Louie Alas

Francisco Luis "Louie" Alas (born October 10, 1963) is a Filipino basketball head coach. He is the former head coach of the Letran Knights in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and will soon coach the Philippine Patriots in the ASEAN Basketball League. He was also a former coach of Mobiline from 2000 to 2001 in the Philippine Basketball Association and now with the Alaska Aces as the Assistant Coach.

Alas' basketball career began in Adamson University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines where he played for the school's team Adamson Falcons. During his playing days, he is considered one of the best amateur players in the country and has won a couple PABL championships. In the PABL, he played for ESQ, Purefoods, Philips Sardines and Burger Machine.

In 1990, he was drafted by Purefoods late in the first round but never really had the chance to play for the PBA team due to a career-ending ACL injury he sustained during practice. Unable to play basketball anymore, he shifted his gears towards coaching.

He also used to work in the Philippine Sports Commission.

His first coaching job was with the Saint Francis of Assisi Baby Doves in Las Piñas City. He steered the team to a championship in the 1995–1996 season of the National Capital Region Athletic Association. Afterwards, he moved to Las Piñas College. For a time, Alas used to be an assistant coach in Adamson University.

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