Basketball Manitoba is very pleased to announce its full Provincial Team Program coaching line up for the summer of 2015.  This summer, the program will feature a total of 6 teams including the male & female 17U, 16U and 15U teams.  The full coaching staffs of the 6 male & female programs are...



17U Male
Head Coach - Dan Becker
Assistant Coach - Jon Giesbrecht 
Assistant Coach #2 - JR Alexander 

17U Female
Head Coach - Sarah Lundgren
Assistant Coach - Megan Johnson
Assistant Coach - Michele Hynes



16U Male
Head Coach - Stephen Tackie
Assistant Coach - Chiranjit Goswami
Assistant Coach - Bernard Kankam

16U Female
Head Coach - Mitch Catacutan
Assistant Coach - Morgan Cross
Assistant Coach - Taneesha Greaves



15U Male
Head Coach - Eric Sung
Assistant Coach - Damian Drzewiec
Assistant Coach - Dallas Bosko



15U Female 
Head Coach - Alyssa Grant
Assistant Coach - Cassie Reimer 
Assistant Coach - Holly Kitchen

Tryouts for the teams will take place on May 22-24, 2015 at the University of Winnipeg.  The program will culminate at the Canada Basketball National Championships in Halifax (15U & 17U male), Edmonton (15U & 17U female) and the Western Canada Summer Games in Fort McMurray, AB (16U male & female) this July & August.  Team Manitoba is coming off its best summer ever with two gold medals at the 17U level, a silver at 16U male, a bronze at 16U female and a 4th place finish at 15U male.




Each spring, Basketball Manitoba coordinates provincial teams at the 17U, 16U and 15U age categories for both male and female athletes.  All ages are based on December 31 of the year the tryouts occur.

The teams will be selected from open tryouts May 22-24 and May 29-31, 2015 at the University of Winnipeg and any Manitoba resident who is in one defined age categories is eligible and welcome to tryout. Once the teams are chosen, they train and compete together through June and July and participate in their respective National Basketball Championships.



2015 Manitoba Provincial Team Coaching Staff

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