Rino Salazar

Quirino "Rino" Salazar (born March 30, 1952) is a former Filipino basketball player and coach.

Career

Playing A Letranista, Salazar played for Letran in college. He later played in PBA teams such as Tanduay and Toyota. In Toyota, he played with his future colleague Robert Jaworski.

Coaching After moving out of the court, Salazar entered the sidelines as assistant coach of Toyota, and won the 1982 Reinforced Filipino Conference finals. He later quit to focus on a small business.

In 1992, Shell franchise hired him as their head coach. The team won a championship in 1992 First Conference.

After his tenure with Shell, he returned to Ginebra, where he won two more championships. However, following Jaworski's resignation and subsequent Senate run in 1998, Salazar took over as the interim coach. He notably led the team during the 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup quarterfinals, achieving an upset victory over the top-seeded Mobiline Phone Pals. Salazar later resigned when his family relocated overseas.