Michael Ray "Jamike" Jarin is a Filipino basketball coach who is the head coach for the Phoenix Fuel Masters of the PBA.

Jamike Jarin
Phoenix Fuel Masters
PositionHead coach
LeaguePBA
Personal information
BornPhilippines
NationalityFilipino
Career information
CollegeAteneo
Coaching career1993–present
Career history
As coach:
1998–2010Ateneo HS
2005–2010Ateneo (assistant)
2010–2015Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (assistant)
2015–2017San Beda
2015–2019Meralco Bolts (assistant)
2017–2019NU
2020–2022Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters (assistant)
2021–2022UE (assistant)
2023–presentPhoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters / Phoenix Fuel Masters
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

As assistant coach:

Career

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Early years

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When he was 18, he coached a team with one of its players was future La Salle player B.J. Manalo, when Manalo was still a 9 year-old kid in an inter-village Filinvest tournament in 1990, Filinvest I was a neighborhood on Commonwealth Avenue. In 1997, Jarin coached the girls varsity team of Our Lord’s Grace Montessori High.[1]

Ateneo

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He started coaching for the Ateneo Blue Eaglets when Chot Reyes' brother Mike, then coach of Eaglets was leaving for MBA. Jarin accepted to fill-in the post and won multiple UAAP juniors championships.[1][2] One of his notable players was Chot Reyes' nephew Jai, who shot a dagger in 2003 Finals Game 1 win against Adamson Baby Falcons.[3]

That time in Eaglets, he also concurrently served as an assistant to seniors team Blue Eagles under Norman Black, when Black invited him to join.[1]

U-17 teams

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Jarin also coached the U-17 teams in 2014.[1]

San Beda and NU

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After coaching Eaglets, he later coached the San Beda Red Lions,[4][5] where he won several championships in both teams. He also served as head coach for NU Bulldogs from 2017[6] until 2019.[7]

Talk 'N Text and Meralco assistant

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He also served as an assistant coach for PBA teams like Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and Meralco Bolts.[8]

UE assistant

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He previously served as assistant coach for UE Red Warriors.[9]

Phoenix Fuel Masters

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Jarin served as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Fuel Masters. When Topex Robinson was hired to coach the De La Salle Green Archers, Jarin served as an interim coach, and later promoted as the team's head coach with a three-year contract extension.[10]

Coaching record

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Collegiate record

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Season Team GP W L PCT Finish PG PW PL PCT Results
2015 SBC 18 13 5 .722 1st 5 3 2 .600 Finals
2016 SBC 18 14 4 .778 1st 4 3 1 .750 Champions
2017 NU 14 5 9 .357 6th Eliminated
2018 NU 14 4 10 .286 7th Eliminated
2019 NU 14 2 12 .143 8th Eliminated
Totals 78 38 40 .487 9 6 3 .667 1 championship

Personal life

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Being the youngest of four children, Jarin completed his primary and high school education at San Beda. He then attended Mendiola for two years of college before moving to FEU to pursue a degree in biology. His parents own Fairview General Hospital, which has thirty beds, and they are also doctors. His mother, Dr. Amelia Jarin, is the administrator of the hospital, while his father, Dr. Hermogenes Jarin, is the medical director. Iver, Jarin's 13-year-old son, and Jane, his wife, are her top patients as a nurse. Before basketball coaching, Jamike Jarin worked as a medical representative.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Henson, Joaquin. "Docs' son makes hoops history". The Philippine Star.
  2. ^ Li, Matthew (2016-06-06). "Jarin proud to see former Blue Eaglets grow". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  3. ^ "Eaglets dump Adamson jrs; Lady Falcons up". The Philippine Star.
  4. ^ "Jamike Jarin leaves San Beda to coach NU". Rappler. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  5. ^ Giongco, Mark (2016-10-13). "Jarin silences critics, San Beda finds redemption in 20th NCAA title". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  6. ^ Bonilla, Ramon Rafael C. (2017-01-05). "Jarin starts job as Bulldogs coach | BusinessMirror". Business Mirror. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. ^ Lozada, Bong (2019-10-30). "Jamike Jarin to take 'step back' from coaching after failed NU campaign". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  8. ^ "Phoenix new hire Jamike Jarin reunites with his former players at Ateneo". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  9. ^ Carmen, Lorenzo del (2022-04-05). "Jamike Jarin out to steady UE's ship amid 'off-balanced situation'". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  10. ^ Sayson, Homer. "Phoenix coach Jamike Jarin signed to a three-year contract extension". Spin.ph.
Preceded by San Beda Red Lions men's basketball head coach
20152016
Succeeded by
Preceded by NU Bulldogs men's basketball head coach
20172019
Succeeded by