 Cariaso in 2014 | |
| Blackwater Bossing | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | PBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1972-09-12)September 12, 1972 (age 52) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Filipino / American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Sonoma State (1991–1992) |
| PBA draft | 1995: 1st round, 6th overall pick |
| Selected by theAlaska Milkmen | |
| Playing career | 1995–2010 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 22 |
| Coaching career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1995–1997 | Alaska Milkmen / Alaska Aces |
| 1997–1999 | Mobiline Phone Pals |
| 2000–2001 | Tanduay Rhum Masters |
| 2002–2003 | Coca-Cola Tigers |
| 2004–2010 | Alaska Aces |
| As coach: | |
| 2011–2014 | B-Meg Llamados / San Mig Super Coffee Mixers (assistant) |
| 2014 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
| 2015–2019 | Alaska Aces (assistant) |
| 2019–2022 | Alaska Aces |
| 2022 | Converge FiberXers |
| 2023–present | Blackwater Bossing |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As assistant coach | |
Jeffrey Joaquin Cariaso (born September 12, 1972) is a Filipino-American professional basketball coach and former player. He is the head coach of theBlackwater Bossing of thePhilippine Basketball Association (PBA). He also played for various PBA teams, mostly with Alaska, for 15 seasons. He is known as "The Jet". He is also the basketball operations director of Slam Magazine Philippines.
He was first drafted by theAlaska Aces (then known as the Alaska Milkmen) during the1995 PBA draft as the sixth overall. During his rookie year, he won theRookie of the Year Award. And in only his second year in the league, he achieved a rareGrand Slam with the Aces where he was instrumental in that majestic championship run, scoring the winning free throws in theAll-Filipino Cup final against thePurefoods Hotdogs.[1]
Before the start of the1997 PBA season, Cariaso was traded to the Mobiline Phone Pals (now known as theTNT Tropang Texters) where he was a primary offensive threat for the team. They won the special 1998 Centennial Cup.
After his tenure with Mobiline, he was again sent to the expansion teamTanduay Rhum Masters. He bannered the team alongside Sonny Alvarado, Eric Menk andRudy Hatfield.
After Tanduay folded in 2001, he was then picked by theCoca-Cola Tigers where he got reunited withJohnny Abarrientos. They won a couple of championships which include the 2002 All-Filipino Cup against his former team Alaska and the 2003 Reinforced Conference against San Miguel. He last tasted a championship with Talk 'N Text prior to this. He also received the most number of awards in his career during his tenure with the Tigers. Also, Coca-Cola was the only team that made it to the finals of all three conferences in 2003.
In the middle of the2004–05 PBA season, he along withReynel Hugnatan were traded back to theAlaska Aces in exchange for all-starsJohn Arigo andAli Peek.
Cariaso was the last active player remaining on that Alaska Grand Slam team of 1996.
In the semifinals of the 2010 PBA fiesta conference, he announced his retirement after playing 15 seasons in the league. His number 22 was also retired by theAlaska Aces and theCoca-Cola Tigers.
On April 29, 2014, Cariaso was named as the new head coach ofBarangay Ginebra, replacingAto Agustin.[2] Prior to this, he has no high-level head coaching experience. In fact, he has little coaching experience apart from San Mig Coffee, joining the team in 2011, one year after retiring as a player, to assist his former coach at Alaska,Tim Cone. At San Mig, he emerged as the top assistant, often taking over the reins when Cone was ejected, or when the team was getting blown out and the American coach wanted to send a message to his players.[3]His tenure as coach of the Gin Kings did not produce much success, as the team failed to go beyond the quarterfinal rounds in the 2014 Governors' Cup and in the 2014–15 Philippine Cup. Moreover, the triangle offense system he uses did not sit well with the players.At the end of their Philippine Cup campaign, he was relieved of his coaching duties and was replaced by Ato Agustin. He still has one year and two conferences left in his contract, which was bought out, paving the way to his return to Alaska as assistant coach and camp director.
On August 9, 2022, after just one conference, Cariaso was released from his position.[4]
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Alaska | 73 | 27.6 | .484 | .207 | .803 | 3.9 | 1.5 | .7 | .1 | 11.4 |
| 1996 | Alaska | 69 | 29.6 | .493 | .125 | .807 | 4.3 | 2.0 | .5 | .3 | 11.8 |
| 1997 | Mobiline | 39 | 38.6 | .425 | .208 | .766 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .1 | 18.7 |
| 1998 | Mobiline | 23 | 42.3 | .449 | .091 | .729 | 6.8 | 5.1 | .9 | .4 | 18.2 |
| 1999 | Mobiline | 35 | 36.1 | .398 | .318 | .789 | 5.2 | 3.8 | .7 | .3 | 13.2 |
| 2000 | Tanduay | 44 | 37.0 | .383 | .222 | .771 | 5.2 | 4.5 | .7 | .2 | 14.6 |
| 2001 | Tanduay | 35 | 36.3 | .427 | .299 | .812 | 5.1 | 3.1 | .7 | .2 | 18.4 |
| 2002 | Coca-Cola | 12 | 28.0 | .422 | .392 | .679 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1.0 | .2 | 19.2 |
| 2003 | Coca-Cola | 65 | 33.0 | .405 | .232 | .841 | 4.3 | 3.7 | .8 | .1 | 15.4 |
| 2004–05 | Coca-Cola | 71 | 34.0 | .418 | .377 | .866 | 4.6 | 3.9 | .7 | .1 | 15.8 |
| Alaska | |||||||||||
| 2005–06 | Alaska | 49 | 34.7 | .414 | .288 | .797 | 4.7 | 3.1 | .6 | .1 | 12.5 |
| 2006–07 | Alaska | 45 | 34.2 | .445 | .308 | .866 | 4.6 | 3.0 | .6 | .0 | 13.1 |
| 2007–08 | Alaska | 45 | 29.6 | .400 | .349 | .763 | 4.3 | 3.0 | .6 | .1 | 10.4 |
| 2008–09 | Alaska | 40 | 21.6 | .399 | .275 | .774 | 2.9 | 2.1 | .3 | .0 | 7.1 |
| 2009–10 | Alaska | 41 | 10.8 | .356 | .111 | .696 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .1 | .1 | 2.8 |
| Career | 686 | 31.3 | .426 | .296 | .802 | 4.4 | 3.0 | .6 | .1 | 13.1 |
Cariaso is engaged to sports news reporterErika Padilla, who was two months pregnant with her first child when he proposed. He was previously married to Michelle, with whom he shares 4 children. Jeffrey is a graduate ofMission High School in San Francisco, CA.[6]