Frankie Lim
Lim coaching the NLEX Road Warriors in 2023
NLEX Road Warriors
PositionHead coach
LeaguePhilippine Basketball Association
Personal information
Born (1960-02-29) February 29, 1960
Manila, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight154 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High schoolDon Bosco Technical College
CollegeSan Beda College
PBA draft1982
Selected by the YCO-Tanduay
Playing career1982–1996
Coaching career1997–present
Career history
As player:
1982–1983Tanduay Rhum Makers
1984–1985Great Taste Coffee Makers
1986–1992Alaska Milkmen
1993–1994Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
1995Formula Shell Gas Kings
1996San Miguel Beermen
As coach:
1997–1998Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies (assistant)
1999–2000Mobiline Phone Pals (assistant)
2007–2011San Beda Red Lions
2013–2014Stadium Jakarta
2015Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (assistant)
2015Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2018–2020Perpetual Altas
2022–presentNLEX Road Warriors
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

As assistant

As player

Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Philippines
ABC Under-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place1980 BangkokTeam

Francisco "Frankie" Lim (born February 29, 1960) is a Filipino former basketball player, basketball coach and executive. He played 15 seasons in the PBA.[1][2]

He later became a successful coach, leading his alma mater San Beda Red Lions to four NCAA seniors titles. Lim is currently the coach of the NLEX Road Warriors.

Playing career

Lim played collegiate ball at San Beda College where he was a member of the last championship team that won the NCAA crown in 1978 (it was then followed by a 28-year title drought that ended in 2006).[3] While in the amateur ranks, he suited up for YCO Painters in the old MICAA, which was then coached by Freddie Webb.[4] He was part of the Philippine training team of coach Ron Jacobs in 1981 that took home the Jones Cup title.[5]

He turned pro in 1982 and was signed by Yco-Tanduay. Lim moved to Great Taste in his third season and won his first championship with the Coffee Makers. He spent most of the 1985 PBA season with knee problems and on the injured list. In 1986, he was acquired by new team Alaska Milkmen and Lim shared playmaker roles with Marte Saldaña and later on with Ric-Ric Marata. He was the last from the original Alaska roster to leave the squad in 1993 when he transferred to Purefoods. Lim won two championships with the Hotdogs before playing his final two seasons with Shell and San Miguel.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Lim was named an assistant of Eric Altamirano in Purefoods in 1997. Two years later, Altamirano moved to Talk 'N Text; Lim declined to be named interim coach as he wanted his first coaching stint to be a permanent one; he joined Altamirano in Talk 'N Text instead. With a change in management, the entire coaching staff was fired, but new owner Manuel V. Pangilinan later hired him as team manager of the team.[6]

Lim then coached the San Beda Red Lions in the NCAA, where he won four titles with the school in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011. In 2010, his team posted an immaculate record of 18-0 by sweeping all its opponents from the eliminations to the finals.[7]

In 2012, he resigned, just before he was set to serve a two-year ban from the NCAA for getting involved in a brawl with then San Sebastian College-Recoletos volleyball head coach Roger Gorayeb.[8]

In 2013, he briefly left the Philippines to coach Stadium Jakarta in Indonesia's National Basketball League.[9]

In January 2015, he joined Ginebra as an assistant coach to Ato Agustin. After the team suffered another early exit in the 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup, he was appointed head coach of the Gin Kings, replacing Agustin.[10]

In June 2015, Lim was fined and suspended for striking out at Calvin Abueva. Abueva clashed with Orlando Johnson after a heated play, before LA Tenorio shoved Abueva hard who fell close to Lim, who seemed to lash out. The Philippine Basketball Association suspended Lim for a game, also well as giving him a fine along with Abueva, Johnson, and Tenorio for their respective roles in the incident.[11]

In late 2017, Lim returned to the NCAA after being named as basketball consultant of the Perpetual Altas; this was reportedly after the league lifted its suspension against Lim.[12] A month later, he was appointed head coach of the Altas.[13] With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Perpetual Help System DALTA shut down its athletic program, suspending contracts of its coaches, including Lim's. He subsequently resigned after leading the Altas to the semifinals in his first year, only to finish with a losing record in the next season.[14]

In 2022, the NLEX Road Warriors appointed Lim as their head coach, after then coach Yeng Guiao declined the management's offer of him taking a corporate role instead of coaching.[15] Lim is set to serve his PBA suspension from his last stint with Ginebra in 2015 on the Abueva incident on his supposed first game on charge at NLEX.[16]

