John Paul Cuan is a Filipino professional basketball coach and former collegiate player who is currently an assistant coach for the

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of the

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(UAAP).

Career

Playing

Cuan played for

under

Pido Jarencio Alfredo Lorenzo Mendoza Jarencio (born September 5, 1964) is a Filipino basketball coach and former professional basketball player who is the head coach for the NorthPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was the h ...

, and one of his notable years with the team was playing in the finals against

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in 2006. They won the finals series even though they lost in game 1, the championship was won, as the last was in 1996. In 2008,in only the third game of the Tigers, he suffered a

torn meniscus A tear of a meniscus is a rupturing of one or more of the fibrocartilage strips in the knee called menisci. When doctors and patients refer to "torn cartilage" in the knee, they actually may be referring to an injury to a meniscus at the top of ...

on his knee which required surgery. He was able to return in the second round while playing limited minutes. He graduated in the same year with business administration course. He applied for PBA draft in

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, but went undrafted.

Coaching

In 2016, he became an assistant coach for

Alab Pilipinas San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (under the corporate name Pilipinas Basketball Club, Inc. or PBCI) is a Filipino professional basketball team which played in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) under the sponsorship of San Miguel Corporation. The tea ...

. In 2023, Cuan was tapped as an assistant coach by his alma mater when his former mentor Jarencio was re-hired as head coach. Cuan was also served as an assistant coach for the

Iloilo United Royals The Iloilo United Royals are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Iloilo. The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as one of three active teams based in Western Visayas, playing their home game ...

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Personal

He is the brother of former De La Salle Green Archer and UAAP champion,

Mac Cuan Ronald "Mac" Cuan is a Filipino professional basketball coach and former collegiate player who is currently an assistant coach for the Iloilo United Royals in the MPBL. Playing A former De La Salle Green Archer, he drafted and played for S ...

References

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