Alexander "Sandy" Arespacochaga (born April 6, 1977) is a former collegiate basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach of

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, and

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Career

Ateneo

Arespacocahaga played for the Blue Eagles from 1993 to 1997. He served as the head coach of the team twice, first in 2004, at the age of 29, with

Norman Black Norman Augustus Black (born November 12, 1957) is the current Consultant to the San Beda University Red Lions Basketball team playing in the NCAA Philippines. He is a former professional basketball player who played in the CBA, NBA, and PBA. ...

as its consultant. After Black's reassignment to Talk and Text, and joining him in 2012, Arespacochaga was also a top candidate to be the next head coach, but

Bo Perasol Dolreich "Bo" Perasol (born November 30, 1971) is a Filipino people, Filipino basketball coach. He coaches in both collegiate and professional leagues. He is the former head coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the UP Fighting Maroons, and is the c ...

was chosen. He returned as head coach in 2016 with

Tab Baldwin Thomas Anthony "Tab" Baldwin (born 16 May 1958) is an American-New Zealand basketball coach who currently serves as the head of the Gilas Pilipinas Youth national basketball programme and head coach for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University ...

as consultant, but only for a short period as Baldwin formally takes over and reappointing him as assistant coach.

PBA

Arespacochaga joined Norman Black in

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in 2012. In 2014, after Black's reassignment to

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, he was designated to be an assistant coach to

Boyet Fernandez Teodorico "Boyet" Fernandez III is a Filipino former professional basketball player who serves as the head coach of the Biñan Tatak Gel of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and the Pilipinas Super League (PSL). Playing career Fe ...

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. In 2019, he returned to the now-TNT Tropang Giga (formerly Talk 'N Text).

Batang Gilas

He was appointed in Batang Gilas (Philippines U-19) in 2019, replacing Josh Reyes.

Coaching record

Collegiate record

References

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