Jaime L. Mariano OLY (are post-nominal letters granted by the World Olympians Association (WOA) to registered athletes who have participated in the Olympic Games (born April 19, 1941), also known as Jimmy "Mr. Cool" Mariano, is a

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former basketball player and coach. Mariano was born in

Malabon Malabon, officially the City of Malabon ( fil, Lungsod ng Malabon), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 380,522 people. Located just nort ...

, Rizal,

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. Standing at 6'3 1/2" without shoes, he played primarily the power forward position and could play the small forward and center positions. He became famous as a player for the

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team under Coach

Baby Dalupan Virgilio "Baby" Adam Dalupan (October 19, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Filipino basketball coach and player. Dubbed "The Maestro", Dalupan was best known for his lengthy coaching tenure with the Crispa Redmanizers and garnered a career tot ...

. He played for Ysmael Steel,

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and Concepcion Industries in the

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. He became known as a deadly shooting big man from the outside before the three point line was popularized. He was elevated to the

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in 1975 with Concepcion Carrier. He played for

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from 1976 to 1977. The 7-Up franchise was acquired in 1978 by Filmanbank and Mariano played his final season with Filmanbank. He is the pride and joy of the Marianos of Malabon. Mariano also appeared at the

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as a member of the country's national basketball team and 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Mariano was the flag bearer of the

at the

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in Munich, Germany. Mariano began his coaching career in 1981 with Presto Fun Drinks in the PBA. He also coached

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in the

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. In 1990, he returned to Presto and led the team to the 1990 All-Filipino championship, his only PBA title.

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