Carmelo Alas is a Filipino

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 basketball

Basketball

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 assistant coach for the Letran Knights

Letran Knights

Letran Knights is the name of the varsity basketball team of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran. Letran College is a Roman Catholic institution and the oldest college in the Philippines....

 in the Colegio de San Juan de Letrán

Colegio de San Juan de Letran

The Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Letran College, or simply Letran is a private Roman Catholic institution of learning located in Intramuros, Manila, in the Philippines. The college was founded in 1620. Colegio de San Juan de Letran has the distinction of being the oldest college in the...

. Recently, he was the basketball head coach

Head coach

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 for his alma mater

Alma mater

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 Adamson University

Adamson University

Adamson University is a private university Catholic university in Manila, Philippines, founded on June 30, 1932 by Greek immigrant George Lucas Adamson as the Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry...

's Adamson Soaring Falcons

Adamson Soaring Falcons

The Adamson Soaring Falcons are the collegiate men's varsity teams of Adamson University that play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The collegiate women's varsity teams are called the Lady Falcons while the high school varsity teams are called the Baby Falcons.The...

 (replacing Luigi Trillo) during the 68th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).

Prior to this, he was a former head coach for Las Piñas College

Las Piñas College

Las Piñas College is a school located in Pilar Village, Almanza, Las Piñas City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The college was established in 1975 by Dr. Faustino Legaspi Uy...

 and St. Jude College in the College and Universities Athletics Association.

He is the younger brother of multi-titled basketball coach Louie Alas

Louie Alas

Francisco Luis "Louie" Alas is a multi-titled Filipino basketball head coach. He is currently the head coach of the Letran Knights in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and will soon coach the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League...

. Mel has played assistant coach to his elder brother for many years in various teams and conferences, more notably with the Letrán Knights.

LPC Huskies Championship era

Ever since taking over as head coach of the LPC Huskies, he gave the team numerous championships and produced talented players that can play at par with the best players in the country.

• Dennis Daa (former CUSA MVP)
• JP Alcaraz (former CUSA MVP)
• Egay Billones
• Efren Valdez
• Jojo Briñes
• Mark Constantino
• Joel Gragasin (former NCAA Jrs. Rookie of the Year)
• Mark Fedelicio
• Fiel Dino Daa

External links

• UAAP teams turn to former stars for help