Richie Ticzon

Richard Anthony Ticzon or better known as Richie Ticzon (born September 8, 1971 in Pasig City) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and coach. Nicknamed The Velvet Touch for his outside shooting, Ticzon played college ball at the Ateneo de Manila University.

Richard Anthony M. Ticzon
Personal information
Born (1971-09-08) September 8, 1971
Pasig, Rizal, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
CollegeAteneo de Manila University
PBA draft1994 Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Pepsi Mega Hotshots
Playing career1994–2002
PositionPoint guard
Number11
Coaching career2014–present
Career history
As player:
1994–1995Coney Island Ice Cream Stars/Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
1996–1998Formula Shell Zoom Masters
1999–2000Cagayan de Oro Amigos (MBA)
2001–2002Alaska Aces
As coach:
2014GlobalPort Batang Pier (interim coach)
2017–2018FEU Tamaraws (assistant)
2018–2019Navotas Clutch
Career highlights and awards

Playing career

He was selected fourth overall by Pepsi Mega in the 1994 PBA draft. Ticzon was immediately traded to Purefoods along with second round picks in 1995 and 1996 for Dindo Pumaren and Dwight Lago. [1] At Purefoods, he was reunited with his Ateneo coach, Chot Reyes. He showed his worth during the Commissioner's Cup finals against Alaska Milkmen by banging in treys propelling Purefoods' late rallies and finishing kicks.

Beginning the 1996 season, Ticzon had trouble finding a team at the start of the year before hooking up with Shell in what could easily be the comeback story of the year. He went on to star in the team's surprise finals stint in the Commissioner's Cup, scoring a triple that tied the count with 10.5 seconds to go in the knockout game against Ginebra San Miguel and his game-winning fadeaway jumper late in Game Six of the finals against Alaska was one of the year's highlight plays. [2] The comeback kid of the 1996 season made the most prolific season of his pro career as a starter for coach Chito Narvasa. With veteran Gerry Esplana arriving in the 1998 season following a trade, Richie's minutes on the playing court suffered a decline.

In 1999, the former Ateneo scoring machine has gotten his release to play in the MBA via the Cagayan de Oro Amigos. He was then signed up by the Alaska Aces in 2001. [3][4]

Coaching career

Ticzon would later turn to coaching after his playing years were over. He became an assistant coach at FEU,[5] and would later serve as assistant to coach Junel Baculi at GlobalPort. Despite his lack of head coaching experience, team owner Mikee Romero installed him as the interim head coach for the Batang Pier after the team fired Baculi just a week before the start of the 2013-14 PBA season.[6] In his only conference with the team, he compiled a 5-9 win-loss record and helped them reach the All-Filipino Conference quarterfinals as a seventh-seed team. He was then replaced by Pido Jarencio before the start of the next conference.[7]

References
  1. "Surprises, surprises". Manila Standard.
  2. "Shell foils Alaska party, forges winner-take-all game". Manila Standard.
  3. Salazar, Syd. "Richie Ticzon - former 90s hoop heartthrob - is now the new GlobalPort coach". www.sydrified.org. Syd Salazar. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  4. Henson, Joaquin. "No regrets for Ticzon". www.philstar.com. Philippine Star. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  5. Terrado, Reuben. "After shortlived stint at GlobalPort, Richie Ticzon is back coaching. Find out where". www.spin.ph. SPIN.ph. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. Venancio, Jeff. "GlobalPort names Richie Ticzon interim coach". www.gmanetwork.com. GMA News. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  7. Badua, Snow. "Former coach Richie Ticzon feels bad for Globalport over struggling start in Commissioner's Cup". www.spin.ph. SPIN.ph. Retrieved 23 March 2014.


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