Pido Jarencio

Alfredo Lorenzo Mendoza Jarencio (born September 5, 1964) is a Filipino basketball coach and former professional basketball player.

He is the head coach for the UST Growling Tigers of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).

He also acts as the team manager for the NorthPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Jarencio played college basketball for the UST Glowing Goldies during the 1980s under coaches Charlie Badion and Aric del Rosario.

He was a walk-in applicant for the Glowing Goldies after unsuccessfully trying out for Turo Valenzona's Trinity College team in the NCAA.

He was able to secure a roster spot in UST, besting 200 other aspirants for a slot reserved for only four freshmen players.

He once scored 50 points in a game against the National University Bulldogs in 1982, during the elimination round of UAAP Season 45.

He scored 48 points during the 1984 UAAP finals against the University of the East Warriors after exchanging baskets with season MVP Allan Caidic, who in turn finished the game with 46 points.

Jarencio played in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League from 1984 to 1986 and was part of the San Miguel franchise team, Magnolia Ice Cream.

The team, under the name Lagerlite Beer finished as runners-up to ESQ Marketing in the 1985 Invitational Cup.

Jarencio was included in the lineup of the Danding Cojuangco-backed Northern Cement basketball team that won the 1985 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The NCC team which had two American players in their roster also competed as a guest team and won the 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference title.

The team changed their name back to Magnolia Ice Cream and they exacted revenge on ESQ by beating them in the finals of the 1986 Founder's Cup.

Jarencio turned professional in 1986, joining the Magnolia Cheese Makers who had taken leave from the PBA when the events related to the EDSA revolution unfolded.

The team, under new owners returned in the Third Conference after signing up Jarencio together with 7 of his teammates from the NCC national team.

He won his first championship as a professional player in the Reinforced Conference the following year.

He is considered a journeyman, having played in six different teams in his 16 years in the PBA.

In his first six years, Jarencio had played as a reserve until he became part of the starting lineup in Ginebra.

After being traded to Great Taste from San Miguel Beer in 1988, he was given longer playing minutes as backup to starting point guard Bernie Fabiosa.

On June 30, 1988, during the All-Filipino Conference.

Jarencio threw a buzzer-beating jumper to win the game against Purefoods, 102–100.

Ironically, he was traded to Purefoods the following year and was again relegated to a reliever role, playing behind point guards Al Solis and Dindo Pumaren.

He was released to the expansion draft and was picked up by Pop Cola in the off-season.

He became the second leading scorer for the team, behind Elmer Reyes, with a 12.1 point per game average in the 35 games that he played.

Jarencio's break came when he joined Sonny Jaworski's team and became Ginebra's starting point guard.

He had been traded from Swift in 1992 and became the leading scorer for the team that season.

He had an average of 18.6 points per game.

He scored 45 points against 7 Up, 44 against Swift and scored over 30 points in four other contests during the season.

He was awarded the PBA's Most Improved Player at the end of the season.

He won his third championship in the PBA in the 1997 Commissioner's Cup with Ginebra, which had used the name Gordon's Gin Boars at the start of the season.

He made 8 three point shots in the semifinals to beat San Miguel in two overtime periods.

He then made 7 three point shots in their finals match against Alaska.

Jarencio had amassed 6,121 career points after his last active year in 2001, ranking him 49th in the PBA All Time Scoring Leaders list.

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He was the head coach of the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers Senior men's collegiate basketball team of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2006 to 2013.

Known as "the Fireman" when he was actively playing in the PBA, he distinguished himself as one of the league's best three-point shooters, especially in clutch situations.

Jarencio hails from Sigma, Capiz, where his father, Benedicto Mariveles Jarencio, a civil engineer, ran a construction business.

He, along with his four siblings grew up in Project 3 in Quezon City.

His first sport was volleyball where he was once named Athlete of the Year while still in grade school.

He attended high school at Quirino High School in Quezon City, where he began to play basketball.