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, in the

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men's basketball. He also had a head coaching stint for the Manila Beer Brewmasters,

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of the professional

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. Lipa is also a former head coach of the national basketball team of the

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, coaching the team to a bronze medal finish in the

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. He was also named the Commissioner of the

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for its basketball tournament in 2005.Lipa says RP 5 has chance.
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and the

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An Economics graduate at the State University, Joe Lipa played with the Maroons in 1963–66. He also donned the San Miguel jersey in the MICAA in 1965–66, where he played as a power forward. Starting in 1981, he was assigned to handle the UP Maroons after serving as assistant coach way back in 1978, Lipa was sent on a basketball scholarship to the United States in 1984, where he observed the coaching prowess of famed mentor

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during sessions at the

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. He made the trip through the help of the UP Sports Foundation, courtesy of the UP President, and his Sigma Rho fraternity brothers. In 1986, Joe led his alumni, the UP Maroons to its first UAAP championship after 47 years.

Coaching record

Collegiate record

Philippine Basketball Association record

References

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