After graduating as a marketing student at La Salle, Manotoc joined the ABS-CBN Sports' coverage of Metropolitan Basketball Association.
[1] Shortly, he left the MBA coverage to move on PBA on Viva TV.
[2] He later worked in UAAP basketball coverages,[3] NBA Tagalog commentary, and in The Score.
[6] Manotoc's mother is Aurora Pijuan, a former beauty queen and Miss International 1970.
His father was Tommy Manotoc, a golfer and PBA champion coach.