Former PHL nat'l squad coach Ron Jacobs, 72

Friday, December 25, 2015 1:55AM

Ron Jacobs, former coach of the Philippine national basketball team, has passed away on Thursday evening.

The news was announced by Sports journalist Quinito Henson on his Twitter account.

Sad to report Ron Jacobs passed away tonite at 830 in Makati, he would've turned 73 on Dec 27-he was a great basketball coach n dear friend

— Quinito Henson (*TheDeanQuinito) December 24, 2015

Jacobs was the coach of the San Miguel Beermen in the 1990s and the team that represented the country in the 2002 Busan Asian Games.

He was named PBA Coach of the Year in 1997 and 10 years later was included in the Philippine Basketball Association Hall of Fame.

He suffered a stroke in December 2001 and had since been confined to a wheel chair. — BAP, GMA News