Tab Baldwin

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Tab Baldwin
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Baldwin in 2015
Philippine national basketball team
Position Head Coach
Personal information
Born (1958-05-16) May 16, 1958 (age 66)
Jacksonville, Florida
Nationality American / New Zealander
Coaching career 1988–present
Career history
As coach:
1996 Malaysia
2001–2006 New Zealand
2010–2011 Lebanon
2011 Club Sportif Sagesse
2011–2012 Jordan
2013–2014 Philippines (as assistant coach & consultant)
2014-present Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters/TNT Tropang Texters (as assistant coach & consultant) (PBA)
2015–present Philippines
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Head Coach for  New Zealand
FIBA Oceania Championship
Gold medal – first place 2001 New Zealand National Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Australia National Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 New Zealand National Team
Head Coach for  Jordan
FIBA Asia Championship
Silver medal – second place 2011 Wuhan National Team
Head Coach for  Lebanon
FIBA Asia Stanković Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Beirut National Team
Head Coach for  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore National Team
William Jones Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Taipei National Team
FIBA Asia Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Changsha National Team

Thomas Anthony "Tab" Baldwin, ONZM (born 16 May 1958) is an American-New Zealand basketball coach.

Coaching career

New Zealand

Baldwin was born in Jacksonville, Florida and came from Jacksonville Beach to New Zealand in 1988 to coach the Otago Nuggets.[1]

He was promoted with them from the second division to the NBL and then joined the Auckland Stars in 1994.[2] 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 made an Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours 2003, for services to basketball.[3] 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.[4][5]

Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan

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

In 16 April 2010, he was appointed as Lebanon national basketball team head coach.,[6] and in 15 August 2010 Lebanon won the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010 with Baldwin as head coach.[7]

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

Philippines

On December 23, 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.[8] Baldwin's four-year tenure as coach officially began on January 1, 2015.[9]

On December 7, 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 supposed to coached 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.[10] Few days later, the Ateneo management reconsider its decision to placed 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.

Summary

Personal life

Balwin is married to Efi, a Greek, with whom he has seven children. Baldwin, his wife and two of their children currently resides in Manila. Baldwin is committed to reside in the Philippines at least until 2019.[11]

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Awards
Preceded by New Zealand's Coach of the Year
2001–2002		 Succeeded by
Ruth Aitken
Preceded by Philippines men's national basketball team head coach
2015-present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by Ateneo Blue Eagles head coach
2015-present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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