Jeff Viernes

Amateur career After graduation, Viernes played for the Boracay Rum Waves in the PBA D-League in 2013. He would enter the November draft for the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) but withdrew. He would return to the D-League and play for Racal Motors (later renamed KeraMix Mixers) He would also play for the Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants helping the team win the 2016 PCBL title. The Singapore Slingers would include him in their roster on a trial basis for the 2016 Merlion Cup, potentially signing him for the upcoming 2016–17 ABL season.

Professional career

Phoenix Fuel Masters Viernes would break into the PBA, joining the Phoenix Fuel Masters in 2017. However his stint was cut short after he took part in a ligang labas. He played under Hobe Macway Travel in the Republica Cup under a pseudonym and without sanction from his PBA club. He was fined and requested his release from the team.

NS Matrix and Hi-Tech Bangkok City Malaysian club NS Matrix would invite Viernes to play for them in the 2017 Seri Mutiara Cup. He would return to play in the 2018 edition although Matrix failed to progress to the semifinal with Viernes sustaining an injury. He would also ply his trade in Thailand as part of Hi-Tech Bangkok City.

Return to the PBA D-League After his stint in Thailand, Viernes would return to the Philippines to play for the Che'Lu Bar & Grill Revellers of the PBA D-League. He would aid the team in reaching the 2018 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup finals. However he would not take part in the final series against Zark's–Lyceum after he was signed by a PBA team.

GlobalPort Batang Pier Viernes would return to the PBA after GlobalPort Batang Pier signed him in the lead up to the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup which started in April.

Return to Che'Lu After his brief second PBA stint, Viernes would return to the Revellers. He would lead the team to a runner-up finish in the 2018 PBA D-League Foundation Cup. Despite his team losing to the Go For Gold Scratchers in the final, Viernes was named as conference MVP becoming the first ex-professional to be given the distinction. and the 2019–20 season. During this time, he is already concurrently serving as a coach for the Malaysia national team. He was named as part of Team South for the 2020 Lakan All-Star Game. He was instrumental in Team South's 126–122 win over Team North. He forced the game into overtime and scored the last points for the South via free throw which led to him being named as the All-Star Game MVP. On June 3, 2023, Viernes would score 50 points against the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards, breaking the single-game scoring record.

Coaching career Viernes' stint as coach traces back to his playing time with Malaysian club NS Matrix in 2017. NS Matrix tapped his service the following year in the same tournament. He later became the team's skills coach. He started from being part of the coaching staff of Matrix's second team before rising to the first team. He was part of the Matrix squad which won the 2018 MABA/Matrix Agong Cup. Upon recommendation of NS Matrix, Viernes was made an assistant coach for the Malaysia national team under Australian head coach Brian Lester. The team played at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games where it finished sixth. The team won all of its six games in that tournament and defeated fellow Malaysian team Kuala Lumpur Aseel to clinch the title. He resigned in March 2023.

PBA career statistics

Season-by-season averages