Norman A. Black is one of the most prominent coaches in the history of professional sports in the Philippines. Born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 12, , Black was the son of a public school teacher. At 6 feet 5 inches tall, he became a star on the basketball team as well as a team captain and was named the most valuable player.
He continued his professional basketball career when he decided to work abroad in the Philippines Basketball Association PBA and signed up with the Tefilin Polyesters aka Tefilin Fibermakers. In , he started his first coaching assignment with the Beermen, the most successful Filipino pro-basketball franchise.
After ten years with the team, he won a record of nine conference and tournament championships. Lucia Realtors, who won its first championship. In , he turned to college athletics by coaching the Blue Eagles at Ateneo de Manila University, the second most prestigious university in the country. The play was a long inbound pass by Macky Escalona who found a wide-open Kramer underneath the basket for the victory. However, despite the historic Game 1 victory, they were unable to win the championship.
They lost to the Tigers in Game 2 by a large margin, and then in Game 3 in overtime. Black played high school basketball for the Cardinal Gibbons School in Baltimore where he graduated in He also played for the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association, but played only three games in the season, averaging 2.
In , he made his PBA debut for Tefilin. In 14 games, he averaged an outstanding 51 point per game, but failed to lead his team to a championship. He returned to the Philippines in , playing 66 games for San Miguel Beer and averaged close to 43 points per contest.
In , he played for Great Taste Coffee and averaged 38 points in 49 games played. The lure of guaranteed money, something the Pistons could not offer then, helped change his life in a way he could never have imagined. But it did not take long before another Philippine Basketball Association club came calling.
Two years later, he returned to play for Magnolia Quench Plus, norming After Magnolia later San Miguel Beer , left the league for a while, he played for rookie squad Alaska, after former Magnolia players were put in the new franchise. After a short while, he returned to San Miguel as their playing coach in some import-laden conferences while acting as a full-time coach in the All-Filipino Conferences.
In , he played his last complete season as a player before finally focusing his duties as head coach in Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player.
Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States. Norman Black celebrates birthday on November 12 of every year. After almost a decade with San Miguel, he became the head coach of the young Mobiline Phone Pals in He scored 10 points, including a three-pointer, that gave the s its second consecutive third-place run.
Lucia Realtors head coach. In , he led Sta. After the season, he resigned as head coach of the Realtors with longtime assistant, and friend Alfrancis Chua elevated as the new coach of the team. After leaving Sta. He normally was paired with Mico Halili and did quite well as a commentator, often mixing a Tagalog word to his English analysis. Norman Black Birthday Countdown 0 0 0. Let's check it out!
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