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(PBA) teams, Manotoc won six PBA titles, including a

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with the fabled

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. Manotoc is the chairman emeritus of the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines (JGFP). He also served as president of the National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) from 2012 to 2014. He occasionally writes as a sports columnist for the ''

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'' and was a TV panelist for the PBA coverage from 2000 to 2002.

Early life and family

Manotoc is the son of Ricardo Manotoc and the former Nena Arguelles La'O. Henares, Hilarion Jr. (March 28, 2018) Salvation and Damnation: Make My Day 24. His father was a realtor, while his mother belonged to the prominent La'O family. Two of his uncles - Raúl Manglapus (who had married Pacita La'O, a sister of Manotoc's mother) and Eugenio López, Jr. (who had married Conchita La'O, another sister of Manotoc's mother) were prominent critics of

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Professional career

PBA career

As head coach

Manotoc began his coaching career in 1977 with the

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in the

(PBA). He was the Wranglers' team manager at the time when head coach

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suddenly resigned after the 1977 All-Filipino Conference. Manotoc made his coaching debut during the 1977 Open Conference and immediately brought the Wranglers to a runner-up finish against Crispa, in the franchise's first finals appearance. Manotoc gave the Wranglers two PBA Open Conference championships, in 1978 and in 1980. He admitted that besting Toyota in 1980, felt like an achievement since they were down by four points with 16 seconds remaining in the fourth, but ultimately forced overtime and won. Manotoc joined

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in 1981 and led the team to one PBA championship. Manotoc joined the

in 1983 and piloted the franchise

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to its second

during the same season. On July 1, 1984, citing health reasons, Manotoc resigned as head coach after leading the Redmanizers to the 1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference finals, winning over

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, 96–94. He was to be succeeded by assistant coach

, who finished the task of capturing the title against the Gilbey's Gin Tonics. After a long hiatus from coaching, Manotoc made a brief return to the PBA — in 1992 for the Presto Ice Cream Kings — and in 1997–

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for the Mobiline Phone Pals. A few decades later in June 2020, he revealed that during his championship stints as head coach of both U-Tex and Crispa, he did not charge the team, in terms of salary, and his bonuses that he had earned, were instead given to his father.

As PBA Deputy Commissioner

Manotoc briefly served as deputy commissioner of the PBA in 1985 under commissioner

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PBA Hall of Fame

Manotoc was inducted into the

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on October 2, 2011.

Golf career

Manotoc and his sons Matthew Manotoc and Michael Ferdinand emerged

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at the Baguio Country Club's Fil-Am Invitational Golf Cup at

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DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame

In 2000, Manotoc was inducted into the De La Salle Alumni Association Sports Hall of Fame for golf.

Personal life

Manotoc was first married to

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. The couple had two children, namely Mavis and Tomas Jr. ("TJ"), a news presenter for

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and former sports play-by-play and color commentator on some PBA and UAAP coverages. After obtaining a divorce from Pijuan in the

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, Manotoc married

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, daughter of then-Philippine President

, on December 4, 1981. Manotoc and Marcos are now separated. Manotoc and Marcos have three children, Fernando Martín ("Borgy"), a

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; Michael Ferdinand ("Mike"), a

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; and Matthew Joseph ("Matthew"), incumbent governor of

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References

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