Jerry Codiñera

Jerry Codiñera

Alias	The Defense Minister
Jersey No.	44
Position	Center/Power Forward
Current Team	Retired
Personal Info
Country	Philippines
Born	November 14, 1966 (1966-11-14) (age 45)
Height	6 ft. 5 in.
Weight	210 lbs.
College	University of the East
Career Highlights
Draft	1988 by Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Pro Career	1988 – 2005
Also played for	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants (1988-1999) Mobiline Phone Pals (1999-2002) FedEx Express (2002-2005)
Awards Received
1988 PBA Mythical Second Team 1989 PBA All-Defensive Team 1989 PBA Mythical Second Team 1991 PBA All-Defensive Team 1991 PBA Mythical Second Team 1992 PBA All-Defensive Team 1992 PBA Mythical Second Team 1993 PBA All-Defensive Team 1993 PBA Mythical First Team 1994 PBA All-Defensive Team 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Best Player of the Conference 1994 PBA Defensive Player of the Year 1994 PBA Mythical First Team 1994 PBA Sportsmanship Award 1995 PBA All-Defensive Team 1996 PBA All-Defensive Team 1996 PBA Sportsmanship Award 1997 PBA All-Defensive Team 1997 PBA Mythical Second Team 1998 PBA All-Defensive Team 1998 PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference 1998 PBA Mythical First Team 2000 PBA 25 Greatest Players of All Time 2003 PBL 20 Greatest Players of All-Time PBA All-Star (1989-1999)

Jerry Codiñera (born November 14, 1966) is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end.^[1] He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994 Asian Games. He played college basketball at the University of the East. With Allan Caidic, they led the UE Red Warriors to a back to back championship in 1984-1985, the last championship of the Red Warriors in UAAP. Prior to joining the PBA in 1988, he played amateur basketball in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL, now the Philippine Basketball League).

For 12 seasons, he was one half of the most dominant duo to ever terrorize the All-Filipino hardcourts. But a trade split up his partnership with Alvin Patrimonio and saw him wear a New Jersey for the first time since joining the PBA with Purefoods in 1988. During the Commissioner's Cup, Jerry Codiñera was traded to Mobiline for Andy Seigle. He succeeded Philip Cezar as Tapal King and owns the single game record for blocks at 11.

A perennial member of the All-Defensive Team, this University of the East product was given the moniker "Defense Minister" for his tireless manning of the post. In fact, the 6-5 Codiñera was also a terror on the offensive end who was blessed with an unerring 18-foot jumpshot not normally found in big men. He came close to winning an MVP award in 1993 but lost to Patrimonio in the tightest race for the prestigious trophy in league history.

Outside basketball, he has also dabbled into movies and television during the early '90s. His first movie, Last Two Minutes (1990) was a top-grosser at the box-office. The movie co-starred him with teammate Alvin Patrimonio and Bong Alvarez. The movie also spawned a sitcom of the same title aired over PTV 4 (now NBN 4) where they co-starred with PBA legend Yoyong Martirez. The basketball trio reunited on-screen in 1993 to do Tasya Fantasya opposite Kris Aquino.

He is a former head coach of the Teletech Titans in the Philippine Basketball League and one of the assistant coaches of the Air21 Express, one of his former teams.

Codiñera is also the first nominee of the Party-list ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA), the party-list founded by People's Champ Manny Pacquiao and Cavite Young Politician Dino Carlo Chua in the 2007 elections.

He also served as one the assistant coaches of the UP Fighting Maroons.

In January 2011, he was named head coach of the University of the East Red Warriors.^[2]

See also

• Philippine Basketball Association
• Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
• Red Warriors
• Philippines men's national basketball team
• Air21 Express
• Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
• Basketball in the Philippines

Coaching record

Collegiate record

Season	Team	Eliminations				Playoffs
		W	L	PCT	Finish	PG	W	L	PCT	Results
2011	UE	3	11	.214	7th	0	0	0	.000	Did not qualify to the playoffs
Totals		3	11	.214		0	0	0	.000	0 championship

References

1. ^ (24 January 2011). To him, defense -- not offense -- is the key, People's Journal (newspaper)
2. ^ (26 January 2011). UE welcomes Jerry as new coach, Malaya Business Insight

• PBA 25 Greatest http://www.pba.com.ph/25greatest.php?selected=17
• Philippine Basketball Association, The First 25 Years, (Philippines, 2000)

External links

• Official Website of the Philippine Basketball Association
• Philippine Basketball League
• Philippine Sports Trivia

Preceded by (none)	PBA Best Player of the Conference Award - All-Filipino Cup 1994	Succeeded by Vergel Meneses
Preceded by Alvin Patrimonio	PBA Best Player of the Conference Award - Governor's Cup 1998	Succeeded by Danny Seigle

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