Ricky Umayam

Ricky Umayam
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
PositionAssistant coach/Team scout
LeaguePBA
Personal information
Career history
Coaching
2013–presentRain or Shine Elasto Painters (assistant/scout)
2013–2014Letran (assistant)
Career highlights
As assistant coach:

Richard "Ricky" Umayam is a Filipino coach who serves as an assistant coach and team scout for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the PBA.

Career

Umayam is notable for being an assistant coach of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters since 2013 under Yeng Guiao. In the same year, he also joined Letran Knights in the same year when Caloy Garcia, one of his colleagues in Rain or Shine was hired by the colleagiate team. But before he accepted the assistant coaching role, he was already waiting for head coaching offer from Benilde.

In 2018, when Guiao was hired as head coach of the national team, he was tapped to be an assistant. Notably his role was being deputy scout for Ryan Gregorio (who was appointed as special assistant to the SBP president). The team played for 2018 Asian Games. He was also retained for 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, and on its preceding qualifying games.

References

  1. ↑ Terrado, Reuben. "Scouting from home: Tough task for assistant coaches Dayong Mendoza, Ricky Umayam". Spin.ph.
  2. 1 2 Almo, Alder (January 18, 2013). "Garcia, Letran seal two-year coaching deal". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  3. ↑ "Garcia, Letran finalize two-year coaching deal". Philstar.com. January 19, 2013. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  4. ↑ Henson, Joaquin M. (September 2, 2018). "Mission accomplished by cagers". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  5. 1 2 Henson, Joaquin M. (September 4, 2018). "Yeng retains staff for Qualifiers". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  6. ↑ Beltran, Nelson (August 24, 2018). "Ryan Gregorio appointed SBP SAP". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  7. ↑ Henson, Joaquin (August 10, 2019). "Blatche nears peak form for World Cup". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.