Haydee Ong

Haydee Ong (born April 19, 1970) is a Filipino basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the UST Growling Tigresses women's basketball team. She was the head coach of the Philippines women's national basketball team from 2008 to 2014. From 2024 to 2026, she served as the inaugural commissioner of the Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (WMPBL).

Early life and education Haydee Ong was inspired to play basketball from his father who was a varsity player while her mother initially opposed to the idea of her doing something that is considered as a "men's sport". She attended Chiang Kai-shek College for her high school education.

Ong later attended the University of Santo Tomas for her collegiate studies under an athletic scholarship. After graduating, she worked as a pharmacist for two years before getting involved in basketball again.

Competitive career As a player for the University of Santo Tomas from 1988 to 1991, Haydee Ong helped her college win four straight championships at the UAAP. She was named Most Valuable Player in 1991. and was appointed as head coach of the national team in 2008, replacing Fritz Gatson. The national team under her mentorship also participated in the defunct Women's Philippine Basketball League.

The national team won its first gold medal in a regional tournament at the 2010 SEABA Championship for Women under Ong's watch. The national team also won silver at the 2011 and 2013 Southeast Asian Games.

Her national team coaching stint ended in 2014.

Collegiate Ong has coached the Ateneo Lady Eagles of the UAAP for seven years.

In 2016, Ong began coaching the women's team of her alma mater, the University of Santo Tomas at UAAP Season 79.

The UST Tigresses under Ong ended the NU Lady Bulldogs's championship streak in 2023, in the finals of Season 86

Sports management She is the athletic director of Immaculate Conception Academy High School in Greenhills. She oversaw the launch of the 2025 regular season of the WMPBL as a professional league. She later led a mass resignation in April 2026, ahead of the second regular season citing "irreconciliable differences"