Quirino "Rino" Salazar (born March 30, 1952) is a former Filipino basketball player and coach.

Career

Playing

A Letranista, Salazar played for Letran in college. He later played in PBA teams such as

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and

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. In Toyota, he played with his future colleague

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Coaching

After moving out of the court, Salazar entered the sidelines as assistant coach of Toyota, and won the 1982 Reinforced Filipino Conference finals. He later quit to focus on a small business. But in 1985, after Jaworski' appointment as coach of La Tondeña's

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, Jaworski was offered him to be an assistant coach. They won two championships. In 1992,

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franchise hired him as their head coach. The team won a championship in 1992 First Conference. After his tenure with Shell, he returned to Ginebra, where he won two more championships. However, following Jaworski's resignation and subsequent

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run in

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, Salazar took over as the interim coach. He notably led the team during the 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup quarterfinals, achieving an upset victory over the top-seeded Mobiline Phone Pals. Salazar later resigned when his family relocated overseas.

References

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