Renato Guilas Agustin (born August 1, 1963) is a Filipino former professional basketball player, politician, and current assistant coach for the San Miguel Beermen. He played college basketball for the

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before moving on to play professional basketball in the

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(PBA).

Basketball career

Professional career

Agustin was the Most Valuable Player awardee of the PBA in 1992.Ato Agustin: From top guard to hotshot coach - Inquirer.net, Philippine news for Filipinos
He played for the San Miguel Beermen, Sunkist/Pop Cola, Mobiline Phone Pals,

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, and finally, Batang Red Bull. Agustin was named a member of the PBA's 25 Greatest Players in 2000. He also had a brief stint in with the

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in the

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. A shooting guard since his amateur days with RFM-Swift Corporation of the

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, Agustin saw limited minutes during his rookie season with the grandslam-winning San Miguel Beermen in 1989, playing backup to his more illustrious teammates

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and Elmer Reyes. However, beginning the 1990 season, he became a regular part of the Beermen's backcourt rotation with the departure of Reyes to expansion team Pop-Cola (RFM) and constant injuries to Lim and

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. Coach Norman Black would sometimes play Agustin at point guard until he became an adept combo guard.

National team career

Agustin represented the

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at the

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Coaching career

He is the former head coach of the

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men's basketball team in the

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, having taken over from

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in 2009, and winning a championship in the same year. In 2010, he became head coach of his former PBA team, the San Miguel Beermen. During the 2011 PBA Governors' Cup, Agustin steered the team (then known as the Petron Blaze Boosters) to the

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, defeating the

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in seven games. He became the 9th coach in PBA history to win a title in his first year as head coach. On July 25, 2013,

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, owner of Petron Blaze Boosters and

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, announced the appointment of Agustin as interim coach of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel for the 2013 PBA Governor's Cup. On January 5, 2015, Barangay Ginebra team manager

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announced during the team's practice the reappointment of Agustin as head coach of the team. This was after former coach

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's attempt to end Ginebra's PBA championship drought failed after two conferences. After a quarterfinal finish in the Commissioner's Cup, Agustin was fired as the head coach of Ginebra and was replaced by assistant coach

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. Following his termination, he returned to San Miguel Beermen as an assistant coach.SMC big boss Ramon Ang confirms Frankie Lim replacing Ato Agustin as Ginebra coach
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Coaching record

Collegiate record

PBA

References

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