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FRIDAY NIGHT KEYNOTES
Jay Triano
Position: Head Coach of Senior Men’s National Team & Assistant
Coach of Portland Trailblazers
Topic: Will be announced shortly.
Highlights & Achievements
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Played for National team from 1977 – 1988, and was captain
from 1981 – 1988
Played in both the 1984 & 1988 Olympics
Won gold with Team Canada at the 1983 World University
Games
Head Coach of Team Canada from 1998 – 2004. Led Team
Canada to a 7th place finish in the 2000 Sydney Olympics
Assistant Coach for Toronto Raptors from 2002 – 2008
Head Coach for Toronto Raptors from 2008 – 2011
Assistant Coach for Team USA that won Gold at the 2010 World
Championships
Jama Mahlalela
Position: Assistant Coach/ Player Development of Toronto Raptors
Topic: “How do we get better today?”
Five key areas of focus for player development and player engagement
throughout a season.
Highlights & Achievements
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Responsible for Toronto Raptors player development
Director of Basketball Operations for NBA Asia 2010 – 2013
Played 5 years at UBC, and led team to CanWest title in 2003
INTRO TO COMP SPEAKERS
Dave DeAveiro
Position: Cadet Men’s National Team Head Coach & Head Coach
of McGill Men’s Basketball Team
Topic: “Cadet Men’s National Team Practice”
Observe Coach DeAveiro run the CMNT through a full practice, and debrief with
the coaching staff following the practice.
Highlights & Achievements
• Head Coach of University of Ottawa’s Men’s Basketball Team
2001 – 2010
• Three-time OUA Coach of the Year with the University of Ottawa
Prof. Nenad Trunic
Position: Chief of Technical Staff on Serbian’s Junior Men’s National
Team
Classroom Topics: Connecting physical preparation and technique with young
basketball players, profiling the skills required for all five positions in basketball
Gym Topics: Developing a high performance perimeter player, physical
preparation for shooting, principals and examples of universal offense
Highlights & Achievements
• As the Head Coach of Serbia’s U17 Men in 2010, led the team to
a 5th place at the World Championships
• Since 2008, acts as a Member of Experts Committee of Serbian
Basketball Federation
• Since 2004, as a Professor on the College of Sport and Health at
University of Belgrade
Carly Clarke
Position: Co-Head Coach of Cadette Women’s National Team &
Head Coach of Ryerson Women’s Basketball Team
Topic: “Defense”
Defining and teaching level and angles of defense.
Highlights & Achievements
• Head Coach of the Cadette Women’s National Team that won
Bronze at the 2012 World Championships
• 2015 OUA Silver Medalists
• 2015 CIS National Championships, 6th place finish; Ryerson’s first
National Championship appearance
Christine Stapleton
Position: Associate Director of Athletics at University of Waterloo
Topic: Will be announced shortly.
Highlights & Achievements
• Led the Junior Women’s National Team to their first-ever World
Championships in 2004
• Head Coach of NEDA Program 2007 – 2009
• Head Coach of University of Regina Women’s Basketball Team
1993 – 2002. Led Regina to National Championship victory in 2001
Mike MacKay
Position: Performance Manager of Women’s National High
Performance Program
Topic: “Creating Advantages”
Will look at how we create small advantages with spacing and cutting designed to
disrupt the defence.
Highlights & Achievements
• Canada Basketball’s Manager of Coaching Education 2004-2010
• Responsible for the development of the Canadian Basketball
Long-Term Development Model
• 2013 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award for service in
sport of basketball
Jodi Gram
Position: Co-Head Coach of Cadette Women’s National Team &
Head Coach of Bill Crothers S. S. Senior Girls Basketball Team
Topic: “Integrating Mental Training on the Floor”
Will present on ways to encourage mental self-awareness on the floor, as well as
ways for athletes to monitor it. This will involve the sharing of coping mechanisms for
athletes and ways to integrate into our practices, coaching plans & debriefs.
