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COMPTON CANT PLAY, WILL COACH IN PBA INSTEAD
Tapped by Welcoat to assist Austria on the Dragons bench
Thursday, 31 August 2006
Alex Compton failed to land a job at the PBA as a player. He broke into it as an assistant coach.
Compton has been tapped by the Asian Coating Inc. franchise to work as assistant to head coach Leo Austria in the maiden voyage of the Welcoat Dragons in the pro league.
The former MBA star, who also had a stint in the PBL, will be with Caloy Garcia and Bogs Adonardo backing Austria on the Welcoat bench.
Thus, Compton, who had dreamed of playing in the PBA, is ending up in the league after all.
Compton, an American born in the Philippines, had appealed to the PBA Board of Governors that he be allowed to play in the league as a special case. He later thanked the Board for at least taking up his appeal though it was eventually turned down.
The 5-foot-11 guard decided to end his playing career at the end of the most recent PBL tourney.
Before being recruited to work as assistant coach at Welcoat, Compton was tapped by Fil-Am player Kelly Williams to be his agent-manager.
Compton, who also endorses a number of commercial products in the country, represented Williams in closing an P8.5 million three-year contract with Sta.
Lucia Realty.
Welcoat now has a complete lineup of coaches but has yet to finalize the roster of players it is fielding in the 2006-07 PBA campaign.
Management is still pursuing a trade deal with Barangay Ginebra to acquire the services of Rommel Adducul.
The Dragons and the Kings, ironically, are pitted in the opening game of the 2006 Philippine Cup on Oct. 1 at the Araneta Coliseum. (NC)
Tapped by Welcoat to assist Austria on the Dragons bench
Thursday, 31 August 2006
Alex Compton failed to land a job at the PBA as a player. He broke into it as an assistant coach.
Compton has been tapped by the Asian Coating Inc. franchise to work as assistant to head coach Leo Austria in the maiden voyage of the Welcoat Dragons in the pro league.
The former MBA star, who also had a stint in the PBL, will be with Caloy Garcia and Bogs Adonardo backing Austria on the Welcoat bench.
Thus, Compton, who had dreamed of playing in the PBA, is ending up in the league after all.
Compton, an American born in the Philippines, had appealed to the PBA Board of Governors that he be allowed to play in the league as a special case. He later thanked the Board for at least taking up his appeal though it was eventually turned down.
The 5-foot-11 guard decided to end his playing career at the end of the most recent PBL tourney.
Before being recruited to work as assistant coach at Welcoat, Compton was tapped by Fil-Am player Kelly Williams to be his agent-manager.
Compton, who also endorses a number of commercial products in the country, represented Williams in closing an P8.5 million three-year contract with Sta.
Lucia Realty.
Welcoat now has a complete lineup of coaches but has yet to finalize the roster of players it is fielding in the 2006-07 PBA campaign.
Management is still pursuing a trade deal with Barangay Ginebra to acquire the services of Rommel Adducul.
The Dragons and the Kings, ironically, are pitted in the opening game of the 2006 Philippine Cup on Oct. 1 at the Araneta Coliseum. (NC)