Jerry Codiñera

Personal information
Born	(1966-11-14) November 14, 1966 (age 58)
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College	UE
PBA draft	1988:
Selected by the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Playing career	1988–2005
Position	Center
Coaching career	2006–present
Career history
As player:
1988–1999	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
1999–2002	Mobiline Phone Pals
2002–2005	FedEx Express
As coach:
2006	Teletech Titans
2011–2012	UE
2013–2018	Arellano
2018	Imus Bandera
2022	Homelab Nation – Bagong Cabuyao
2023–present	Bulacan Kuyas
Career highlights and awards
5× PBA champion (1990 Third, 1991 All-Filipino, 1993 All-Filipino, 1994 Commissioner's, 1997 All-Filipino) PBA Defensive Player of the Year (1994) 2× PBA Sportsmanship Award (1994, 1996) 2× PBA Best Player of the Conference (1994 All-Filipino, 1998 Governors') 11× PBA All-Star (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999) 10× PBA All-Defensive Team (1989–1998) 3× PBA Mythical First Team (1993–1994, 1998) 5× PBA Mythical Second Team (1988–1989, 1991–1992, 1997) PBA 25 Greatest Players of All Time (2000) 40 Greatest Players in PBA History Member of the PBA 10,000 points club Member of the PBA 5,000 points club Member of the PBA 2,000 defensive rebound club Member of the PBA 2,000 offensive rebound club Member of the PBA 1,000 offensive rebound club PBA All-time leader in career offensive rebounds 2x PABL champion (1986 Founder's, 1987 Maharlika) PABL Most Valuable Player (1985 Challenge to Champion's) PBL 20 Greatest Players of All-Time (2003) 2x UAAP Champion (1984–1985) No. 44 retired by Purefoods
Medals Men's Basketball Representing the  Philippines ABC Championship 1985 Kuala Lumpur Team Asian Games 1986 Seoul team

Jerry Herman Codiñera (born November 14, 1966) is a Filipino coach and retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is the current head coach of the Bulacan Kuyas of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League.

Codiñera played college basketball at the University of the East. With Allan Caidic, they led the UE Red Warriors to back to back championship in 1984-1985, the last championship of the Red Warriors in UAAP. Prior to joining the PBA in 1988, he played for Magnolia in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL, now the Philippine Basketball League).

For 12 seasons suiting up for Purefoods, Codiñera was one half of the most dominant duo to ever terrorize the All-Filipino hardcourts. But a trade split up his partnership with Alvin Patrimonio and saw him wear a new jersey for the first time since joining the PBA in 1988. On July 8, 1999, in the middle of the 1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup, he was traded to Mobiline for Andy Seigle.^[1]

A perennial member of the All-Defensive Team, he was given the moniker "Defense Minister" for his tireless manning of the post. In fact, the 6-5 Codiñera was also a terror on the offensive end who had an unerring 18-foot jumpshot not normally found in big men. He came close to winning an MVP award in 1993 but lost to Patrimonio in the tightest race for the prestigious trophy in league history. He also won the first PBA Best Player of the Conference award back in the 1994 All-Filipino Cup.

He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994 Asian Games.

His #44 jersey was retired along with Rey Evangelista's #7 by the Purefoods franchise on November 9, 2014, before their game against Ginebra at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.^[2]

He made his head coaching debut with the Teletech Titans in the Philippine Basketball League in 2006.^[3] He also served as one of the assistant coaches of the UP Fighting Maroons.

In January 2011, he was named head coach of the University of the East Red Warriors.^[4] He was relieved of his coaching duties midway through the 2012 UAAP season after amassing a 1–6 win–loss record in the first round.^[5] He was later reassigned as UE Sports Consultant.^[6]

On December 13, 2013, he took over the coaching duties for the Arellano Chiefs, replacing Koy Banal. In his first season with the Chiefs during the 2014 NCAA season, he helped the squad earn a remarkable 13-5 win–loss record as second place after the eliminations and secure a twice-to-beat advantage and ticket to the finals against San Beda Red Lions.^[7]

On February 20, 2018, he made his head coaching debut for Imus Bandera of Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League^[8]

^aAppointed as UE Sports Consultant

Codiñera served as a studio game analyst for UNTV Cup which is the first charity game dedicated for public servants and celebrities in the Philippines an original concept by Mr. Public Service Daniel Razon. He appears on the UNTV Cup Season 2 coverage during pre-game and halftime shows, in addition to special UNTV Cup events.

Outside basketball, he has also dabbled into movies and television during the early '90s. His first movie, Last Two Minutes (1990) was a top-grosser at the box-office. The movie co-starred him with teammate Alvin Patrimonio and Bong Alvarez. The movie also spawned a sitcom of the same title aired over PTV 4 where they co-starred with PBA legend Yoyong Martirez. The basketball trio reunited on-screen in 1993 to do Tasya Fantasya opposite Kris Aquino.

• Philippine Basketball Association
• Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
• UE Red Warriors
• Philippines men's national basketball team
• Air21 Express
• Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
• Basketball in the Philippines
• UNTV Cup
• Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
• Imus Bandera

• PBA Website
• Player Profile at PBA-Online!