Aris Dimaunahan

{{Infobox basketball biography

| image = Aries Dimaunahan.jpg

| caption = Dimaunahan in 2007

| name = Aris Dimaunahan

| number =

| position = Head coach

| league = UAAP

| team = NU Lady Bulldogs

| nationality = Filipino

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|3|21|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Lipa, Batangas, Philippines

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 185

| high_school = De La Salle Lipa (Lipa, Batangas)

| college = UST

| draft_year_pba = 2002

| draft_round_pba = 3

| draft_pick_pba = 26

| draft_team_pba = Barangay Ginebra Kings

| career_start = 2003

| career_end = 2013

| career_position = Shooting guard

| coach_start = 2014

| coach_end =

| years1 = 2003–2006

| team1 = Barangay Ginebra Kings

| years2 = 2006–2008

| team2 = Air21 Express

| years3 = 2008–2009

| team3 = Coca-Cola Tigers

| years4 = 2009–2011

| team4 = Barako Bull Energy Boosters

| years5 = 2011

| team5 = Alaska Aces

| years6 = 2011–2013

| team6 = San Miguel Beermen (ABL)

| cyears1 = 2014–2019

| cteam1 = Blackwater Elite (assistant)

| cyears2 = 2015

| cteam2 = Philippines women

| cyears3 = 2017–2022

| cteam3 = NU (women) (assistant)

| cyears4 = 2019

| cteam4 = Blackwater Elite (interim)

| cyears5 = 2019–present

| cteam5 = Blackwater Elite / Bossing (assistant)

| cyears6 = 2022–present

| cteam6 = NU (women)

| highlights = As a player:

2× PBA champion (2004 Fiesta, 2004–05 Philippine)
PBA 2-Ball Challenge Co-Champion (2003)

As a coach:

UAAP women's champion (2022, 2024)

}}

Aristeo Dimaunahan (born March 21, 1978) is a Filipino former professional basketball player who is the assistant coach of the Blackwater Bossing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), and is the currently the head coach of the NU Lady Bulldogs of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).{{Cite web |title=Pat Aquino parts ways with NU Lady Bulldogs to focus on Gilas duties |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-women/pat-aquino-parts-ways-with-nu-lady-bulldogs-a793-20220522 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}

Early life and career

He attended Grace Kindergarten, Canossa Academy and graduated from De La Salle-Lipa in 1994. He also attended the University of Santo Tomas after high school.

Playing career

He played in the Philippine Basketball League in his early years before being drafted by the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the 2002 PBA draft. He was also recognized by then-Mayor Vilma Santos as the second PBA player from his hometown in Lipa City after Melchor Teves, who also graduated from De La Salle Lipa.

In 2006, Dimaunahan was also part of a controversial PBA seven player trade involving Rudy Hatfield, Billy Mamaril, Rafi Reavis, and Ervin Sotto.{{cite news |last=Cordero |first=Abac |title=PBA puts 7-player deal under microscope |url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/350555/pba-puts-7-player-deal-under-microscope |access-date=26 January 2018 |work=The Philippine Star |date=2 August 2006}} Because sister teams such as Ginebra and Coca-Cola are not allowed to trade directly, nor can their under-teams, which applied to San Miguel Beer and Purefoods. In order to circumvent the rules, a third team, Air21 was involved in the trade, which ultimately sent Dimaunahan to Air21.{{cite news |last=Cordero |first=Abac |title=Ginebra, Coke, Air21 okay 7-player trade |url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/350058/ginebra-coke-air21-okay-7-player-trade |access-date=26 January 2018 |website=The Philippine Star |date=30 July 2006}}

After playing two seasons with the Barako Bull Energy Boosters, he was signed by the Alaska Aces as a free agent during the 2011 Governors Cup. In 2012, while with the San Miguel Beermen, he was one of five players suspended for taking place in a Basket-Brawl involving the Beermen and the entire bench of the AirAsia Philippine Patriots.{{cite news |last=Leyba |first=Olman |title=ABL metes suspensions on Patriots, Beermen |url=http://old.philstar.com/sports/784600/abl-metes-suspensions-patriots-beermen |access-date=26 January 2018 |website=The Philippine Star |date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185532/http://old.philstar.com/sports/784600/abl-metes-suspensions-patriots-beermen |archive-date=26 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Dimaunahan began a coaching career, with stints both professionally and in women's college basketball. In 2015 he served as an assistant coach with the Blackwater Elite, and in 2017 he became an assistant coach for the Lady Bulldogs.{{cite news|title=NU Lady Bulldogs diretso sa No. 13 win|url=http://www.philstar.com/pm-sports/2017/11/05/1755696/nu-lady-bulldogs-diretso-sa-no.-13-win|accessdate=26 January 2018|date=5 November 2017}} In 2015, Dimanauhan was an assistant coach for Patrick Aquino and the Philippines women's national basketball team.{{cite news |last=Henson |first=Joaquin |title=Perlas joins FIBA Asia elite |url=http://old.philstar.com/sports/2015/09/06/1496589/perlas-joins-fiba-asia-elite |access-date=26 January 2018 |date=6 September 2015}}{{Dead link |date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

