Goldwin Monteverde will not be coaching the National University Bulldogs in the UAAP after all.
The multi-titled high school coach was installed as the Bulldogs coach weeks after guiding the NU Bullpups to back-to-back UAAP championships highlighted by a 16-0 sweep last season.
Monteverde reportedly tendered his resignation to the management last month but was only accepted only over the weekend following the exit of three star players from the junior ranks.
It’s not yet clear at presstime whether one of the country’s most successful high school coaches will still call the shots for the Bullpups.
Apart from Monteverde, NU will be without the 6-foot-7 Carl Tamayo and heady guard Gerry Abadiano and Kevin Quiambao.
Tamayo and Abadiano are now committed to play for the University of the Philippine Fighting Maroons while the 6-foot-6 Quiambao will bring his act to Taft-based La Salle Green Archers.