A Hoops Journey

Longtime UBC Women's Basketball Head Coach Deb Huband joins us for Episode 88. A graduate of Bishop’s and UBC (Master’s of Science in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology), Huband was a three-time U SPORTS All-Canadian and was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, and the Basketball BC Hall of Fame in 2017. Huband is one of the few Canadian basketball players to participat...

From the Jane and Finch neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario we have Junior Cadougan joining us for Episode 87 of A Hoops Journey. A McDonald's All-American at Christian Life Center Academy (Texas), a 2013 Big East All-Academic Team player, a professional overseas in Europe, longtime Junior and Senior National Team member, and currently playing for the Newfoundland Growlers in the CEBL, Junior has an...

For Episode 86 of A Hoops Journey we have Penticton native, University of Victoria Vikes alum and former Junior National Team player Geoff Mckay joining us. Now working in finance but still having a passion for basketball, Geoff sits down with us to talk about his father and being around the game at a young age, his high school experience and a hard decision, Ken Shields and Stan Stewardson and mo...

We have a great episode coming up for you all. Syracuse Orange alum, former Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets player and proud Montreal native Kris Joseph joins us for Episode 85. We chat with the former Big East 6th man of the year about the hoop scene in Quebec, Kris' upbringing and the hard decision to move to the States as a teen, his dream to play for the Orange and the winding road that led h...

One of UBC basketball's all-time great guards, former Tournament Director of the BC Boys Basketball Provincial Tournament and legendary builder of basketball Ken Winslade sits down with us. Recorded in the cozy confines of the Langley Events Center,  Ken's upbringing and his entry into basketball, his crossing paths with many legendary names and figures in the history of BC Basketball and how he w...

We have respected and longtime veteran referee Karn Dhillon joining us on the podcast for Episode 83 of A Hoops Journey. We release this episode a day before the Junior Boys Provincials to bring awareness to the Pink Whistle Campaign - started 13 years ago when Karn's sister Amanjit was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The grassroots program has since grown tremendously, with the officials in the pr...

We have current Ryerson Rams Men's Basketball Head Coach David DeAveiro joining us for Episode 82! The Toronto native recaps a career from Humber College, to the McGill Redbirds and Ottawa Gee-Gees bench boss stints, the Canadian national team and so much more! He talks about the importance of a well-run program, his own personal journey growing as a coach, and other really great stories and exper...

We have former Handsworth Royal and considered one of the best ballers to come out of British Columbia: Tyler Kepkay. The former Utah Utes' guard outlines a storied (and on-going) playing career starting on the North Shore of Vancouver. He chats about the old North Shore battles for a single Provincial berth, his recruiting process, and some advice for the younger hoopers listening. He is a vetera...

We have another Hanson on the podcast, and arguably the "best one" - the current Senior Director of Athletics & Recreation at Simon Fraser University, and former Athletic Director at UBC and Langara College: Theresa Hanson. The proud Trail native and former Lewis-Clark State Warrior recaps a long and successful playing and post-playing career and chats about the benefits of being in a small town,...

We have proud Vancouver Irish alumnus and former UBC Thunderbird John Mills. A long decorated basketball career both as a player and off the court as part of Canada Basketball and various boards in president, executive director and co-chair positions, we sit down with the former teacher to chat about his past. We chat all things Vancouver College, UBC, Canada Basketball and how to fix Canada Baske...

We welcome you back from a brief break with some absolute heat: former Richmond Colt and 2003 Mike Moser Award Winner (Most Outstanding Player in the CIS) Kyle Russell. A small list of his accolades: Canada West Player of the Year, Canada West First-Team All-Star, First Team All-Canadian; an outstanding resumé. Talk about A Hoops Journey - we sit down with the former Thunderbird, Dino, Lumberjack,...

We have former Santa Clara Bronco and Junior/Senior National Team Player Brendan Graves joining us for Episode 77 of A Hoops Journey. He was a member of the 1994-95 and 1995-96 Santa Clara teams that made it to the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds, respectively. His team advanced to the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament with a 20-9 record in 1995-96. He graduated Cum Laude in Electrical Engi...

