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Dayong Mendoza
Filipino basketball coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dayong Mendoza is a Filipino professional basketball coach who serves as assistant coach and team scout of the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).[1]
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Career
Mendoza started in 2002 at a PBL team (Cheeseball-Shark) as an assistant coach together with Atoy Co, with Philip Cezar as head coach.[2][3]
He also served as an assistant coach for Shell Turbo Chargers under Leo Austria.[4] He also served for Ateneo, Adamson, Letran and Shark Energy Drink.[5]
After the disbandment of the Turbo Chargers, he was rumored to be an assistant for Coca-Cola Tigers under Binky Favis.[6] But instead, he served as head coach of Adamson Baby Falcons.[7]
From 2005,[8] he served as an assistant coach and team scout for the B-Meg Llamados. He served with the team until 2012.[9]
From 2014 until now, he served as team scout and assistant coach for San Miguel Beermen, and reunited with Austria.[10][1]
In 2019, he launched a basketball camp called "Camp and Play".[9]
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Outside basketball
Mendoza was known for having a colorful personality, and also for painting as he owns a coffee place in Quezon City called Dayong Art Gallery Café.[11]
He has notable art exhibitions including: Basketbol Siris at Shangri-La Makati in 1996, was also sold out; Ugat, was sold out at the SM Megamall in 1999, and Dyip! Dyip! Dyip! in 2013 inside Serendra at the Global City Taguig.[5]
Personal life
He is the son of Al Mendoza, a journalist.[10]
References
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