Roy Rana

Roy Rana (born December 8, 1968) is a Canadian professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Roy Rana brings 25 years of coaching experience at the international, collegiate, and high school level and is widely regarded as one of the most decorated coaches in Canadian history. Rana recently served as head coach for Canada’s Senior Men’s National Team during the 2019 FIBA World Cup Americas Qualifiers where he led Canada to a 10-2 record and a first place finish in Group F to secure a 2019 FIBA World Cup bid. Rana also finished his ninth season as the head coach at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada where he helped guide the Ryerson Rams to a 31-7 record during the 2018-19 season and a bronze medal finish in the 2019 U SPORTS Men’s Final 8 tournament. Rana ended his tenure at Ryerson with an overall record of 195-87 after being hired as the Rams’ head coach in 2010. Under Rana the Rams made 6 National Championship appearances in his 9 seasons. [1]

Roy Rana

Sacramento Kings
Position	Assistant Coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	December 8, 1968 Wolverhampton, England
Nationality	Canadian
Career history
As coach:
2009–2019	Ryerson
2019–present	Sacramento Kings (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Canadian High School Coach of the Year (2003, 2004, 2006) Toronto Sun High School Coach of the Year (2003) High School Coach of the Year in Canada Award (2009) OUA Wilson Cup Champion (2015-16, 2016-17) Silver Medallist U Sports Final 8 (2017, 2018) Nike Hoop Summit Title - World Selects Team (2012, 2013)
Medals Men's basketball Head coach for  Canada FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2017 Egypt U19 team FIBA Americas U18 Championship 2016 Chile U18 team 2014 United States U18 team 2012 Brazil U18 team FIBA World U17 Cup 2010 Hamburg U17 team FIBA Americas U16 Championship 2009 Mendoza U16 team

Career

The son of Indian parents from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, Rana was born in Wolverhampton, England. His family moved to Canada when he was one year old.[2] Rana grew up in Toronto.[3]

Eastern Commerce

In 2000, Rana took over the head coaching job at Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute and became "one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Canadian history".[4] During his nine-year tenure at Eastern Commerce, Rana guided the Saints to five provincial high school championships and a combined 14 regional and city titles. Under his guidance, Eastern Commerce finished six of his nine seasons as the top-ranked team in Canada. He compiled a record of 256–39 with a winning percentage of 86.7 at Eastern Commerce.

He was named the 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2009 Canadian High School Coach of the Year, and the 2003 Toronto Sun High School Coach of the Year.

Ryerson University

Rana was named head coach of the Ryerson Rams men's basketball team in 2009.[5] He took a sabbatical in 2015–16,[6] before returning to the job for the 2016–17 season.[7] In March 2017, Rana led the Rams to their first ever national silver medal.[8] In the 2017–18 season, his team defeated the seven-consecutive National champion Carleton Ravens in the U Sports Final 8 semi-final, which was called the "greatest upset in U Sports basketball history".[9] However, Rana's Rams fell short in the championship game to Calgary.[10]

National Team

Serving as assistant coach, Rana was a member of the staff of the Canadian men's national team in 2009.

Rana led Canada to a historic first ever World Championship in FIBA competition, at the 2017 U19 Basketball World Cup in Cairo Egypt. Rana has led Canada’s age group teams to numerous medals in FIBA Americas competition over the past decade. He was the head coach of Canada's U16 national team in 2009 and 2010, guiding the team to bronze medals at the 2009 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship and the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.

In 2012, Rana coached the Canadian team to a silver medal at the Nike Global Challenge and the Canada's U18 squad to a bronze medal at the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. Under his tutelage, Canada also won silver at the 2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. In 2015, Rana led Team Canada to a fifth-place finish at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship; at the time, it was Canada's best result in that age group.

In 2016, he coached Canada's U18 national team to a silver medal at the 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.

Rana became the first coach to guide Canada to a gold medal at a basketball World Championship, when Canada's U19 squad won the title at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Egypt.[11]

In August 2017, he was named interim head coach of the Canadian men's basketball team for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup and the qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.[12]

Nike Hoop Summit

Rana was named head coach of the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in 2011.[13][14] He served in that role until 2019 as he guided the World Team to Nike Hoop Summit titles in 2012 and 2013, 2015, 2018 and is now the longest serving and winningest Head Coach in World Team history. Over twenty of his World Team alumni are now in the NBA.[15]

NBA

Rana was a guest coach at the NBA Summer League for the Utah Jazz in 2014[16] and the San Antonio Spurs in 2015.[17] In 2019, Rana was hired as an assistant coach by the Sacramento Kings of the NBA.[18]

See also

• List of foreign NBA coaches

References

1. "Roy Rana Profile". Sacramento Kings. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
2. "Roy Rana: Connected To The Homeland". NBA India. 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
3. "Meet the first Indo-Canadian head coach of the national men's basketball team". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
4. "Ryerson coach stays grounded, despite soaring career". The Globe and Mail. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
5. "Roy Rana to coach Ryerson Rams | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
6. "Rana to take sabbatical; Tatham to serve as coach". RyersonRams.CA. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
7. "Coach Rana returns | Ryersonian.ca". ryersonian.ca. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
8. "Rams claim first national silver medal". RyersonRams.CA. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
9. "Rams flip script, upset Ravens in national semi". RyersonRams.CA. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
10. "Title hopes fall to time as Rams repeat silver in Final 8 against Dinos". RyersonRams.CA. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
11. "Canada beats Italy at under-19s to win first world gold in basketball at any level | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
12. "Roy Rana named Team Canada head coach for upcoming FIBA Americup | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
13. "World Team Announced For Nike Hoop Summit". Retrieved 2017-09-09.
14. "Rana guides World Team to win at Nike Hoop Summit". RyersonRams.CA. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
15. "Roy Rana Profile". Sacramento Kings. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
16. "Rana joins Utah Jazz for NBA Summer League". RyersonRams.CA. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
17. "Rana guest coach with Spurs in NBA Summer League". RyersonRams.CA. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
18. "Report: Sacramento Kings add Indo-Canadian coach Roy Rana to Luke Walton's coaching staff". NBA.com India | The official site of the NBA. Retrieved 2019-06-01.

External links

• Ryerson University bio