We have former Humber College and Toronto Blues Men's Basketball Head Coach Mike Katz joining us for Episode 76! Prior to joining the Varsity Blues, Katz led the Humber College men's basketball team for 19 seasons (503-175 overall record). During that time, he led the Hawks to the Final Four every year, winning seven provincial championships and five national titles while also producing seven All-...

Episode 75 of A Hoops Journey features current Washington Mystics Director of Player Development: Sefu Bernard. Another wild hoops journey, he sits down with us from the Caymans to talk about his story. The Toronto native talks about his upbringing as an inner city kid, his time playing as Windsor Lancer, his internship in Detroit and how a couple VHS tapes started his path to the WNBA. Prince, Ba...

We welcome another Canada Basketball legend - former Burnaby Central Wildcats player and SFU Men's Basketball great Alex Devlin joins us for Episode 74 of A Hoops Journey. The former All-American and NAIA all-star played for Team Canada for four years, helping Canada finish 4th in 1976, and later coached at SFU. We get into the legend of Billy Robinson, Bill Disbrow, shooting mechanics and a lot m...

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! With Perrie Scarlett and Gerald Cole's answers on Coach Bruce Enns accidentally missing from his episode, we thought it was right to release their answers as a bonus episode!

We welcome former Ryerson University Men's Head Coach and current Sacramento Kings Coach Roy Rana for Episode 73! We sit down with the Toronto native and former Canadian Senior National Team coach to chat about his time at CW Jeffries and Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute, the transition from high school to U Sport, the transition from U Sport to the NBA, his time with the National Team and th...

For Episode 72, we welcome two-time First Team All-Canadian, 1995 CIAU championship MVP and a member of the first two University of Alberta Golden Bears CIAU Championships: Greg DeVries. The Nelson-native sits down with us to chat all things basketball, and the renowned sharpshooter goes through his background starting off in Nelson, and his path to the University of Alberta, where he helped lead...

We have another Canadian Basketball coaching legend - former longtime UBC Head Coach Bruce Enns joins us for Episode 71 of A Hoops Journey. We touch on his early beginnings starting in Chilliwack, to Manitoba, his time as the face of UBC Basketball and life thereafter. A different flavour of the podcast, we have recurring guest Dominic Zimmermann and Ross Tomlinson helping out as narrators, as wel...

A bonus episode today as we work on a different style of episode coming up. The GOAT debate, chips, favourite players - Mitch puts Corbs on the spot as we wait for a guest that never arrives. We will be back to regular programming next week. Happy Friday everyone!

Episode 70 with another legend: New York native and CAN-AM legend Mickey Fox joins A Hoops Journey to reflect on a storied career. The former St. Mary's Husky has quite the hoops journey from the Boroughs of New York, to the Maritimes and leaving his mark on Canadian Basketball. We chat with him about his upbringing, the jump from the US to Canada, twice getting drafted to the NBA, colouring skill...

We have former Olds College Bronco, UBC T-Bird and current Iranian National Team player and professional in Europe: Phil Jalalpoor. Born and raised in Germany, Phil has quite the hoops journey spanning multiple continents and experiences. He sits down with us for Episode 69 (nice) to discuss this expansive journey. From JUCO to USport to guarding Damian Lillard and Kevin Durant in the Olympics, th...

We have long-time BC Basketball and Maple Ridge Ramblers Head Coach Ken Dockendorf joining us for Episode 68 of A Hoops Journey. With over 50 years of coaching, he sits down with us to chat all things about his life - his upbringing, how he got his start into coaching, his transition over to Maple Ridge and building the Maple Ridge Ramblers program in the 80s and 90s. Beach Boys, buzzer beaters, l...

We have a great guest for Episode 67 - Olga Hrycak. A pioneer for female coaches throughout her career, Hrycak made North American basketball history in 2003 when she was hired as the inaugural bench boss of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Citadins, becoming the first woman to coach a men’s team at the university level in Canada or the United States. Olga is the former Dawson College Bl...

For Episode 66, we have another Vancouver big man: former Vancouver College Irish and Santa Clara Bronco Marc Trasolini joins the show! Marc is currently playing pro in Japan, the same league as previous guests Robert Sacre and Scott Morrison (Argyle). Marc chats about his athletic upbringing, VC vs STM, the recruiting process and choosing Santa Clara, the transition to playing basketball professi...