| Sammy Acaylar | |
| Nationality: | Filipino |
| Hometown: | Cagayan de Oro[1] |
| Currentcoachteam: | Perpetual Altas Quezon City Gerflor Defenders |
| Coachyears: | ?– 2013–2016 2017 2018 2023 2023– |
| Coachteams: | Perpetual Altas Cignal HD Spikers (women) Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors UE Red Warriors Imus City–AJAA Spikers Quezon City Gerflor Defenders |
| Nationalyears1: | 1991, 2009, 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Philippines |
Sinfronio "Sammy" Acaylar ([2]) is a Filipino volleyball coach.
Acaylar has coached the Cignal HD Spikers women's team of the Philippine Super Liga helping them finish as runners-up twice in their first season in 2013.[2]
He would join the Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors, who were newcomers in the 2017 season. He would guide the team in the All-Filipino Conference before resigning shortly prior to the start of the Grand Prix Conference due to commitments with other teams.[3] [4]
He briefly went to coaching a men's team. He would coach the Imus City–AJAA Spikers in their 2023 season Spikers' Turf run.[5] [6]
In August 2023, Acaylar returned to women's volleyball when he joined the Premier Volleyball League side Quezon City Gerflor Defenders in the lead up to the 2023 PVL Second All-Filipino Conference[7] He did not win any of the 11 matches of the team which faced salary issues.[8]
After Gerflor's disbandment, Acaylar went on to coach men's side Savouge Aesthetics in the Spikers' Turf.[8]
Acaylar is known for his role in the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Altas of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). From 2010 to 2014, he would accomplish a win streak for the Altas men's team – which was then the longest in Philippine sport in general. He would return full time with Perpetual in 2018 after assuming multiple simultaneous coaching roles with other teams.[2] [9] He was also offered to become Perpetual's sports director in 2017.[10]
He also coached the University of the East (UE) Red Warriors for their University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 80 run in 2018.[11] [12]
Acaylar has coached the Philippines men's national team in multiple occasions. He has coached the team which finished as bronze medalists at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games.[13] He also led a team at the 2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship where they ended winless in six games.[14] [15]
Acaylar was once again tasked to lead the team in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games where they finished sixth.[16] [17]
He was also part of the coaching staff of the Philippines women's national team which won gold at the 1993 Southeast Asian Games.[16]