{{Short description|Filipino basketball coach}} {{use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Philippine name|Nubla|Mumar}} {{Infobox basketball biography | cteam2 = Ateneo (women) | cyears2 = 2020–present | cteam1 = Lyceum HS | cyears1 = 2015–2019 | coach_start = 2015 | coach_end = | college = Ateneo | image = | weight_lbs = | height_ft = | nationality = Filipino | team = Ateneo Blue Eagles (women) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1980|03|20}} | league = UAAP | position = Head coach | alias = | name = LA Mumar | highlights = }}
'''Lawrence Anthony "L.A." Nubla Mumar''' (born March 20, 1980) is a Filipino basketball coach and currently serves as the head coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles women's basketball team since 2020.<ref name="spin">{{Cite web |last=Leongson |first=Randolph B. |title=LA Mumar is the new coach of Ateneo women's basketball team |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-women/la-mumar-ateneo-lady-eagles-coach-lauro-the-fox-mumar-larry-mumar-a2437-20200323 |access-date=July 30, 2024 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}</ref><ref name="tiebreakertimes">{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Matthew |date=March 23, 2020 |title=LA Mumar to take over as Ateneo Lady Eagles head coach |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/la-mumar-take-ateneo-lady-eagles-head-coach/182677 |access-date=July 30, 2024 |website=Tiebreaker Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== Playing === From 1996 until 2000, Mumar played for the Ateneo Blue Eagles, serving as back-up point guard.<ref name="spin2">{{Cite web |last=Catacutan |first=Dodo |title=LA Mumar sees family legacy not as pressure but as a blessing |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/la-mumar-sees-family-legacy-not-as-pressure-but-as-a-blessing-a791-20200324 |access-date=July 30, 2024 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}</ref>
=== Coaching and team directorship === Mumar became coach of Lyceum Junior Pirates until 2019.<ref name="spin2"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=McLaude Guadana, Chester Jungco power Lyceum past La Salle Greenhills |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-women/lyceum-edges-csb-lsgh-ncaa-juniors-mclaude-guadana-chester-jungco |access-date=July 30, 2024 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Olivares |first=Rick |title=The uphill climb of LA Mumar and the LPU Junior Pirates |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2015/03/09/1431700/uphill-climb-la-mumar-and-lpu-junior-pirates |access-date=July 30, 2024 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>
He later served as Ateneo's assistant to the athletic director.<ref name="spin2"/> He later became the head coach of the Lady Eagles.<ref name="spin2"/>
=== League official === Mumar formerly served as the Tournament Director for the UAAP Season 82 Collegiate Basketball Tournament.<ref name="tiebreakertimes2">{{Cite web |date=August 6, 2019 |title=UAAP appoints Jensen Ilagan as basketball commissioner |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/uaap-appoints-jensen-ilagan-basketball-commissioner/156519 |access-date=July 30, 2024 |website=Tiebreaker Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Personal life == He is the son of TV actress and host Coney Reyes and basketball player Larry Mumar, grandson of Lauro Mumar (also a basketball player)<ref name="tiebreakertimes"/> and half-brother of Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto.<ref name="spin"/>
LA Mumar graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in Development Studies,<ref name="tiebreakertimes2"/> and also works as a motivational speaker.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Napoles |first=Jimboy |title=Meet LA, Carla, and Vico, the accomplished children of Coney Reyes |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/celebritylife/family/12217/meet-la-mumar-carla-mumar-and-vico-sotto-the-accomplished-children-of-coney-reyes/photo |access-date=July 30, 2024 |website=www.gmanetwork.com |language=en}}</ref>
He has three sons (Lorenzo, Mateo, and Alejandro) with wife Macy.<ref name="spin2"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
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