Pido Jarencio, UST still courting Alfrancis Chua’s support

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A celebratory dinner attended by the new UST coaching staff and SMC Sports director Alfrancis Chua. – PHOTO CONTRIBUTION

A celebratory dinner attended by the new UST coaching staff led by Pido Jarencio, school officials and SMC Sports director Alfrancis Chua. – PHOTO CONTRIBUTION

MANILA, Philippines-Newly signed University of Santo Tomas coach Pido Jarencio hopes to enlist the support of San Miguel athletic director Alfrancis Chua to strengthen the Growling Tigers after a forgettable 85 season in the UAAP.

Jarencio personally invited famous names to the “celebratory dinner” which also included Fr. Rector, Richard Ang and the school’s athletic director, Fr. Ronald Cansancio, OP

Despite Chua’s presence at lunch, Jarencio said nothing was finalized at the time of writing.

“We look forward to having him here. All of us here just want the same thing and help lift UST up,” said the former Northport head coach.

Growling Tigers team manager Waiyip Chong, who also played a key role in Letran’s three-peat run in the NCAA, also reiterated that he is still in the process of convincing Chua and SMC to mentor the basketball program.

“We are still convincing Al. Nothing is final but it will be a big thing if they agree to help here,” Chong said in Filipino.

Contrary to previous reports, Chong clarified that he wanted to pursue Chua as Special Assistant to the Chancellor of Basketball and not the support of SMC as a whole.

Chua, Chong and now-team consultant Bonnie Tan chimed in their joint efforts in SMC’s helping year for the Knights.

Jarencio, the last coach to bring UST a UAAP title, signed a three-year contract to re-coach a UST team that won just one game in the last UAAP.

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