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Acot to adopt CARR program
By: Ed Andaya

WELL-KNOWN   coach Rhuel “Beaujing” Acot  is  doing  well in  training  under  long-time  San Jose  City   College  Jaguars coach Percy  Carr.     In an e-mail  report from California,  United States,  Acot said  Carr and his four-man coaching   staff   have   shown  their full  support   to  Filipino coaches  through  their  extensive apprenticeship program.     “The whole  San  Jose City College coaching staff under coach Percy is really very accommodating and supportive since  my arrival here,” said Acot, who  is  attending a month-long coaching clinic under  noted  American  coaches for  the  second time since January, 2007.     “Like in  my  previous coaching  clinics   here in  the US last year,  I’m sure   I   will  be able to  learn a  lot under coach Percy,” added Acot, also the assistant  coach   of    2006 UAAP champion  University of Santo Tomas and   head coach of  newly-crowned   National  Inter-Secondary  basketball  champion Benedictine International School  and   Rizal Technological University.     Under  Carr and  the  San Jose City College  coaching  staff, Acot  said  he  expects to  learn   and  adopt   to  local setting the    highly-successful    Creative Athlete Retention Response (C.A.R.R.) program, which is one of the model  basketball programs  all over the United States.     Acot  noted the  program gives  importance  to college education to student  athletes by providing  tutoring and educational  assistance  and   focusing  on the  goal of earning a degree or vocational  program.     “Under C.A.R.R., the program focuses on the  student athlete as a whole  person so that they may  realize  their  potential as an individual and succeed in college,”  Acot quoted Carr as saying.     Now on   his 31st year, Carr is the  winningest coach in  California  community college  history with more  than 705 wins  with the  San Jose City Jaguars.     A two-time “Coach of the Year” awardee by the Santa Clara Country (1989) and  Sacramento Northern  California   (1994),   Carr graduated   from   Fresno State with  Bachelor  and  Master Degrees   in  Physical   Education. He began his   teaching  and    coaching career  at  his Alma Mater, Tulare High  School  and later   moved to Edison   HS    which  he led to  two championships with   88-22 record.     Aside from Carr, the other American   coaches  assisting Acot in his coaching clinic are Brad  Stever, Jay   Sawyer,   Dustin Coleman and Antonae Roberson.     Last year, Acot also underwent  coaching seminar under coach  Bob Taylor of  Northwoods  University Timberwolves in  Michigan  and  coach Tom Green of   the  Fairleigh  Dickison Knights  in New Jersey.     Acot  attributed his  newest foreign  trip  to the    all-out support of  UST thru  Rev. Fr. Rolando Dela Rosa  (Acting Rector), OP Rev. Fr. Ermito  G. De   Sagon, OP  (Athletic Director),  Rev. Fr. Clarence Victor Marquez, OP,  and   Rev. Fr. Manuel   Roux,  OP; Prof.  Pantaleon   Matias   of   UST-Commerce;  UST coach Pido Jarencio  and   coaching  staff;  Rudy Yu and  Jerry Cheng  of Dickies  Underwear; Clarence Aytona of  Skynet  Travel, Inc.; Willie   Ortiz, Joy Dimacali  and Roel   Reyes of Accel Sports;   Mariano  Bondoc and family of   BIS;  Dr. Jose Macaballug,  Dir. Greg Coronel,  Dr.  Dories  Tulfo and coaches Renan  Zipagan and Nick  Macaballug   of RTU;  coach Nomar Isla  of Emilio Aguinaldo College,  Caloy Valera  and  Quezon  City Councilor Ariel  Inton.