Patrick Aquino
Patrick Henry Aquino is a Filipino basketball coach. Aquino is the current head coach of the Philippines women's national basketball team, he has been appointed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas since December 2014 when the team have a new corporate backer Ever Bilena, replacing long-time mentor Haydee Ong. This is the second time that Aquino has coached a national team, Aquino was once manned coaching duties for the Philippines women's national under-19 basketball team. Among his coaching achievements for promoted into Level 1 of 2017 FIBA Asia Women’s Championship.
Apart from his national team coaching duties, Aquino is also the assistant coach of the Blackwater Elite team currently played in PBA, and at the same time, head coach of Blackwater Elite team in the PBA Women's 3x3 Basketball tournament, which the team became the inaugural champions in 2016. He is the head coach of the NU Bulldogs women's basketball team.
Aquino spent his collegiate basketball career for the UP Fighting Maroons in the UAAP from 1988 to 1993 under coach Rey Madrid and also played for the Blu Detergent team in the Philippine Basketball League. Aside from his playing stint with Ever Bilena, Aquino also spearheads the Ever Bilena team that bring home the grand slam victories in the now-defunct Women's Philippine Basketball League in 1998 and 1999.
