Pilo Pumaren

Filomeno "Pilo" Pumaren Jr. is a Filipino former basketball player and coach.

Pilo Pumaren

Personal information
Nationality	Filipino
Career information
College	University of the East
Coaching career	1975–1996
Career history
As a coach:
1972–1978	University of the East
1977–1979	Crispa 400
1979–1980	Gilbey's Gin
1980–1986	Northern Cement basketball team (assistant)
1981	Philippines
1986–1997	San Miguel Beermen (assistant)
Career highlights
As coach: 2× UAAP champions (1975, 1978) As assistant coach: 6× PBA champion (1989 Open, All-Filipino, 1989 Reinforced, 1992 All-Filipino, 1993 Governors', 1994 All-Filipino) Grand Slam champions (1989) As player: UAAP champions (1957)
Medals Men's Basketball Assistant coach for Philippines ABC Championship 1985 Kuala Lumpur team Southeast Asian Games 1981 Manila team 1985 Bangkok team William Jones Cup 1981 Taipei team 1985 Taipei team ABC Under 18 Championship 1982 Manila team

Career

Playing

Pumaren played for 1957 UE team that won its first UAAP championship.^[1]

Coaching

Pumaren started as head coach of UE Red Warriors. He led the team into two championships (1975 and 1978).^[2][3] He served as an assistant to Ron Jacobs to Northern Cement.^[4]

He worked for Gilbey's Gin (now Ginebra) as its head coach,^[5][6] and later worked for San Miguel Beermen as their assistant coach until 1996.

Personal life

He is the father of Franz, Derrick, and Dindo.^[2][7]