Highlights & Achievements
• 4-time National Champion with Team Ontario
• Apprentice Coach with CWNT that won Bronze at 2012 World
Championships
• Voted Canadian Sport for Life Ambassador and Elite Coach of
the Year by Ontario Basketball in 2012
DEV OF COMP SPEAKERS
Prof. Nenad Trunic
Position: Chief of Technical Staff on Serbian’s Junior Men’s National
Team
Classroom Topics: Talent identification and selection, profiling the skills required
for all five positions in basketball, FIBA themes
Gym Topics: Specific drills for inside players improvement, connecting secondary
break and set offense with secondary options for each player
Highlights & Achievements
• As the Head Coach of Serbia’s U17 Men in 2010, led the team to
a 5th place at the World Championships
• Since 2008, acts as a Member of Experts Committee of Serbian
Basketball Federation
• Since 2004, as a Professor on the College of Sport and Health at
University of Belgrade
Jon Lee
Position: Strength and Conditioning Coach of Toronto Raptors
Topic: “An Ounce of Prevention is worth 82 games”
Will discuss proper warm-up strategies & activation and recovery techniques.
Highlights & Achievements
• Past Team Manager for Senior Men’s National Team
• Managed the SMNT that attended the 2000 Sydney Olympics
Roy Rana
Position: Head Coach of Junior Men’s National Team & Ryerson
Men’s Basketball Team
Topic: “Team Culture”
Will discuss how to build and foster a positive and successful team culture.
Highlights & Achievements
• Head Coach of World Select Team, Nike Hoop Summit 2011 –
2013
• Led the Cadet Men’s National Team to a Bronze medal at the
2010 World Championships
• Head Coach of the Junior Men’s National Team 2012 – Present
Chris DalCin
Position: Basketball Scientist for Canada Basketball’s Women’s High
Performance Program
Topic: Will be announced shortly.
Mike MacKay
Position: Performance Manager of Women’s National High
Performance Program
Topic: “Creating Advantages”
Will look at how we create small advantages with spacing and cutting designed to
disrupt the defense.
Highlights & Achievements
• Canada Basketball’s Manager of Coaching Education 2004-2010
• Responsible for the development of the Canadian Basketball
Long-Term Development Model
• 2013 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award for service in
sport of basketball
Michele Belanger
Position: Assistant Coach of Development Women’s National Team
& Head Coach of University of Toronto Women’s Basketball Team
Topic: “Making Tactical Adjustments”
Highlights & Achievements
• Named OUA Coach of the Year 8 times
• Led U of T Women’s Team to CIS Gold in 1985
• Four-time National Champion as a player with Laurentian
University
Mike Meeks
Position: Manager of Youth Player Development for Men’s National
High Performance Program
Topic: “Long-term Development of a Post Player”
Will be talking about the development of a post player over time and how to
integrate their development into a practice environment, with a focus on
rebounding.
Highlights & Achievements
• Played for Team Canada 1995 – 2001
• Played 15 professionally in Germany, Belgium, Croatia, Italy,
Russia and Czech Republic
• Canisius College All-Time ranks 2nd in Scoring and Blocks and 3rd in
Rebounder
COURSE FACILITATORS
Jodi Gram
Context: FUNdamentals
Highlights & Achievements
• 4-time National Champion with Team Ontario
• Apprentice Coach with CWNT that won Bronze at 2012 World
Championships
• Voted Canadian Sport for Life Ambassador and Elite Coach of
the Year Ontario Basketball in 2012
Darrell Glenn
Context: Learn to Train
Highlights & Achievements
• Currently holds the position of Program Manager of Canada
Basketball’s Junior Academy
• Won National Coach of the Year while Head Coach at Humber
College in 2009
Dave Malowski
Context: Train to Train
Highlights & Achievements
• Assistant Coach of Carleton Ravens Women’s Basketball Team
• Technical Director of Ottawa Shooting Stars
• Co-Coach of Glebe Gryphons Senior Boys Basketball Team, & has
attended OFSAA 3 years in a row out of Ottawa
Andre Desjardins
Context: Train to Compete: Planning
Highlights & Achievements
• Assistant Coach on CWNTs that won Bronze at the 2012 World
Championship and placed 6th at 2014 World Championships
• Head Coach of Ontario U15 Boys 2006 – 2007, won Gold in 2006
and Silver in 2007 at National Championships
• Assistant Coach of University of Ottawa Men’s Basketball Team
1998 – 2003
Mike MacKay
Context: Train to Compete: Strategies and Tactics
