Jino Manansala

Jinino "Jino" Manansala is a Filipino basketball coach for Saint Claire Saints in NAASCU. He is the son of former PBA player Jimmy Manansala.^[1]

Jino Manansala

Saint Claire Saints
Position	Head coach
League	NAASCU
Personal information
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Career information
College	UST
Position	Point Guard
Number	11, 15
Career history
As a coach:
2012–present	Saint Claire College of Caloocan
2020–2022	UST HS
2020–2022	UST
2022–2023	UST HS
2023–present	UST HS (assistant)
Career highlights
As head coach: 7× NAASCU Champion (2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24)

Career

Playing

Manansala was a former UST Growling Tigers player under Aric del Rosario. He became team captain in 2003, on his final year of playing and del Rosario's final year of coaching the team.^[2][1]

Coaching

Saint Claire

Since 2012, Manansala coached the Saint Claire Saints in NAASCU, and on his first year, he won a championship.^[3][4] The team made finals for the next 3 years, all losing to CEU Scorpions,^[5][6][7] before creating another 4-peat championship from 2016 until 2019.^{[8][9][10][11]}

UST

Manansala was appointed as UST Tiger Cubs head coach since 2020.^[1] In this time, he was also appointed as interim head coach of the seniors team, UST Growling Tigers.^[12][13] He was later replaced by Bal David.^[14] He later returned to Tiger Cubs,^[15] and coached the team until 2023, when Manu Iñigo was appointed as head coach. Manansala stayed as his assistant.^[16]

Return to Saint Claire

Manansala returned to coaching Saint Claire, and won back-to-back titles.^[17][18]