In 2022, after Aquino decided to focus on the women's national team, Dimaunahan was promoted as NU's head coach. Later that year, he led the Lady Bulldogs to their seventh consecutive UAAP title.{{Cite web |title=NU in seventh heaven as Lady Bulldogs extend reign with sweep of La Salle |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-women/nu-in-seventh-heaven-as-lady-bulldogs-extend-uaap-reign-a5112-20221211 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}} The streak would end in Season 86.{{cite news |date=8 December 2023 |title=NU coach takes blame as Lady Bulldogs’ UAAP dynasty ends |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/uaap/nu-coach-takes-blame-lady-bulldogs-women-basketball-dynasty-ends-season-86-2023/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=Rappler}}

PBA career statistics

{{Cite web |title=Aris Dimaunahan Player Profile - PBA-Online.net |url=http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Aris-Dimaunahan/8/ |website=PBA-Online.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009103359/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Aris-Dimaunahan/8/ |archive-date=October 9, 2015 }}

=Season-by-season averages=

| align=left| {{pbay|2003}}

| align=left| Barangay Ginebra

| 40 || 16.8 || .415 || .292 || .739 || 1.9 || 2.0 || .7 || .1 || 4.6

| align=left| {{pbay|2004}}

| align=left| Barangay Ginebra

| 66 || 18.1 || .396 || .253 || .810 || 1.9 || 2.8 || .3 || .0 || 3.1

| align=left| {{pbay|2005}}

| align=left| Barangay Ginebra

| 19 || 13.7 || .226 || .250 || .857 || 1.5 || 1.6 || .2 || .0 || 2.4

| align=left| {{pbay|2006}}

| align=left| Air21

| 44 || 15.8 || .373 || .295 || .744 || 1.8 || 2.1 || .7 || .0 || 5.6

| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2007}}

| align=left| Air21

| rowspan=2|39 || rowspan=2|13.4 || rowspan=2|.346 || rowspan=2|.310 || rowspan=2|.794 || rowspan=2|1.7 || rowspan=2|1.9 || rowspan=2|.5 || rowspan=2|.1 || rowspan=2|3.7

| align=left| Coca-Cola

| align=left| {{pbay|2008}}

| align=left| Coca-Cola

| 31 || 10.4 || .372 || .283 || .500 || 1.3 || 1.4 || .5 || .0 || 2.4

| align=left| {{pbay|2009}}

| align=left| Barako Bull / Barako Energy Coffee

| 36 || 22.0 || .393 || .331 || .741 || 3.0 || 2.7 || .9 || .0 || 7.2

| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2010}}

| align=left| Barako Bull

| rowspan=2|16 || rowspan=2|12.2 || rowspan=2|.316 || rowspan=2|.258 || rowspan=2|.800 || rowspan=2|1.5 || rowspan=2|1.4 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|.1 || rowspan=2|2.9

| align=left| Alaska

|-class=sortbottom

| align=center colspan=2 | Career

| 291 || 16.0 || .373 || .295 || .767 || 1.9 || 2.1 || .5 || .0 || 4.1

Coaching record

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! rowspan="2" \|Team ! colspan="5" \|Elimination round ! colspan="5" \|Playoffs
Finish !GP !W !L !PCT !GP !W !L !PCT !Results
2022 \| rowspan="3" \|NU \|1st/8 \|14 \|13 \|1 \|.929 \|3 \|3 \|0 \|1.000 \|Champion
2023 \|1st/8 \|14 \|13 \|1 \|.929 \|4 \|2 \|2 \|.500 \|Finals
2024 \|1st/8 \|14 \|14 \|0 \|1.000 \|3 \|2 \|1 \|.667 \|Champion
colspan="3" \|Totals !84 !82 !2 !.976 !10 !7 !3 !.700 !2× champion

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Season

! rowspan="2" |Team

! colspan="5" |Elimination round

! colspan="5" |Playoffs

Finish

!GP

!PCT

!GP

!PCT

!Results

2022

| rowspan="3" |NU

|1st/8

|14

|13

|.929

|1.000

|Champion

2023

|1st/8

|14

|13

|.929

|.500

|Finals

2024

|1st/8

|14

|1.000

|.667

|Champion

colspan="3" |Totals

!84

!82

!.976

!10

!.700

!2× champion

Personal life

Dimaunahan is married to former child actress Jane Zaleta, where he has two children.{{cite web |title=Precious Mom |url=http://www.philstar.com/allure/2015/05/10/1452959/precious-mom |access-date=26 January 2018 |website=The Philippine Star |date=10 May 2015}}