# Francisco Calilan

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Filipino basketball player and coach

Franciso Calilan Personal information Career information High school Torres High School (Manila) College JRC Coaching career 1957–1989 Career history Coaching 1957–1989 JRC 1960–1962 Crispa Redmanizers 1975 Philippines 1982–1986 Northern Cement (assistant) Career highlights As head coach: NCAA champion (1975) Medals Men's basketball Representing the Philippines Asian Games 1951 New Delhi team Assistant coach for Philippines ABC Championship 1985 Kuala Lumpur team

**Francisco "Kiko" Calilan** is a [Filipino](/source/Philippines) former [basketball](/source/Basketball) player who competed in the [1951 Asian Games](/source/1951_Asian_Games).

## Profile

Kiko Calilan was a [Jose Rizal University](/source/Jose_Rizal_University) graduate, he played for [Torres High School](/source/Florentino_Torres_High_School) in the late 1930s and had a four-year stint in the NCAA with the Heavy Bombers. Kiko starred for several commercial squads in the MICAA, including Olympic Sporting Goods, Heacock's, Philippine Ports Terminal, and Interwood.

In 1948, Calilan was named alternate to the national team that competed in the [London Olympics](/source/1948_London_Olympics). And three years later, he performed for the nationals in the first Asian Games in New Delhi.[1] Calilan wound up his playing career as a major leaguer in 1951.

In 1954, Calilan began coaching for Yutivo in the Businessman's Athletic Association (BAA). He went on to pilot several clubs, including [U-Tex](/source/U%2FTex_Wranglers), but made his mark as the Jose Rizal senior varsity mentor in the period 1957-1989. In 1975, Calilan was part of the coaching staff that accompanied the nationals in the eight ABC tournament in Bangkok. His sons Crispin and [Cristino](/source/Cris_Calilan) have also played in the majors. He became assistant to coach Ron Jacobs for the nationals in the 1982 ABC Youth basketball championships held in Manila.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Alinea, Eddie (5 October 2014). ["PH basketball's finest in Asiad revisited"](http://manilastandardtoday.com/sports/159325/ph-basketball-s-finest-in-asiad-revisited.html). *Manila Standard Today*. Retrieved 3 June 2018.

## External links

- [JRU Heavy Bombers](http://reportingpoint.net/55dab0efe920f2b1.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305211634/http://reportingpoint.net/55dab0efe920f2b1.html) 5 March 2016 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

Philippines squad v t e Philippines squad – 1951 Asian Games – Gold medal Francisco Calilan Andrés de la Cruz Genaro Fernandez José Gochangco Rafael Hechanova Moro Lorenzo Carlos Loyzaga Antonio Martínez Lauro Mumar Ignacio Ramos Meliton Santos Mariano Tolentino Coach: Dionisio Calvo

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