Coaching style

He is best known as a disciplinarian who employs the run-and-gun system.[17]

Personal life

Lim is married to Olen Juarez-Lim, a former model and a public speaker. Frankie and Olen had three children,[18] including Miakka, a one-time volleyball player for the De La Salle Lady Spikers and courtside reporter in the PBA TV coverage,[19] and Melo, who Frankie coached at San Beda.[20] Lim also considered his import player Sudan Daniel as an adopted son, and mourned his in death in 2020.[21]

Coaching record

Collegiate record

SeasonTeamElimination roundPlayoffs
WLPCTFinishPGWLPCTResults
2007SBC111.9171st3301.000Won Finals vs Letran
2008SBC113.7861st532.600Won Finals vs JRU
2009SBC162.8891st422.500Lost Finals vs San Sebastian
2010SBC1601.0001st2201.000Won Finals vs San Sebastian
2011SBC162.8891st4401.000Won Finals vs San Sebastian
2018UPHSD117.6114th101.000Lost semifinals vs San Beda
2019UPHSD513.2787thDid not qualify.
Totals8628.75419145.7364 championships

Professional record

NBL Indonesia

Season Team Regular season Playoffs
GP W L Pts Finish PG W L PCT Results
2013–14 Stadium Jakarta 33 16 17 49 6th 3 1 2 .333 Lost quarterfinals to Pelita Jaya

PBA

Season Team Conference Elimination round Playoffs
GP W L PCT Finish PG W L PCT Results
2014–15 Barangay Ginebra Governors' Cup 11 5 6 .445 8th 1 0 1 .000 Lost in quarterfinals
2022–23 NLEX Commissioner's Cup 12 5 7 .417 9th — — — — Missed Playoffs
Governors' Cup 11 7 4 .636 6th 1 0 1 .000 Lost in quarterfinals
Career Total 34 17 17 .500 Playoff Total 2 0 2 .000 0 championship

References

  1. ↑ Falcon, Angelo. "Five reasons why Frankie Lim is the perfect choice for Ginebra". www.rivals.ph. Rivals.PH. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Reports: Frankie Lim replaces Ato Agustin as Barangay Ginebra head coach". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ Bolante, Mikkel. "La Salle, San Beda legends remember old NCAA rivalry ahead of "Champions for a Cause" clash". InterAksyon. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ "1980 MICAA Team Rosters".
  5. ↑ "The Northern Consolidated Cement Basketball team 1980s".
  6. ↑ "Frankie Lim recalls 'wild' San Beda playing days". ESPN.com. May 14, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  7. ↑ Tupas, Cedelf. "Sweep dreams are made of these: Red Lions make history". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ Ganglani, Naveen. "Lim replaces Agustin as Ginebra coach - report". Rappler. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Mengenal Frankie Lim, Pelatih Baru Stadium Jakarta Asal Filipina". NBL Indonesia. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ Badua, Snow. "SMC big boss Ramon Ang confirms Frankie Lim replacing Ato Agustin as Ginebra coach". Spin.ph. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  11. ↑ Beltran, Nelson (June 30, 2015). "PBA suspends, fines Lim P50K for hitting Abueva". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Frankie Lim returns to NCAA as consultant for Perpetual". ABS-CBN News. December 15, 2017.
  13. ↑ "NCAA: Frankie Lim named new Perpetual Help head coach". ABS-CBN News. January 17, 2018.
  14. ↑ Lozada, Bong (September 17, 2020). "Frankie Lim leaves Altas: 'Sports not priority now in Perpetual'". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  15. ↑ Terrado, Jonas (September 21, 2022). "PBA: Frankie Lim takes over NLEX head coaching post". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Frankie Lim begins NLEX reign by serving one-game ban from 'Abueva hit'". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Frankie Lim explains decision to get Marcelo and not Jake Pascual from Barako in Mamaril trade". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  18. ↑ Estopace, Eden E. "Model Family". Philstar.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  19. ↑ Ravanes-Higham, Carla Bianca (July 4, 2015). "Being Miakka". The Manila Times. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Ildefonsos are latest father-and-son team in college basketball. See who came before them". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Su Daniel was everything you hope a foreign player would be, says Frankie Lim". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
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