2011 Women's Coaches School Featuring:
Coleen Dufresne - Former University of Manitoba Bison Women's Head Coach and Current Bison Athletic Director
Coleen Dufresne is no stranger to basketball in Manitoba and the C.I.S. as she was the Head Coach of the University of Manitoba women's basketball team for 17 years from 1984-2001, a tenure that saw her win three National Championships (1987-88, 1994-95, 1995-96). Dufresne is a seven time Conference Coach of the Year and a three time C.I.S. Coach of the Year award winner, receiving the national honor twice as Head Coach of the Bisons (1987-88, 1997-98) and once as the Head Coach at the University of New Brunswick (1982-83).
She was a member of the Canadian National Team coaching staff in 1987 where the team won a bronze medal in the World Championships and in 1999 when Canada claimed the silver medal at the Pan American Games. In 1990 she coached the national B team which competed in the prestigious Jones Cup in Taiwan.
Dufresne was a CIAU All-Canadian at the University of Ottawa and is a former member of Canada's women's basketball team. She competed in the Pan American Games in Mexico City, the World Championships in Cali Columbia and the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
She was a member of the 1986 Manitoba Senior women's team which won the Canadian National Championship, a first ever for any female team in Manitoba.
Dufresne is a two time inductee to the Basketball Manitoba Hall of Fame; one as a member of that 1986 senior women's team and the second as the Coach of the 1988 CIAU Champions, the U of Manitoba Bisons.
In 2005 she was the recipient of the YM/YWCA "Women of Distinction" award and currently is the Director of Athletics at the University of Manitoba.
Pam Danis – University of Manitoba Women’s Basketball Head Coach
Pam Danis has been the head coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons women’s basketball team since 2001-02. Danis is no stranger to winning traditions, with her sterling playing background as the starting point guard for the University of Winnipeg from 1992-95. She was an instrumental player in the team’s three back-to-back-to-back national championships, and an astounding 88 game winning streak, which tied a North American record for the most consecutive wins.
More recently, Coach Danis is proud of a partnership with the Skownan First Nation known as “Running with the Bisons” which encourages friendship and understanding and the teachings of the bison.
Previous to the Bisons, she had coached with St. John’s Ravenscourt for six seasons. In addition, Danis coached the Manitoba Juvenile Provincial team for two seasons, and also spent one season as an assistant coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons.
Mike MacKay – Canada Basketball Manager of Coach Development & Education
Mike is responsible for the organization and implementation of the move to the new NCCP for basketball in Canada and the coordination and implementation of the Canada Basketball Long Term Athlete Development Model. He annually evaluates and mentors coaches at the U15 and U17 National Championships and regularly conducts coaching development clinics across the entire country. Mike also works closely with Canada’s National Team Coaches, National Elite Development Academy (NEDA) Coaches and Centres for Performance program to establish curriculum for player development and serves as the technical director at U17 and U15 national championships.
Mike has traveled to Australia, New Zealand, USA, Africa and Europe to attend international competitions and study the development systems of leading basketball nations including time time with British Basketball in training the coaches who will work in their new Elite Development Centres.
In his time as a coach, he has worked at the school level for 22 years winning seven provincial championships. At the CIS level, he has been the assistant coach at Lakehead & Acadia Universities and coached the Nova Scotia Women in three Canada Games and six National Championships.
Mike is the recipient of the Coaching Association of Canada 3M Coach of the Year in 2003, the Basketball Nova Scotia Coach of the Year in 1989 and 1993, the Truro Sport Heritage Coach of the Year 1989, 1993 and 1997 and the Olympic Flame Coach of the Year in 1989.
He also is a full time physical education teacher in Nova Scotia.
Tentative Women's School 2011 Schedule
Monday, August 1
8:45am – Arrival of coaches
9:00am – On-court session (FKC New Gym)
- Full court pressure - Coleen Dufresne - 30 minutes
- Perimeter 1 on 1 - 30 minutes
- Penetration principles - TBA - 25 minutes
- Transition Offence - Pam Danis? - 20 minutes
11:00am – lunch break
12:30pm – Classroom session (Location TBA)
- LTAD – Mike McKay – 45 minutes
- Offensive concepts – Mike McKay – 75 minutes
- Panel discussions a) for females – discussion on balancing family and coaching – 3 female coaches leading; b) for males – discussion on how to coach women and issues faced – 1 female and 2 male coaches leading - 60 minutes
3:45pm – Game watching – 17U Alberta vs. Saskatchewan; Q&A after with coaches
Tuesday, August 2
9:00am – Classroom session (Location TBA)
- International Trends – Mike McKay – 60 minutes
- Season planning – small groups and 5 coaches – 60 minutes
11:00pm – lunch break
12:00pm – On-court session in Frank Kennedy
- Post Offence and Defence - Coleen Dufresne - 45 minutes
- Defensive rebounding - 30 minutes
- Setting and defending screens - 30 minutes
- Shooting - 30 minutes
2:00 pm – Game watching (2nd half) – 17U Quebec vs Nova Scotia; Q&A after with coaches
Wednesday, August 3
9:00am – On-court session on IGAC Centre Court
- Warm-ups – 20 minutes
- Offensive rebounding – 25 minutes
- Penetration principles – TBA - 30 minutes
- Misc. topic that someone wants to do – 30 minutes – maybe post-to-post play or something more esoteric...
11:15am – Game watching – 15U Manitoba vs. Newfoundland; Q&A after with coaches