Dong Vergeire

Edward Santos Vergeire (died 2013),[1] also known as Dong Vergeire, was a Filipino basketball coach who served as head coach of the Philippines men's national team.

Dong Vergeire

Personal information
Born	1965 or 1966
Died	September 20, 2013 (aged 47)
Nationality	Philippine
Career information
College	De La Salle University
Career history
As coach:
1990–1994; 1999	UST Growling Tigers (assistant)
1992–1994	Burger Machine (PBL) (assistant)
1995–1999	San Beda Red Lions
1996–1998	Philippines
1998	Pangasinan Waves
2000–2003	Benilde Blazers
Career highlights and awards
As head coach NCAA Champion (2000) As assistant coach: 4x UAAP champion (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) PBL champion (1993 President Ramos Cup) As player 2x UAAP champion (1989, 1990)
Medals Men's Basketball Head Coach for the  Philippines Southeast Asian Games 1997 Jakarta National Team

As a player, Vergeire was also a former member of the De La Salle Green Archers.[2]

He was coach of the Philippines men's national team which clinched the gold medal at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta.[2]

Vergeire also coached at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) who coached the St. Benilde to its first men's basketball title in 2000 (NCAA Season 76). He also mentored the San Beda Red Lions which lost to San Sebastian in the 1996 and 1997 finals. He also took part in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in the 1990s as part of the UST Growling Tigers coaching staff under head coach Aric del Rosario[2]

He was the first Pangasinan native to coach in the now defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association and also had a coaching stint in the Indonesian Basketball League. As an assistant to Perry Ronquillo, Vergeire helped Burger Machine of the Philippine Basketball League win a title.[2]

Vergeire died on September 20, 2013, due to a heart attack. He was married to Geraldine Vergeire, with whom he had three children.[1]