Rensy Bajar is formally launched as the brand new head coach of the Letran Knights. Picture from Letran
MANILA, Philippines—Rensy Bajar has been formally named the brand new head coach of the Letran Knights.
Bajar signed a two-year contract with the Knights on Monday.
The 47-year-old Bajar stated he plans to “proceed the legacy” left by his predecessor Bonnie Tan, who parted methods with Letran after guiding the crew to 3 straight NCAA championships.
“We’re simply persevering with the legacy of what coach Bonnie began and the profitable tradition that’s constructed right here in [Letran],” stated Bajar, who was Tan’s deputy at Letran from 2019 to 2022.
Tan’s former assistant coaches Raymund Tiongco and Lou Gatumbato may even work underneath Bajar.
“Us coaches promise that each recreation, we’ll give all of it. It might be exhausting however every part’s potential. We’ll simply proceed what we’ve been doing earlier than underneath the steering of coach Bonnie,” Bajar stated in Filipino.
Bajar can also be the primary San Beda product to name the photographs for Letran. Bajar performed for the Purple Lions, the Knights’ archrivals through the Nineties.
Bajar was additionally a former head coach of College of the Philippines again in 2015.
He might be tasked to information a Letran squad searching for a uncommon “four-peat” led by holdovers Kurt Reyson, Pao Javillionar and Kobe Monje.
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