Aric del Rosario
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Januario "Aric" del Rosario is a former head coach of the UST Growling Tigers
UST Growling Tigers
The UST Growling Tigers are the varsity team of the University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The women's varsity team is called the UST Growling Tigresses. Originally called the Glowing Goldies, the name has been changed starting with the 1992–93 season....

 in the UAAP, Pampanga Dragons in the Metropolitan Basketball Association
Metropolitan Basketball Association
The Metropolitan Basketball Association or Metroball was a professional basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1998.The MBA overtook the Philippine Basketball Association's plans on regionalization when the league adopted a home-and-away format where teams, instead of representing...

 and the 2003 RP Men's Team in the Southeast Asian Games
Southeast Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games , is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia...

. He is also formerly a consultant and Asst. Coach of Toyota-Balintawak Road Kings
Toyota-Otis Sparks
The Toyota-Otis Sparks is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by Toyota Motors Philippines, Inc.-External links:* * -Former coaches and players:* Louie Alas * Mark Andaya* Joe Devance...

 in the Philippine Basketball League
Philippine Basketball League
The Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...

. He is the current commissioner of the NCAA (Philippines).

UST Dynasty

Under his tutelage, University of Santo Tomas
University of Santo Tomas
The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the...

 (UST) Growling Tigers
UST Growling Tigers
The UST Growling Tigers are the varsity team of the University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The women's varsity team is called the UST Growling Tigresses. Originally called the Glowing Goldies, the name has been changed starting with the 1992–93 season....

 won 4 straight championships in the 90's starting in 1993 up to 1996 and during that time they earned the reputation of being the best college team of the 90's playing excellent brand of basketball and produced players who became successful in their basketball careers. the first championship was won via a 14–0 sweep the year before the Final Four
UAAP Final Four
The UAAP Final Four refers to the playoffs of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines tournaments.The term "final four" came from the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States' men's Division I basketball tournament which is colloquially called as the "final...

 format was introduced in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). in the next three championships, they will beat the De La Salle Green Archers
De La Salle Green Archers
The De La Salle Green Archers are the men's varsity teams representing De La Salle University. The women's varsity teams are referred to as the De La Salle Lady Archers. The school's athletic program participates in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, among others...

 to make a dynasty in the UAAP. in 1997, their dreams of a 5-peat was spoiled as they lose to the FEU Tamaraws
FEU Tamaraws
The FEU Tamaraws is the collegiate men's varsity team of Far Eastern University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines...

 in the Final 4. it also signaled the end of the 4 year dominance of UST. in 1999, UST made it again to the finals with a 12–2 win-loss card only to lose again this time to a familiar foe, the De La Salle Green Archers
De La Salle Green Archers
The De La Salle Green Archers are the men's varsity teams representing De La Salle University. The women's varsity teams are referred to as the De La Salle Lady Archers. The school's athletic program participates in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, among others...

 courtesy of the game-tying three point shot by Dino Aldeguer to send the gsme in to overtime. In 2001, UST wasn't able to play in the Final 4 for the first time in school's history (the format was implemented in 1994) but came back in 2002 together with Cyrus Baguio. The following year, UST didn't reach the final 4 for the second time and it signaled the end of his long coaching reign and later he was replaced by his assistant coach Nel Parado.

PBA Stint

Because of his great resume in coaching, he was an assistant coach to teams like the Alaska Aces
Alaska Aces (PBA)
The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest...

 and Talk 'N Text Phone Pals.

MBA

Because of the high demand for his coaching, he was tasked to coach the Pampanga Dragons in 1998, the inaugural year of the MBA. He gave Pamapanga its first championship by beating the Negros Slashers
Negros Slashers
The Negros Slashers also known as the RCPI-Negros Slashers was a former professional basketball team in the Metropolitan Basketball Association from 1998 to 2002. The team enjoyed considerable success, winning the MBA National Championship in 2002, the last season of the said league...

 in 5 games of their Best of 7 National Championship. it is also the last championship for Pampanga as the league disbanded in 2002.

RP Team

He successfully defended the throne for the Philippines as they beat Indonesia for the Gold Medal in the 2003 Southeast Asian Games
2003 Southeast Asian Games
The 22nd Southeast Asian Games were held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 5 December - 13 December 2003. The games were opened by Vietnamese prime minister Phan Van Khai in the newly constructed My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi. The games torch was lit by Nguyen Thuy Hien of Wushu...

 despite having injured key players in his lineup.

Basketball Family

The Del Rosario family is a basketball inclined family. Coach Aric's sons are involved in basketball. Edsel is his former player at UST
UST
UST is a three letter acronym that may refer to:* Equatorial Guinea Workers' Union* Hong Kong University of Science and Technology * Northeast Florida Regional Airport in St...

 while Lester is also a former player and former assistant coach to the JRU Heavy Bombers
JRU Heavy Bombers
The JRU Heavy Bombers are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the Jose Rizal University.They currently have the longest championship drought in the NCAA with 38 title-less seasons....

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