Highlights & Achievements
• Canada Basketball’s Manager of Coaching Education 2004-2010
• Responsible for the development of the Canadian Basketball
Long-Term Development Model
• 2013 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award for service in
sport
Paul Humbert
Context: Train to Compete: Teaching Basketball Skills
Highlights & Achievements
• Played for University of Saskatchewan 1980 - 1985
• Head Coach of Saskatchewan U16 Girls Provincial Team 2013
• Head Coach of Saskatchewan U17 Girls Provincial Team 2014
• Head Coach of Saskatchewan Girls Centre of Performance 20102015
Barb Cooper
Ron Angus
Context: Managing Conflict
Context: Prevention and Recovery
Highlights & Achievements
Squash Ontario Hall of Fame
Best World Singles Squash Ranking: #8 Only Level 5 Squash Coach in Canada Joe Bendetti
Highlights & Achievements
Graduate of the National Coaching Institute
New Zealand World and 1996 Olympic Judo Coach
10-time World Masters Judo Champion
Context: Coaching and Leading
Effectively
Ann Barteaux
Highlights & Achievements
Been facilitating in the NCCP for 34 years Highlights & Achievements
Level 3 Certified Fast-Pitch and Softball Coach
Coached at the 2001 Canada Summer Games
Evaluator for Softball Canada
NCCP Facilitator since 1975
Context: Developing Athletic Abilities
Competed as an athlete in 1971 Canada Winter Games
Rod Scott Context: Psychology of Performance
& Leading Drug Free Sport
CHALK TALK SPEAKERS
Jay Triano
Position: Head Coach of Senior Men’s National Team & Assistant
Coach of Portland Trailblazers
Highlights & Achievements
• Played for National team from 1977 – 1988, and was captain from
1981 – 1988
• Won gold with Team Canada at the 1983 World University Games
• Head Coach of Team Canada from 1998 – 2004. Led Team
Canada to a 7th place finish in the 2000 Sydney Olympics
Prof. Nenad Trunic
Position: Chief of Technical Staff on Serbian’s Junior Men’s National
Team
Highlights & Achievements
• As the Head Coach of Serbia’s U17 Men in 2010, led the team to
a 5th place at the World Championships
• Since 2008, acts as a Member of Experts Committee of Serbian
Basketball Federation
• Since 2004, as a Professor on the College of Sport and Health at
University of Belgrade
Greg Francis
Position: Manager of Men’s National High Performance Program
Highlights & Achievements
• Played for Team Canada 1997 – 2000, and in 2003
• Head Coach of Junior Men’s National Team 2005 – 2011
• Head Coach of University of Alberta Men’s Basketball Team 20092012. Led Alberta to CIS Silver Medal in 2012
Carly Clarke**
Position: Co-Head Coach of Cadette Women’s National Team &
Head Coach of Ryerson Women’s Basketball Team
Highlights & Achievements
• Head Coach of the Cadette Women’s National Team that won
Bronze at the 2012 World Championships
• 2015 OUA Silver Medalists
• 2015 CIS National Championships, 6th place finish; Ryerson’s first
National Championship appearance
**Subject to change based on availability
Joe Raso
Position: Scout for Canadian Senior Men’s National Team and
Mentor Coach for Canada Basketball’s Junior Academy
Highlights & Achievements
• Senior Men’s National Team Assistant Coach, 1998
• Head Coach of McMaster University Men’s Basketball Team 1992
– 2010, leading the team to a 440-192 record
• Founder of “Basketball vs. Bullying” which became the largest
bullying seminar in the world
John Campbell
Position: Assistant Coach of Men’s Development National Team,
and Head Coach of University of Toronto Men’s Basketball Team
Highlights & Achievements
• Assistant Coach on DMNT that won Silver at 2011 FISU Games and
4th Place Finish at 2013 FISU Games
• AUS Championship 2010, 2012
• OUA Championship 1998, 2000
• Assistant Coach with Great Britain’s U20 Men’s Team in 2012
Mike MacKay
Position: Performance Manager of Women’s National High
Performance Program
Highlights & Achievements
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Canada Basketball’s Manager of Coaching Education 2004-2010
Responsible for the development of the Canadian Basketball
Long-Term Development Model
2013 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award for service in
sport of basketball
Michele Belanger
Position: Assistant Coach of Development Women’s National Team
& Head Coach of University of Toronto Women’s Basketball Team
Highlights & Achievements
• Named OUA Coach of the Year 8 times
• Led U of T Women’s Team to CIS Gold in 1985
• Four-time National Champion as a player with Laurentian
University