Manny Pacquiao To Coach In Philippine Basketball Association

Manny Pacquiao: boxer by day, master of X’s and O’s by night. From ESPN.com:

Pacquiao is taking over as a basketball coach in the Philippine Basketball Association. The longtime boxing champion was introduced this week as the coach of a new Kia team in that league, with the season opening in October.

 

Even though Spoelstra is wildly popular in the Philippines, the coach of the two-time defending NBA champion Miami Heat might have just lost his title as that nation’s favorite basketball coach.

 

Pacquiao’s love for basketball is no secret, and he told reporters in the Philippines this week that he was taking the coaching position seriously.

 

“A great responsibility,” Pacquiao said.