Cesael "Shaq" Delos Santos is a Filipino volleyball coach who was head coach of the Cignal HD Spikers of the

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Education

Delos Santos attended the

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(FEU).

Career

College

Delos Santos worked as an assistant coach for the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Golden Tigresses. He became head coach in 2008, after coach August Santamaria suffered from a mild stroke. He resigned from UST in April 2011. He left to coach for his alma mater. Delos Santos coached the FEU women's team to three Final Four appearances from Season 77 to 80 (2014–2017). In August 2022, Delos Santos was appointed as head coach of the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons women's team.

Club

Delos Santos has coached in the

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(PSL). He was head coach of the

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from 2016 to 2019, helping the team clinch four titles in four competitions namely the 2017 All-Filipino, 2018 Grand Prix and All-Filipino, and the 2019 Grand Prix Conferences. In 2017, he led a PSL selection team in the 2017 Annual Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's Cup Volleyball Tournament in Sisaket,

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. PSL side Cignal HD Spikers tapped Delos Santos as an assistant coach to Edgar Barroga in January 2020. In March 2021, he was elevated as head coach of the Cignal HD Spikers after Barroga's departure. He became the team's first coach in the

(PVL) after Cignal left the PSL.

National team

In 2018, Delos Santos was appointed as head coach of the Philippines women's national team replacing

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References

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