Tab Baldwin

Thomas Anthony "Tab" Baldwin ONZM (born 16 May 1958) is an American-New Zealand basketball coach who currently serves as the head of the Gilas Pilipinas Youth national basketball program and the head coach of the Ateneo de Manila University varsity basketball team in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). Baldwin also served as the consultant of Philippine Basketball Association club team TNT Katropa.

Tab Baldwin
Baldwin in 2015
Ateneo Blue Eagles
PositionHead Coach
LeagueUAAP
Personal information
Born (1958-05-16) 16 May 1958
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
NationalityAmerican / New Zealander
Career information
CollegeNotre Dame
Coaching career1983–present
Career history
As coach:
1989–1990Otago Nuggets
1994–2001Auckland Stars
1996Malaysia
2001–2006New Zealand
2008P.A.O.K. BC
2010–2011Lebanon
2011Club Sportif Sagesse (FLB)
2011–2012Jordan
2014–2016Philippines
2016–presentAteneo Blue Eagles (UAAP)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Head Coach for  New Zealand
FIBA Oceania Championship
2001 New Zealand National Team
2003 Australia National Team
2005 New Zealand National Team
Head Coach for  Jordan
FIBA Asia Championship
2011 Wuhan National Team
Head Coach for  Lebanon
FIBA Asia Stanković Cup
2010 Beirut National Team
Head Coach for  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
2015 SingaporeNational Team
William Jones Cup
2015 Taipei National Team
FIBA Asia Championship
2015 Changsha National Team

Coaching career

New Zealand

Baldwin was born in Jacksonville, Florida and played for the Bishop Kenny High School under the coaching of his father, who played basketball for Notre Dame in the 1930s.[1] From Jacksonville Beach, he went to New Zealand in 1988 to coach the Otago Nuggets.[2][3]

He was promoted with them from the second division to the NBL and then joined the Auckland Stars in 1994.[4] In eight seasons with Auckland, he won five NBL titles (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000), and was named NBL Coach of the Year four times (1995, 97, 99 and 2014).

He remains the most victorious coach in the history of the New Zealand NBL. Baldwin's involvement continued with the Stars as a co-owner for another eight years after he left as coach.

In 2001, he took the reins of the New Zealand national team. By winning the 2001 FIBA Oceania championship, the Tall Blacks — as New Zealand are known — qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, and even reached the semi-finals; this is the best performance by an Oceania team in the history of the World Championships. Baldwin was appointed an Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2003 New Year Honours, for services to basketball.[5] For his achievements as coach of the New Zealand team, Baldwin was awarded the coach of the year at the Halberg awards — New Zealand's premier sports awards — for both 2001 and 2002.[6][7]

Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan

Baldwin has coached Banvitspor in Turkey, PAOK Thessaloniki B.C. in Greece and U Mobitelco Cluj in Romania.

On 16 April 2010, he was appointed as Lebanon national basketball team head coach.,[8] and on 15 August 2010 Lebanon won the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010 with Baldwin as head coach.[9]

In June 2011, Baldwin was hired to coach the Jordanian national basketball team.

Philippines and Ateneo Blue Eagles

On 23 December 2014, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas formally announced the appointment of Baldwin as head coach of the Philippine men's national team (2015-2019), replacing Chot Reyes.[10] Baldwin's four-year tenure as coach officially began on 1 January 2015.[11]

On 7 December 2015, Ateneo de Manila University formally announced the hiring of Baldwin as the head coach of its collegiate men's varsity basketball team. He will be coaching the Blue Eagles in between the 2016 Olympics men's basketball qualifying tournament and the qualifying rounds for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. After the UAAP season, he will be concentrating on the national team.[12] A few days later, the Ateneo management reconsidered its decision to place Baldwin as the team's head coach following an objection by the Basketball Coaches of the Philippines, instead he will be appointed as the collegiate team's consultant.

On 18 October 2016, SBP executive director Sonny Barrios announced that Chot Reyes will return as head coach of Gilas while Baldwin will stay with the national team as the team's consultant, the same coaching setup the national team had during its historic 2013 FIBA Asia Championship and 2014 FIBA World Cup runs.[13]

On 3 December 2017, Baldwin led the Ateneo Blue Eagles to their 9th UAAP basketball championship against the De La Salle Green Archers.[14]

Baldwin won 2 more championships with Ateneo. In 2019, he coached the Blue Eagles to a 14-0 sweep of the elimination round of Season 82 of the UAAP basketball tournament, with an average winning margin of 17.4 points per game.[15] On 20 November, Ateneo completed the season sweep and won their third consecutive title with Baldwin by defeating the UST Growling Tigers, 86-79.[16]

Summary

Personal life

Baldwin is married to Efthymia, originally from Greece. Efi is the owner-operator of a touring business, Definitely Greece, with tours of Greece and the Greek islands. Baldwin, his wife and two of their children currently reside in Manila. Baldwin is committed to reside in the Philippines at least until 2019.[17]

Coaching record

Collegiate record
SeasonTeamEliminationsPlayoffs
WLPCTFinishPGWLPCTResults
2016AdMU104.7142nd413.250Won over FEU in the Semifinals, Lost to La Salle in the Finals
2017AdMU131.9291st532.600Won over FEU in the Semifinals, Won over La Salle in the Finals
2018AdMU122.8571st3301.000Won over FEU in the Semifinals, Won over UP in the Finals
2019AdMU1401.0001st2201.000Won over UST in the Finals
Totals497.8751495.6433 championships
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References
  1. Gilas mentor Tab Baldwin admits his dad didn't want him to be a coach
  2. Jessup, Peter (9 February 2001). "Basketball: Double change on the bench". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  3. Egan, Brendon (9 May 2014). "Baldwin predicts Rams ready for a winning spurt". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  4. Jessup, Peter (23 August 2000). "Basketball: Rewards sweet for coach Baldwin". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  5. "New Year honours list 2003". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. "Halberg awards: Rowing twins share triumph". New Zealand Herald. 1 March 2002. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  7. Thomson, Ainsley (20 February 2002). "Tall Blacks slam dunk at the Halbergs". Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  8. "LIB – Lebanon appoint Tab Baldwin as coach".
  9. "LIB/JPN - Lebanon lead from start to finish for their maiden Men's title". Archived from the original on 16 August 2010.
  10. Beltran, Nelson (23 December 2014). "Tab Baldwin eyes FIBA Asia gold, Rio Olympics stint for Gilas". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  11. Bracher, Jane (29 December 2014). "Baldwin observes PH has 'deeper' basketball talent pool". Rappler. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  12. "Ateneo officially names Tab Baldwin new Blue Eagles head coach". Rappler. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  13. "Chot Reyes back as Gilas mentor". dugout.ph. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  14. Naredo, Camille. "After UAAP finals win, Baldwin lauds La Salle: 'They set the bar'". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  15. Leongson, Randolph. "Tab Baldwin declares this Ateneo batch the most hardworking team he's ever coached".
  16. Isaga, JR. "CHAMPS AGAIN: Ateneo dynasty romps to rare season sweep after UST scare".
  17. Henson, Joaquin (30 December 2015). "Why not exempt Tab?". The Philippine Star. Associated Press. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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