page_title: San Miguel Beermen
section_title: San Miguel Beermen (1980-1983)
hierarchical_section_title: San Miguel Beermen / San Miguel Beermen (1980-1983)
caption_attribution_description: San Miguel is flagship brand.
context_page_description: The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with the Magnolia Hotshots and Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. It is the most successful franchise in the history of the PBA and the only remaining original franchise in the league. The Beermen currently lead the league with the most titles and the most all-time victories. In addition, it has won the Grand Slam in 1989 and the Perpetual Jun Bernardino Trophy after winning three straight PBA Philippine Cups from 2015 to 2017. It is also the only team to have won at least one PBA title in each of the five numerical decades of the league's existence and was the first professional basketball team in the world ever to come back from a 0–3 deficit to win a best-of-seven playoff series which they did during the 2015–16 Philippine Cup Finals.
context_section_description: When coach Tommy Manotoc, who won two previous PBA titles with U/Tex, replaces Ed Ocampo as the team's head coach beginning the 1981 season, the ballclub, which finally uses the old brand San Miguel Beer in the 1980 All-Filipino third conference, were back in the final four since their title-conquest in 1979. The Beermen had former U/Tex imports James Robinson and Aaron James and placed fourth in the 1981 PBA Open.
  The following year in 1982, San Miguel had one of their best seasons with two finals trips. The Beermen acquired three players from the defunct CDCP quintet during the pre-season; Renato Lobo, Anthony Dasalla and the returning Manny Paner. The team also signed former Tefilin import Norman Black as their import for the season. San Miguel almost won the first conference crown as they led 3-2 in the best of seven title series against Toyota Super Corollas but lost in seven games. The Beermen bounce back a month later by winning the Asian Invitational championship, defeating Crispa Redmanizers, two games to one, in the best of three series. That team remains as the only squad the multi-titled Crispa never beat in a PBA finale. One of SMB's rookies, Marte Saldana, won Rookie of the year honors at the end of the season.
  Manotoc moved to Crispa in 1983 and replacing him in the Beermen bench is former national coach Nat Canson.
caption: San Miguel Beer
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