Dulay, volleyball mentor, passes on

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine volleyball community lost a pillar in veteran mentor Ron Dulay, who passed away after a hard-fought battle against bone marrow disease.

He was only 48.

Dulay was an outstanding player in his heydays, leading FEU to three UAAP championships in the 1990s.

But he was known more as a tactician, a motivator in the volleyball industry with three decades of coaching in the collegiate, amateur and national team level.

He was the author of La Salle men’s breakthrough UAAP championship in Season 64 and Ateneo women’s first Final Four appearance in Season 70.

Aside from serving in the national team under Ramil de Jesus in 2005 and Francis Vicente in 2017, Dulay had coaching stints with collegiate squads UP and Letran as well as Philippine Superliga teams Foton and Generika-Ayala.