Chot Reyes withdraws name from SBP search for Gilas Coach

Former Philippine national men’s basketball team coach Chot Reyes has asked the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) selection committee not to include his name in the search for the next Gilas Pilipinas head coach.

“I understand the Search Committee is scheduled to meet this week. In this light, I humbly request that my name would not be considered by the Committee as a candidate for the national team coach of Smart Gilas
Pilipinas. This will allow the Committee to do its work unencumbered, take a broader view of other potential candidates to this national job, and enable the Gilas program to move on unfettered. Indeed, it is time for someone else (to) take over the wheel; it is time for me to hand over that wheel,” Reyes said in a statement.

Reyes was named head coach of the Gilas national team in 2012, his second stint as national team coach.

Under him, the Philippines finished runner-up in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championships in Manila and qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.

The team also won the 2012 Jones Cup and picked up a bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup.

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