Emman Monfort

Emmanuel N. Monfort (born July 2, 1989) is a Filipino basketball coach and former player.

He is an assistant coach for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

When he was in Grade 5, he watched the 2000 PBA All-Star Game, held in his hometown of Iloilo, and met Danny Seigle, which inspired him to pursue basketball.

His parents also encouraged him to pursue basketball despite his height.

He also participated in basketball clinics and tournaments held by the Milo BEST Center.

In high school at Ateneo de Iloilo, he was scoring 40 points.

He was teammates with Anjo Caram, another short point guard.

He also got to play in the 2005 Palarong Pambansa.

Monfort was recruited to join the Ateneo Blue Eagles by Coach Norman Black, who asked him to first join their scrimmages in Silay City in Bacolod.

Monfort and his mother took a boat ride to get to the scrimmages, where, despite his appearance, he impressed the coaching staff.

During Monfort's first year, Ateneo lost to the UST Growling Tigers in the Finals.

They then lost to the DLSU Green Archers during the stepladder postseason the following year.

He was then relegated to Ateneo's Team B, Ateneo's practice team, for a season.

As a result, he was not part of the Ateneo roster that won the UAAP championship in 2008.

He got to play with the main team again during the Unigames later that year, which Ateneo won.

Monfort won three championships during his collegiate career with the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP from 2009 to 2011.

In 2009, Monfort was set to spend another year with Team B, but a player was suddenly deemed ineligible on Ateneo's main team which opened up a slot for him to return.

He scored a season-high 20 points in a win over UST.

That year, Ateneo defended its UAAP title as he contributed as Jai Reyes's backup.

Ateneo also won the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) title and defended its Unigames title that year.

For Season 73, with Reyes graduated from college, Monfort succeeded him as Ateneo's starting lead guard.

In a win over the Adamson Soaring Falcons, he made six straight clutch free throws to seal the win.

He then scored a college career-high 23 points with five triples while also providing five assists, four steals and four rebounds in a win over the UP Fighting Maroons.

In the Final Four, he scored 22 points on 7-of-9 shooting and made all three of his three-point attempts to get Ateneo past Adamson and into the Finals.

In Game 2 of the Finals, he scored 10 points as Ateneo won its third straight title thanks to a game-winning three-pointer from Ryan Buenafe.

To finish the year, Ateneo successfully defended its PCCL title.

During the preseason, Ateneo won the Filoil Flying V Hanes Preseason Premier Cup.

The Eagles began Season 74 with a win over Adamson in which Monfort made two clutch free throws with 16.3 seconds remaining to seal the victory.

He then scored 10 points in a win over the Archers.

In a win over the Maroons, he scored 13 points.

Ateneo finished the first round of eliminations with no losses.

In the second round of eliminations, he scored 13 points in a win over the Archers.

Ateneo had a chance to sweep both elimination rounds but in their final game of the season, they lost to Adamson.

After getting past UST in the Final Four, they faced the FEU Tamaraws in the Finals.

In Game 1, he contributed 11 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals in a win.

He also won a gold medal in the 2011 SEA Games.

In Grade 3, Monfort started playing organized basketball.

He started out as a benchwarmer for St. Joseph's Grade School Iloilo.

He was selected 16th overall in the 2012 PBA draft by Barako Bull Energy Cola.

At 5’6” 1/16 inches, he is one of the shortest players in PBA history.