Charles Alandy-Dy Tiu (born January 11, 1989) is a

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and

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coach who currently serves as

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of Benilde Blazers and Strong Group Athletics. He is the brother of Chris Tiu.

Coaching career

His basketball career started at 2009 still in college, when

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, the

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coach hired him as an assistant. After Smart Gilas, he was hired by

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as an assistant coach to

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. In 2013, he reunited with Toroman in

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, again as his assistant coach. He reunited with Perasol (appointed as consultant) in Mighty Sports, where he was hired as an assistant coach. He later served as team's head coach. He also worked on coaching jobs such as head coach of Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards in MPBL, and assistant coach of both Benilde Blazers and

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. He was hired by the Blazers as their head coach, replacing TY Tang. He led the Blazers to a finals appearance after 20 years. He was also concurrently coach of Strong Group Athletics. In 2024, Tiu joined Converge FiberXers coaching staff as an assistant.

TV career

Tiu worked formerly as night telecast host of SportsDesk on

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Personal life

Tiu is one of five children of Jerry and Lianne Tiu. He has two brothers, Christian and Christopher "Chris", and two sisters,

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and Cristine. He currently serve as ''

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'' of Urdaneta,

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since 2018. Tiu married Sari Lazaro in 2020. On June 5, 2024, Tiu hosted 'The Asia Pacific Tambuli Awards'. In the prestigious event, he introduced his

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's Hans Sy, who was bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Coaching record

Collegiate

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiu, Charles 1989 births Tiu, Charles Tiu, Charles Tiu, Charles Tiu, Charles Tiu, Charles Living people Filipino television news anchors Filipino men's basketball coaches Filipino people of Chinese descent People from San Juan, Metro Manila People from Makati MPBL coaches