Rensy Bajar (born October 6, 1976) is a Filipino basketball coach currently serves as lead assistant coach for the NorthPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He's also coaching the Diliman Blue Dragons of UCAL (formerly UCBL).
He formerly coached Colegio de San Juan de Letran's men's basketball team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA).
Career
Playing career
Bajar played for San Beda Red Lions for collegiate basketball. He was drafted by Shell Turbo Chargers, but when the Shell was file leave of absence, he was picked by Alaska Aces, and win the 2007 Fiesta Conference.[1]
Coaching career
UP Fighting Maroons
In 2015, UP Fighting Maroons, the season's host decided to hire him as their basketball head coach, with Joe Ward as its leading assistant. He guided the Fighting Maroons to a 2–0 start, with an opening win against UE Red Warriors,[2] the next game was against La Salle, in a 66–71 fashion.[3]
But the team went to lose next more games after losing to Kevin Ferrer-led UST.[4]
Diliman Blue Dragons
In 2017, Bajar was hired as head coach of Diliman Blue Dragons, and led the team to back-to-back UCBL championships in 2018[5] and 2019.[6]
NorthPort Batang Pier
Bajar was hired by NorthPort Batang Pier as an assistant coach in 2018.
Letran Knights
Due to Bonnie Tan's appointment as NorthPort Batang Pier's head coach,[7] he recommended Bajar to be the head coach of Letran Knights.[8] But due to dismal performance, he was replaced.[9]
Return to Diliman Blue Dragons
Bajar returned to Diliman Blue Dragons after his stint with Knights.[10]
Coaching record
College
| Season | Team | Elimination round | Playoffs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | PCT | Finish | GP | W | L | PCT | Results | ||
| 2015 | UP | 14 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7th | – | – | – | – | Eliminated |
| 2023 | CSJL | 18 | 2 | 16 | .211 | 9th | – | – | – | – | Eliminated |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 27 | .156 | – | – | – | – | 0 championship | ||
References
- ^ Leongson, Randolph B. "Ex-pro Rensy Bajar eager to prove Diliman College belongs in D-League". Spin.ph.
- ^ Lozada, Mei-lin. "UP Maroons kick off UAAP season with a bang after turning back Red Warriors". Spin.ph.
- ^ Li, Matthew. "UP staves off meltdown, stuns La Salle". Tiebraker Times.
- ^ Leyba, Olmin. "Daquioag explosion tows UST past UP to take solo lead". The Philippine Star.
- ^ "Diliman College holds off Olivarez to bag UCBL title". ESPN 5.
- ^ "Diliman Dragons repeat as UCBL champs with finals comeback vs Olivarez". Spin.ph.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry. "NorthPort drops interim tag, names Bonnie Tan full-time coach". Spin.ph.
- ^ Banzuelo, Neil (April 24, 2023). "Bajar is Letran Knights' new head coach in NCAA Season 99". BusinessWorld Online. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ Villaluna, Ralph Edwin. "Letran Knights appoint interim head coach". The Philippine Star.
- ^ Li, Matthew. "No matter where his career leads, Rensy Bajar's heart remains with Diliman College". Tiebraker Times.