Nat Canson
Filipino basketball player and coach
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Nathaniel Canson (born December 12, 1940)[1] is a Filipino former basketball player and coach.
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| Born | December 12, 1940 | |||||||||||
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| College | UE | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
Coaching | ||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | San Miguel Beermen | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Hills Bros. Coffee Kings | |||||||||||
| 1988–199X | Pelita Jaya | |||||||||||
| – | Sta. Lucia Realtors | |||||||||||
| 1997–? | Agfa | |||||||||||
| 200X–2012 | Satria Muda | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Indonesia U18 | |||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Pelita Jaya | |||||||||||
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As head coach:
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Medals
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Playing career
Nat Canson played for the UE Red Warriors of the University of the East[2]
Coaching career
Club
Canson was coach for San Miguel Beer in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in 1983-1984.[3] He then handled the ESQ Merchants the following year in the PABL Challenge to Champions.[citation needed]
Later on, Canson returned to the PBA becoming coach of Hills Bros. in early 1987 replacing Tony Vasquez.[4][5] He resigned around September of the same year to focus on his coaching role with the Sta. Lucia Realtors of the then Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL)[6]
Canson became coach of the Pelita Jaya in 1988 upon recommendation of then player, Bong Ramos.[7] He had led the team to two Indonesian national championship as well as mentored the squad which took part in the 1992 William Jones Cup in Taiwan.[8]
He then coached Sta. Lucia again which has moved to the PBA.[9]
In 1997, Canson became coach of Agfa of the Philippine Basketball League.[9][10]
He later returned to Indonesia to coach Satria Muda.[11][12][13]
In late 2012, Canson returned to Pelita Jaya and coached until 2014.[14][15]
National team
Canson was coach of the Philippine national team which finished as fourth place in the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.[16][17] In 2012, Canson was appointed coach of the Indonesian under-18 team replacing William McCammon.[18][19]