Richard "Dickie" Bachmann (born 1968 or 1969) is a Filipino sports executive and former basketball player who serves as the chairman of the

Philippine Sports Commission The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC, ) is an agency of the Philippine government which tackles matters concerning sports in the country. The sports agency is independent from the Philippine Olympic Committee which enjoys autonomy from the gov ...

(PSC).

Education

Bachmann attended

De La Salle University De La Salle University ( fil, Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private university, private, Catholic Church, Catholic coeducational research university run by the I ...

from 1986 to 1991 graduating with a degree in commerce.

Career

Playing career

Bachmann also played for the

Green Archers The De La Salle Green Archers (also known simply as the Green Archers) are the men's varsity teams representing De La Salle University in the Philippines. The women's varsity teams are generally referred to as the De La Salle Lady Archers. The s ...

, the

's varsity team when he was in college. He was also part of the

Alaska Milkmen The Alaska Aces were a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 PBA season, 1986 under the ownership of Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC) and the owner of 14 PBA championships, tied with the Barangay Ginebr ...

of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

. He joined the team in the 1993 PBA Draft at age 25.

Sports administration

Bachmann was the basketball commissioner of the

University Athletic Association of the Philippines The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila Univers ...

(UAAP) having overseen Season 85. He was selected by host

Adamson University Adamson University ( fil, links=no, Pamantasang Adamson) also referred to by its acronym AdU is a private, Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Congregation of the Mission in Manila, Philippines. The univers ...

as commissioner and was set to also oversee Season 86 prior to his appointment as PSC chairman. He is also the chairman of the

's (PBA) 3x3 league. He was the general manager of the defunct PBA team Alaska Aces. Bachmann was appointed by President

Bongbong Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senat ...

as chairman of the

(PSC) on December 28, 2022. He succeeded

Noli Eala Jose Emmanuel "Noli" M. Eala is a Filipino sports executive and disbarred lawyer who served as the 11th chairperson of the Philippine Sports Commission from August 30 to December 28, 2022. He previously served as the sixth commissioner of the P ...

and took oath as chairman on January 4, 2023. He resigned from his other duties with the UAAP and the PBA 3x3 to fully focus on his role with the PSC.

References

Living people Alaska Aces (PBA) players Filipino sports executives and administrators De La Salle University alumni De La Salle Green Archers basketball players University Athletic Association of the Philippines basketball players Chairpersons of the Philippine Sports Commission Philippine Basketball Association executives 1960s births Filipino men's basketball players Filipino men's basketball coaches Alaska Aces (PBA) coaches {{Philippines-stub