Dante Alinsunurin is a Filipino

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coach.

Career

NU Bulldogs

Alinsunurin has coached in the

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(UAAP), mentoring the National University (NU)

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and clinched a gold medal for the Philippines.

Club

Alinsunurin has participated at the

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as coach. He guided the Megabuilders Volley Bolts in 2017. He also coached Go for Gold Air Force team which finished as runners-up at the 2021 PNVF Champions League. He would join the women's club

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of the

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with his first tournament set to be the 2023 All-Filipino Conference.

Philippine national team

Alinsunurin has coached the Philippine men's national team. A former national player himself, Alinsunurin was appointed as head coach in February 2019, under the then national federation

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(LVP). He helped the team win a silver medal at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. He was retained as a coach when the LVP was succeeded by the

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in 2021. He has also coached the national team at the

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which took part as a club side under the name Rebisco PH. In 2022, Alinsunurin would lead the team again for the

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in Vietnam. However the team failed to maintain their success from the 2019 edition, finishing fifth. In January 2023, Alinsunurin left the national team after he was named coach of

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alinsunurin, Dante Filipino volleyball coaches Volleyball coaches of international teams Living people Filipino men's volleyball players Year of birth missing (living people)