Tab Baldwin 'on leave' as Ateneo launches probe into deaths of Baterbonia, Adili

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PRESENT. Ateneo Blue Eagles head coach Tab Baldwin during the UAAP Season 88 collegiate basketball press conference.

Ateneo says men's basketball coach Tab Baldwin and team manager Epok Quimpo are on leave 'to ensure all participants can cooperate freely without any actual or perceived pressure'

MANILA, Philippines – Ateneo de Manila University said on Thursday, June 11, that men’s basketball head coach Tab Baldwin and team manager Epok Quimpo have “gone on leave” as the school launches its own probe into the deaths of Blue Eagles players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili.

The move, according to the university, was done to “preserve the total integrity, independence, and fairness of this investigation” and “to ensure all participants can cooperate freely without any actual or perceived pressure.”