Jino Manansala

Jinino "Jino" Manansala is a Filipino basketball coach for Saint Claire Saints in NAASCU. He is the son of former PBA player Jimmy Manansala.

Career

Playing

Manansala was a former UST Growling Tigers player under Aric del Rosario. He became team captain in 2003, in his final year of playing and del Rosario's final year of coaching the team.

Coaching

Saint Claire

Since 2012, Manansala coached the Saint Claire Saints in NAASCU, and on his first year, he won a championship. The team made finals for the next 3 years, all losing to CEU Scorpions, before creating another 4-peat championship from 2016 until 2019.

UST

Manansala was appointed as UST Tiger Cubs head coach since 2020. In this time, he was also appointed as interim head coach of the seniors team, UST Growling Tigers. He was later replaced by Bal David. He later returned to Tiger Cubs, and coached the team until 2023, when Manu Iñigo was appointed as head coach. Manansala stayed as his assistant.

Return to Saint Claire

Manansala returned to coaching Saint Claire, and won back-to-back titles.