UAAP: Dandan officially out, says UP dean

Ricky Dandan will no longer coach the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons, UP's UAAP board representative Ronnie Dizer, dean of the UP College of Human Kinetics, confirmed in a text message GMA News Online.

Multiple sources told GMA News Online Sunday that Dandan was on his way out, following a 67-59 loss to the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles, last Wednesday.

As previously reported, assistant Rey Madrid is set to take over the coaching reins. A formal announcement of the new arrangement is scheduled to be made Tuesday.

Dandan went 3-33 during his tenure as UP head coach, which began in Season 74, a year after the Maroons went winless under Aboy Castro and interim mentor Boyet Fernandez.

Ironically, their last win came on August 19, 2012, exactly one year ago, a 63-48 triumph over the UE Red Warriors. - AMD, GMA News