Ato Agustin

Renato "Ato" Agustin
San Miguel Beermen
Position	Assistant coach
League	PBA
Personal information
Born	August 1, 1963 (age 60); Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College	Lyceum of the Philippines University
PBA draft	1989 Round: 2 / Pick: 11th overall
	Selected by the San Miguel Beermen
Playing career	1989–2001
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Coaching career	2009–present
Career history
As player:
1989–1996	San Miguel Beermen
1996–1997	Pop Cola Panthers
1998	Pampanga Dragons
1999–2000	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2000–2001	Batang Red Bull Energizers
As coach:
2009–2010	San Sebastian Stags
2010–2012	Petron Blaze Boosters
2013–2014	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2014–2015	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (assistant)
2015	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2015–present	San Miguel Beermen (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: PBA Most Valuable Player (1992); 3x PBA Mythical First Team (1992–1994); PBA Mythical Second Team (1991); PBA Most Improved Player (1991); PBA Comeback Player of the Year (2000); As assistant coach: PBA Governors Cup champion (2011);

Renato Agustin (born August 1, 1963), better known as Ato "The Atom Bomb" Agustin, is a former Filipino professional basketball player and coach. He played college ball for the Lyceum of the Philippines, before moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association.^[1]

Agustin was the Most Valuable Player awardee of the PBA in 1992.^[1] He played for the San Miguel Beermen, Sunkist/Pop Cola, the Sta. Lucia Realtors, 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 Pampanga Dragons in the Metropolitan Basketball Association.

A shooting guard since his amateur days with RFM-Swift Corporation of the Philippine Basketball League, Agustin saw limited minutes during his rookie season with the grandslam-winning San Miguel Beermen in 1989, playing backup to his more illustrious teammates Samboy Lim 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 Hector Calma. Coach Norman Black would sometimes play Agustin at point guard until he became an adept combo guard.

He is the former head coach of the San Sebastian Golden Stags men's basketball team in the NCAA, having taken over from Jorge Gallent 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 championship, defeating the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in seven games. He became the 9th coach in PBA history to win a title in his first year as head coach.^[2] ^[3]

On July 25, 2013, San Miguel Corporation, owner of Petron Blaze Boosters and Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, announced the appointment of Agustin as interim coach of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel for the 2013 PBA Governor's Cup.^[4]

On January 5, 2015, Barangay Ginebra team manager Alfrancis Chua announced during the team's practice the reappointment of Agustin as head coach of the team.^[5] This is after former coach Jeffrey Cariaso'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 Frankie Lim. Following his termination, he returned to San Miguel Beermen as an assistant coach.^[6]

Coaching record

Collegiate record

Season	Team	Eliminations				Playoffs
Season	Team	W	L	PCT	Finish	PG	W	L	PCT	Results
2009	SSC-R	16	2	.889	2nd	5	3	2	.600	Defeated San Beda in the Finals
2010	SSC-R	13	3	.813	2nd	3	1	2	.333	Defeated by San Beda in the Finals
Totals		29	5	.853		8	4	4	.500	1 championship

References

Hardcourt: The Official Philippine Basketball Association Annual

[Inquirer-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ato Agustin: From top guard to hotshot coach - Inquirer.net, Philippine news for Filipinos

[2] "The winning ways of Ato Agustin" August 22, 2011, InterAKTV

[3] "Petron Blaze slams Talk 'N Text in epic Game 7 to win Governor's Cup", August 21, 2011, InterAKTV

[4] "Ginebra names Agustin as interim coach, Chua as team manager", July 26, 2013, The Philippine Star

[5] "Agustin back as Ginebra head coach", January 5, 2015, Inquirer

[6] SMC big boss Ramon Ang confirms Frankie Lim replacing Ato Agustin as Ginebra coach, Snow Badua, spin.ph, March 30, 2015

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v t e Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Formerly the Gilbey's Gin Tonics, Añejo Rum 65ers and Gordon's Gin Boars Founded in 1979 Owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation
The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season
Coaches	Pumaren Villegas Valenzona Jaworski Salazar Caidic Tanquingcen Uichico Tanquingcen Chua Agustin Cariaso Lim Cone
Championships (8)	1986 Open 1988 All-Filipino 1991 First 1997 Commissioner's 2004 Fiesta 2004-05 Philippine 2006-07 Philippine 2008 Fiesta
Runner-up finishes (13)	1982 Open 1983 All-Filipino 1984 1st All-Filipino 1986 All-Filipino 1989 Reinforced 1990 First 1991 Third 1996 Governors 1997 All-Filipino 2001 All-Filipino 2009 Fiesta 2011 Commissioner's 2013 Commissioner's
Seasons (36)	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Retired jerseys	7 Jaworski 8 Caidic
Culture and lore	The Big J Mr. Clutch The Spark Manila Clasico 1991 championship comeback Kapag Nananalo/Natatalo ang Ginebra

v t e San Miguel Beermen
Founded in 1975 • Owned by San Miguel Brewery, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation • Formerly the Royal Tru Orangemen, Magnolia Ice Cream Makers and Petron Blaze Boosters
The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season
Coaches	Ramos Ocampo Manotoc D. Pumaren Black Jacobs P. Pumaren Uichico Reyes Tanquingcen Agustin Racela Abanilla Ravanes Austria
Championships (22)	1979 Open 1982 Invitational 1987 Reinforced 1988 Open 1988 Reinforced 1989 Open 1989 All-Filipino 1989 Reinforced 1992 All-Filipino 1993 Governors' 1994 All-Filipino 1999 Commissioner's 1999 Governors' 2000 Commissioner's 2000 Governors' 2001 All-Filipino 2005 Fiesta 2009 Fiesta 2011 Governors' 2014–15 PBA Philippine 2015 Governors' 2015–16 PBA Philippine
Runner-up finishes (14)	1982 Reinforced Filipino 1985 Open 1992 First 1993 All-Filipino 1995 Governors 1998 All-Filipino 1998 Commissioner's 2001 Commissioner's 2001 Governors' 2003 Reinforced 2006–07 Philippine 2010 Fiesta 2010–11 Philippine 2013 Governors'
Retired jerseys	8 Caidic 9 Lim 12 Dignadice 14 Calma 17 Racela 19 Fernandez
Seasons (41)	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Culture and lore	Alaska–San Miguel rivalry El Presidente The Skywalker The Director 1989 Grand Slam Spiderman Crunchman Petron -novela The Kraken BEERacle

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