Wednesday, December 3, 2008

About the new Raptors coach

Name: Jay Triano

Born: September 21, 1958 (50 years old) in Tillsonburg, Ontario

College: Simon Fraser University, B. C., Canada

National team: Canada, 1978-1990, team captain from 1981 to 1988

Coaching experience: head coach of Simon Fraser University basketball team, head coach of Canadian national basketball team

History in Toronto: joined as assistant coach of Toronto Raptors in 2003, served under Lenny Wilkins, Kevin O'Neill and Sam Mitchell; coached one game on Feb 13, 2008 in place of Sam Mitchell. On Dec 3, 2008, Triano replaced Sam Mitchell as the head coach of the Raptors, making history as the first Canadian-born head coach in NBA.

It’s good to see one of my alumni from SFU to have such a success, but the photo below really concerns me:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Haha, so you will support the Raptors cuz of your SFU c-hing, huh?

moviemaniac said...

Man, i always support the Raptors because it's the only Canadian team in the league.

SFU alumni is certainly something to consider la, ha ha!