Rodney Santos

Rodney Santos
San Sebastian Stags
Position Head Coach
League NCAA
Personal information
Born (1973-05-30) May 30, 1973
Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school San Sebastian College - Recoletos
College San Sebastian College - Recoletos
PBA draft 1996 Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
Playing career 1996–2009
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
Coaching career 2015–present
Career history
As player:
1996 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1997–2002 Alaska Milkmen
2003 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
2004–2008 Barangay Ginebra Kings
2008–2009 Coca-Cola Tigers
As coach:
2015 ATC Livermarin (PBA D-League)
2015–present San Sebastian Stags (NCAA)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x PBA All-Star
  • PBA Mr. Quality Minutes (1998–1999)
  • PBA Buzzerbeater Event Co-Champion (1999)

John Rodney Santos (born May 30, 1973) is a Filipino coach and retired professional basketball player. He is also known as The Slasher for his slashing ability going to the basket.

Collegiate career

Santos played for the San Sebastian high school and college teams from 1991 to 1995, winning the Most Valuable Player award in 1994.[1]

Professional career

After a storied college career at San Sebastian, Santos was drafted second overall by Purefoods in the 1996 draft. Then he was traded to Alaska for Cris Bolado and Bryant Punzalan in 1997 and became one of Tim Cone's reliable contributors off the bench. He was re-acquired by Purefoods in 2003 as a free agent. After his stint with the TJ Hotdogs, he was then traded to Ginebra,[2] and was a vital cog in coach Siot Tanquincen's rotation. His last stop was with the Coca-Cola Tigers before nagging injuries forced him into retirement.

Career Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Season-by-Season Averages

Accurate as of 2009[3]

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1996 Purefoods 49 15.8 0.458 0.158 0.720 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.2 6.8
1997 Alaska 34 10.4 0.483 0.000 0.625 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.2 3.9
1998 Alaska 65 22.7 0.472 0.000 0.765 2.4 1.5 0.7 0.3 7.2
1999 Alaska 56 22.0 0.530 0.000 0.663 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.3 8.2
2000 Alaska 49 25.5 0.510 0.250 0.670 2.4 1.8 1.0 0.2 11.1
2000 Alaska 45 28.8 0.445 0.250 0.782 2.6 2.1 0.9 0.2 8.5
2001 Alaska 45 28.8 0.445 0.250 0.782 2.6 2.1 0.9 0.2 8.5
2002 Alaska 59 19.4 0.431 0.356 0.723 2.1 1.3 0.7 0.1 5.7
2003 Purefoods 36 22.0 0.393 0.293 0.690 2.1 1.6 0.9 0.2 7.6
2004-05 Brgy. Ginebra 78 31.0 0.437 0.279 0.776 2.7 2.8 1.1 0.3 9.9
2005-06 Brgy. Ginebra 32 25.2 0.383 0.282 0.699 2.3 1.8 0.8 0.1 7.8
2006-07 Brgy. Ginebra 19 13.1 0.404 0.353 0.667 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.0 4.4
2007-08 Brgy. Ginebra 2 7.5 0.400 0.500 - 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.5
2008-09 Coca-Cola 12 7.8 0.381 0.167 1.000 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 2.4
Career 536 22.2 0.460 0.283 0.721 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.2 7.6

Coaching career

Santos served as part of San Sebastian's coaching staff.[4] He entered the Stags coaching staff after coach Topex Robinson returned to the team for a second spell as coach in 2013. In 2015, he was officially named head coach of the Stags, replacing Robinson. He also coached the PBA D-League team, ATC Livermarin.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Terrado, Reuben. "Caretaker Rodney Santos expects to be officially named San Sebastian coach soon". www.spin.ph. SPIN.ph. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Navarro, June (24 July 2006). "Ginebra sticks with vets". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Rodney Santos - Philippine Basketball". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Terrado, Reuben. "Stags great Santos now part of Robinson's staff". www.spin.ph. SPIN.ph. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Falcon, Angelo. "Now a coach, Rodney Santos wants players to 'take it hard to the basket'". www.rivals.ph. RIVALS.ph. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
Preceded by
Jesse Bardaje		 NCAA Seniors' Basketball Most Valuable Player
1994 		Succeeded by
Ruben dela Rosa
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