Vincent Kenneth Marasigan Favis, better known as Binky Favis, is a Filipino former professional basketball head coach and politician.[1]
Binky Favis | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Parañaque City Council from the 2nd district | |
| In office June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vincent Kenneth Marasigan Favis |
| Political party | PDP–Laban |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal (c. 2016) United Nationalist Alliance (c. 2013) |
| Residence | Parañaque |
| Basketball career | |
| Personal information | |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | La Salle Green Hills |
| College | University of Santo Tomas |
| Coaching career | 1993–2008 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1993–1997 | University of Santo Tomas (asssistant) |
| 1998 | Batangas Blades |
| 1999–2001 | Colegio de San Juan de Letran |
| 2000–2001 | Pop Cola Panthers (assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Coca–Cola Tigers (assistant) |
| 2003–2005 | Barangay Ginebra Kings (assistant) |
| 2005–2008 | Coca-Cola Tigers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| As head coach: As assistant coach: | |
Coaching career
He was also a former player of the UST Growling Tigers and was an assistant coach of the 1993 squad, which swept the University Athletic Association of the Philippines men's basketball tournament, he also stayed until 1997.
Favis is a former coach of the Letran Knights[2] in the NCAA leading them to a title in 1999.[3] He also coached in Philippine Basketball League for several teams.
In 2000, he was hired by Chot Reyes as an assistant coach for Pop Cola Panthers. When Pop Cola was sold to Coke Philippines in 2001, he stayed to be an assistant coach for Coke Tigers and won two PBA championships.
He became the assistant coach of Jong Uichico for the Philippine national basketball team in the 2002 Asian Games. He later joined Barangay Ginebra in 2003 and won another two championship.
Before the 2005-06 season, he was named as the head coach of Coca-Cola Tigers[4] and had several lackluster seasons with the team. In 2008, he was relieved as head coach of the Tigers.[5]
Coaching record
Collegiate record
| Season | Eliminations | Playoffs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | PCT | Finish | PG | W | L | PCT | Results | |
| Letran Knights (NCAA) | |||||||||
| 1999 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Champion |
| 2000 | 4 | 10 | .286 | 7th | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
| 2001 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6th | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
| Totals | 19 | 23 | .452 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 championship | |
Professional record
| Season | Conference | Team | Elims./Clas. round | Playoffs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | PCT | Finish | PG | W | L | PCT | Results | |||
| 2005–06 | Fiesta | Coke | 16 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 9th | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost in the Survivor Playoffs |
| Philippine Cup | 16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5th | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | Lost in the Quarterfinals | ||
| 2006–07 | Philippine Cup | Coke | 18 | 5 | 13 | .278 | 9th | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost in the single round Wildcard Phase |
| Fiesta | 18 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 7th | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost in the knockout Wildcard Phase | ||
| 2007–08 | Philippine Cup | Coke | 18 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 9th | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost in the Quarterfinals |
| Fiesta | 18 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost in the Quarterfinals | ||
| Career Total | 104 | 42 | 62 | .403 | Playoff Total | 18 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 0 PBA championships | ||
Political career
He served as a councilor of Parañaque City from the 2nd district from 2013 to 2022.[6] Upon being term-limited, he ran for vice mayor of Parañaque in 2022,[7] but lost.[8]