Ato Agustin
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Renato Agustin better known as Ato "The Atom Bomb" Agustin, is a former Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 professional basketball player. He played college ball for the Lyceum of the Philippines
Lyceum of the Philippines University
The Lyceum of the Philippines University is an institute of higher education located in Intramuros in the City of Manila. It was founded in 1952 by Dr. José P. Laurel, who became the third and one of the most acclaimed presidents of the Philippines...

, before moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

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Agustin is a former Most Valuable Player
Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award
The Philippine Basketball Association awards the Most Valuable Player award at the end of the season. The winner is selected via votes from the press, players, coaches and top PBA officials....

 awardee of the PBA. He played for the San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...

, Sunkist/Pop Cola
Pop Cola Panthers
The Pop Cola Panthers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team from 1990-2001 under the ownership of Cosmos Bottling Corporation, a subsidiary of RFM Corporation. Cosmos was sold to Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., then-owned by San Miguel Corporation in 2001 which also includes the...

, the Sta. Lucia Realtors
Sta. Lucia Realtors
The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta...

, and finally, Batang Red Bull. In 2000, Agustin was named a member of the PBA's 25 Greatest Players
PBA's 25th Anniversary All-Time Team
The Philippine Basketball Association’s 25 greatest players were named at the league’s silver anniversary in 2000. -See also:* Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award...

.

He also had a brief stint in with the Pampanga Dragons in the Metropolitan Basketball Association
Metropolitan Basketball Association
The Metropolitan Basketball Association or Metroball was a professional basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1998.The MBA overtook the Philippine Basketball Association's plans on regionalization when the league adopted a home-and-away format where teams, instead of representing...

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He is the former head coach of the San Sebastian Golden Stags
San Sebastian Stags
The San Sebastian Golden Stags are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the San Sebastian College – Recoletos....

 men's basketball team in the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is an athletics association of nine colleges and universities in the Philippines. Established in 1924, the NCAA is the oldest athletic association in the Philippines...

, having taken over from Jorge Gallent
Jorge Gallent
Jorge Gallent is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association.-UAAP Days:...

 in 2009, and winning a championship in the same year. In 2010, he became head coach of his former PBA team, the San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...

. In the 2011 PBA Governor's Cup, Agustin steered the team (now known as the Petron Blaze Boosters) to the championship, defeating the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in seven games. He was the 9th coach in PBA history to win a title in his first year as head coach.

Collegiate record

Season |Team | Eliminations | Playoffs
WLPCTFinishPGWLPCTResults
2009
NCAA Season 85 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 85 refers to the basketball events of the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association 's 2009–10 season. This is the first season without the PCU Dolphins who have taken an indefinite leave of absence after several of their juniors' division...

 
SSC-R
San Sebastian Stags
The San Sebastian Golden Stags are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the San Sebastian College – Recoletos....

 
16 2 .889 2nd 5 3 2 .600 Defeated San Beda in the Finals
2010
NCAA Season 86 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 86 refers to the basketball events of the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association 's 2010–11 season....

 
SSC-R
San Sebastian Stags
The San Sebastian Golden Stags are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the San Sebastian College – Recoletos....

13 3 .813 2nd 3 1 2 .333 Defeated by San Beda in the Finals
Totals 29 5 .853 8 4 4 .500 1 championship
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