Virgil Vargas Villavicencio is a Filipino former collegiate basketball player and coach. He is the current team manager of

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in the

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and former assistant coach of Talk 'N Text's championship-winning team in the 2003 All-Filipino Cup. Villavicencio is also a former head coach of the

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in the

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and led the team to consecutive runner-up finishes in

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and

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Basketball career

Villavicencio played for the

in the collegiate ranks between 1972 and 1976, and was part of the 1974-75

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championship-winning team, alongside former PBA legend

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Coaching career

Villavicencio coached the Ateneo Blue Eaglets high school basketball team to five consecutive titles in the Metro Manila Basketball League (1989–1993) and four consecutive runner-up spots in the UAAP Juniors Division (1989–1992). In 1993, he was appointed head coach of the

, and in his

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guided the team to a third-place finish in a tournament dominated by the UST. In the next season, 1994-95, he led the team even closer to the title, as they won the first of a three-game Final series against UST, before losing the second game by 14 points and then the deciding game by a single point. He repeated this feat in the next season, as La Salle again beat UST in the first game of the finals, only to lose the second game by four points and the third game by three points to finish runner-up for the second season running. He coached the Philippines national basketball team at the 1994

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where the team which had Allen Patrimonio, Rensy Bajar, Gerard Francisco, Romel Adducul and

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among its roster finished fourth. Alongside his collegiate coaching duties, Villavicencio was assistant coach of the Triple-V team in the

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, helping them to championships in the 1991 and 1992 seasons. In 1995, he coached the Philippine youth national basketball team at the 13th Asian Youth Basket Ball Championship. After this, Villavicencio moved on to the

, where he was assistant coach of Talk 'N Text (then known as the Phone Pals) as they won the 2003 All-Filipino Cup. The team continued to perform well, finishing third in the transitional 2004 conference and reaching the finals of the 2004-05 Philippine Cup only to lose 4-2 to

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. Villavicencio left the coaching staff in 2005 but returned to Talk 'N Text as part of the management team in 2008 until 2010, when he was assigned to

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. He served as Bolts' manager until 2014. He was later reassigned in 2015, and stepped down after winning many championships and replaced by Gabby Cui in 2019.

Coaching record

Collegiate record

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References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Villavicencio, Virgil Living people Filipino men's basketball players Filipino men's basketball coaches Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) De La Salle Green Archers basketball players Philippines men's national basketball team coaches TNT Tropang 5G coaches De La Salle Green Archers basketball coaches