De La Salle Green Archers | |
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Position | Assistant Coach |
League | UAAP |
Personal information | |
Born |
Manila, Philippines |
November 3, 1972
Nationality | Filipino |
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
Career information | |
College | University of Santo Tomas |
PBA draft | 1995 |
Selected by the Sunkist Orange Juicers | |
Playing career | 1995–2000 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1995–1997 | Sunkist Orange Juicers |
1997–1998 | San Miguel Beermen |
1999–2000 | Pampanga Dragons |
As coach: | |
2004–2006, 2011–2013 | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
2007–2010 | San Miguel Beermen |
2014 | Barako Bull Energy |
2015 | San Miguel Beermen (Assistant) |
2015–present | De La Salle Green Archers (Assistant) |
Bethune "Siot" Tanquingcen is a Filipino professional basketball head coach. He is currently an assistant coach for the De La Salle Green Archers.
As coach, Tanquincen has won three PBA championships - two with Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (2004 Fiesta Conference and 2004-2005 Philippine Cup) and one with the San Miguel Beermen (2009 Fiesta Conference).
He was former player for the UST Growling Tigers in the UAAP, the Sunkist Orange Juicers and the San Miguel Beermen in the PBA and the Pampanga Dragons in the Metropolitan Basketball Association. He finished high school at the Philippine Cultural High School.
Tanquingcen was one of the role players for the UST Tigers in their historic four-peat run from 1993 to 1996 under head coach Aric del Rosario. Other members of the said squad were Chris Cantonjos, Estong Ballesteros, Rey Evangelista, Dennis Espino and Bal David.
He also played as the starting point guard for the Philippine team, alongside Poch Juinio that won the gold medal in the 1993 Southeast Asian Games.
He went undrafted in the PBA Rookie Draft in 1995 but was signed by Sunkist late in the season. He got to play for a total of three games.
He also played for the San Miguel Beermen from 1997 to 1998 as a 12th man for the team. In 1999, he joined his former UST mentor del Rosario in the MBA's Pampanga Dragons, usually as its starting point guard.