Rene Baterbonia, Ateneo de Manila president Fr. Roberto Yap, SJ, and Divine Adili. — File photos
MANILA, Philippines — The Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) management has admitted that the week-long team-building of its men’s basketball team has been a traditional activity, extending to the time of former head coach Tab Baldwin’s predecessors.
In a press conference on Monday afternoon, ADMU president Fr. Roberto Yap, SJ, said that based on what he knows, the tradition was already present when Norman Black was coaching the Blue Eagles.
Black, who was one of Ateneo’s most celebrated coaches for leading the Blue Eagles to multiple championship runs, started coaching the team in 2005. Baldwin, meanwhile, started coaching Ateneo in 2016, until his recent resignation following the death of men’s basketball team members Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili due to drowning during a team-building event.
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