forward-to-pba-stint">Bay Area Dragons&#x27; Myles Powell, Liu Chuanxing look forward to playing in PBA</a></li></ul><p>Villanueva also played in the PBA for a few years before embarking on coaching, serving as an assistant coach to Franz Pumaren (Air21 and GlobalPort).</p><p>Just recently, Villanueva led the Batangas City-Embassy Chill to a 75-66 win over Sarangani as the squad improved its win-loss record to 13-1 in the ongoing MPBL’s fourth season.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iouw65I1qt8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>PBA Season 47 games can be streamed live and on-demand on iWantTFC with a Premium subscription, available worldwide except PH and US.</strong><br/> </div>

A Filipino coach will join the coaching staff of the Bay Area Dragons when the Hong Kong-based squad competes in the PBA Commissioner's Cup and the East Asia Super League.