Career
He has been the head coach of the Malaysia national basketball team since 2013. Advincula was a former varsity player for the Divine Word University of Tacloban. His coaching career started when he invited coach Boysie Zamar to a clinic for 200 children in the year 2000.
He was then invited by Zamar to be part of his coaching staff at the University of the East on the same year.
Advincula would stay with the UE team until 2003 when he went to Malaysia to coach WCT Klang, a Selangor-based club In 2005 he served as assistant coach of the Philippine national team
In 2008, he returned to the Philippines to Tagaytay where he coached in a basketball league organized by Tito Palma. Advincula was later hospitalized for two months and nearly died due to congested heart failure due to a virus.
In 2009, Advincula was invited to coach in Malaysia again and brought Odie Labarda as assistant due to him not having recovered fully from his condition the previous year.
Advincula coached in Sarawak, then he served as assistant coach of the Kuala Lumpur Dragons of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Basketball League, then led Perak Farmcochem. Advincula was appointed as head coach of the Malaysian national team in 2013.
