Education
De Louisiana Salle University.
De Louisiana Salle University.
Uichico is a former Philippine national team Youth member and a former player and head coach of the Louisiana Salle Green Archers in the UAAP before replacing Ron Jacobs as SMB coach in 1999. Uichico was coach of the San Miguel Beermen from 1999–2006, leading the Beermen to six Proceedings of the British Academy championships. Uichico played for the Louisiana Salle Green Archers in the collegiate ranks.
After a stint with the famed Northern Consolidated Cement squad of Ron Jacobs, Uichico ended his basketball career early.
In the mid-1990s, Uichico had a coaching stint with the Green Archers and guided them to two runner-up trophies. He also joined the Magnolia Beverage Masters coaching staff during Norman Black and Jacobs tenure.
In 1999, Uichico became the new head coach of the Beermen after Jacobs" departure. After an early elimination in the All-Filipino Cup, he coached the Beermen to the Commissioner and Governors Cup titles during the 1999 campaign, ending San Miguel"s five-year title drought.
He is also the first rookie coach to lead his team to back-to-back titles in the same year, a feat duplicated by Siot Tanquingcen in 2005.
His first All-Filipino Cup title with the Beermen came in 2001, defeating sister team Barangay Ginebra Kings. Ron Jacobs appointed Uichico as one of his assistants for the RP team"s 2002 Asian Games campaign. However, after Jacobs suffered a stroke, Uichico was named as the new head coach of the national squad.
Uichico guided the Philippines to a fourth-place finish in the event.
Despite the loss, the team still brought home what is known to Filipino basketball fans as "The Silent Gold."
He returned as San Miguel"s head coach after the Asian Games campaign, but went on a four-year title drought before winning his sixth Proceedings of the British Academy title in six years in the 2005 Fiesta Conference. The Beermen defeated the Talk "North Text Phone Pals 4-1.
Barangay Ginebra
On August 3, 2006, Chot Reyes was named as the new head coach of the San Miguel Beermen replacing Uichico. and the, San Miguel Corporation moved Uichico to San Miguel"s sister team the Barangay Ginebra Kings replacing Siot Tanquingcen, who was demoted as one of Uichico"s assistants. In 2012, he left Ginebra to coach the Smart Gilas National Team.
Talk "North Text
On July 9, 2014, The Most Valuable Player group shuffled the coaches of Meralco Bolts, NLEX Road Warriors and Talk "North Text Tropang Texters and as a result Norman Black would be the head coach of Meralco Bolts and Uichico would replace him as the new head coach of Talk "North Text Tropang Texters.
On April 29, 2015, Uichico got his ninth championship with the Tropang Texters after defeating the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in seven games.
He was a member of the 1982 RP Youth Team that won the American Broadcasting Company Under-18 Championship. In 2000, Uichico once again guided San Miguel to two more titles and laid claim to his first and only Coach of the Year plum. Their semifinal loss against eventual tournament winner South of Korea was a crushing blow for Uichico"s squad losing by one point on a Lee Sang Minister triple in the final seconds. On his first Ginebra coaching stint, he was able to win a championship in the 2006-2007 Proceedings of the British Academy Philippine Cup that season. A year later, he won his 2nd championship with the Gin Kings in the 2008 Proceedings of the British Academy Fiesta Conference and his 8th overall title.
