Tonyboy Espinosa
{{short description|Filipino basketball player and coach}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Tonyboy Espinosa
| image =
| caption =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|04|25}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = Filipino
| high_school =
| career_start = 1997
| career_end = 2006
| career_position = Point guard
| career_number = 3
| draft_pick_pba = 24
| draft_round_pba = 3
| draft_year_pba = 1997
| draft_team_pba = Mobiline Phone Pals
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_kg = 66
| college = De La Salle
| team = Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots
| position = Assistant coach
| league = PBA
| coach_start = 2015
| coach_end =
| team1 = Mobiline Phone Pals
| years1 = 1997–1999
| team2 = Batangas Blades
| years2 = 2000–2002
| team3 = Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
| years3 = 2004–2005
| team4 = Coca-Cola Tigers
| years4 = 2005–2006
| cyears1 = 2015–present
| cteam1 = Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2021–2024
| cteam2 = Purefoods TJ Titans
| highlights = As assistant coach:
As player:
- MBA champion (2001)
- 2x PBA All-Star Buzzer-Beater Contest champion (1997, 1998)
}}
Antonio "Tonyboy" Espinosa (sometimes spelled as Tony Boy) is a Filipino former basketball player and basketball coach who serving as one of the assistant coaches under Chito Victolero of the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots in the PBA.
Playing career
= La Salle =
Espinosa played for De La Salle Green Archers from 1991 to 1995 under Derrick Pumaren, and later with Virgil Villavicencio, and played with future colleague Jason Webb. In the 1991 UAAP Finals, he played against FEU Tamaraws led by another future colleague Johnny Abarrientos. With the Green Archers leading, 76–71, Espinosa was called for his fifth foul on Johnny Abarrientos. But the referees failed to send the La Salle guard out of the game, letting some seconds run down before Adi Papa was sent in as his replacement. La Salle won the game, but the FEU coach Arturo Valenzona protested and eventually claimed the title, because La Salle did not appear on the rematch game after the protest.{{Cite web |title=Remember this strange end to the FEU vs La Salle finals in 1991? |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/strange-end-to-the-feu-vs-la-salle-finals-in-1991-a2437-20200403 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}
= Professional =
Espinosa was drafted by Mobiline Cellulars in 1997, and played on the team until 1999.{{Cite web |last=Henson |first=Joaquin M. |title=Sporting Chance |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2000/01/25/97822/sporting-chance |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Philstar.com}} He played with Batangas Blades.{{Cite web |title=Blades subdue Stars for second straight win |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2002/04/25/158512/blades-subdue-stars-second-straight-win |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Philstar.com}} He was free agent until 2004, when he was signed by then James Yap-led Purefoods TJ Hotdogs.{{Cite web |last=Beltran |first=Joey Villar, Nelson |title=Espinosa trey lifts Hotdogs |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2005/03/31/272100/espinosa-trey-lifts-hotdogs |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Philstar.com}}{{Cite web |title=Espinosa, Yap nagbida sa Purefoods |url=https://www.philstar.com/palaro/2005/03/31/272177/espinosa-yap-nagbida-sa-purefoods |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Philstar.com}} He also played on Coca-Cola Tigers from 2005 until 2006.
Coaching career
Espinosa was hired in 2015 when Jason Webb was appointed as an assistant coach in Star Hotshots. That time, another former Green Juno Sauler joined the staff. When Webb was demoted, he was retained.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-31 |title=Steely Magnolia: Jalalon stars as Hotshots see off NLEX to reach Philippine Cup semis |url=https://www.espn.ph/basketball/pba/story/_/id/34322430/steely-magnolia-jalalon-stars-hotshots-see-nlex-road-warriors-reach-pba-philippine-cup-semifinals |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
He was assigned as head coach of Purefoods TJ Titans of the PBA 3x3.{{Cite web |title=Purefoods Titans offer title win to injured teammate Val Acuna |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/titans-offer-title-win-to-injured-veteran-teammate-val-acuna-a793-20211205 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}
References
{{Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots current roster}}
{{Magnolia Hotshots 2018 PBA Governors' Cup Champions}}
{{Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots}}
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