Tommy Manotoc is a former Filipino professional basketball coach in the PBA, for the U/Tex Wranglers, San Miguel Beer, Crispa Redmanizers, and the Mobiline Phone Pals and later became deputy commissioner of the PBA after Mariano Yenko died. He was also a former broadcaster for the PBA on Viva TV coverage from 2000-2002. Manotoc is also an accomplished amateur golfer. In his fifties, he even participated in the US Amateur.
Manotoc became the second coach in league history to lead a PBA team to a grandslam when he coached Crispa in 1983.
Manotoc married former 1970 Miss International Beauty Pageant Winner Aurora McKenny Pijuan in Dominican Republic. The couple has a son, now ABS-CBN sportscaster TJ Manotoc, and a daughter named Mavis. Their marriage ended in divorce.
Manotoc then married Imee Marcos, daughter of then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos. One of their children is celebrity Borgie Manotoc.
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