Ariel Vanguardia

Ariel Vanguardia (born September 29, 1972) is a Filipino professional basketball coach who last served as the interim head coach for the Blackwater Bossing of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Coaching career
Vanguardia previously coached the Westports Malaysia Dragons in the Asean Basketball League, where he won the team's first championship in 2016. On May 31, 2016, it was announced that he was appointed to his first PBA head coaching job as coach of the PBA team Phoenix Fuel Masters, replacing Koy Banal. He also took over as team consultant of Blu Star Detergent Dragons, a team composed of the players of the Dragons in the 2016 PBA D-League Foundation Cup.