Deborah Ellen Huband (born 5 September 1956) is a Canadian

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player. She competed in the women's tournament at the

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Playing career

As a basketball player at

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, she set a U Sports single-game scoring record (since broken) with 50 points in a game during the 1981-82 season. With the

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' program, she was part of three consecutive QUAA titles (1977-80), complemented by selections to the CIAU All-Canadian team twice, along with recognition as the Bishop's Female Athlete of the Year three times.

Canadian national team

As a member of the Canadian national basketball team, she served as team captain from 1979 to 1986. Debbie Huband was a member of the bronze medal winning teams at the 1979 and 1987 Pan American Games.

Coaching career

As the

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head coach, Huband captured three national titles (2003-04, '05-06, '07-08), winning the

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, and four conference championships (2006-07, '07-08, '11-12, '14-15). On 11 January 2020, Huband captured her 338th regular season coaching win in

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play, as the Thunderbirds prevailed over the Trinity Western Spartans by a 100-57 mark. With the win, she eclipsed former University of Victoria head coach Kathy Shields for the all-time wins record in Canada West women's basketball.

Awards and honors

*1978 CIS Championship MVP: Deb Huband *1994 inductee - Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame *1995 inductee - Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame *1995 Inductee - Bishop's University Wall of Distinction * 2003-04 Canada West Coach of the Year * 2003-04 Peter Ennis Award awarded to the U Sports Coach of the Year *2017 inductee - Basketball BC Hall of Fame *2018 Sport BC In Her Footsteps Honouree *Top 100

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Players of the Century (1920-2020).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huband, Debbie 1956 births Living people Basketball people from Ontario Canadian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Canada Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Ottawa Bishop's Gaiters women's basketball players UBC Thunderbirds Universiade bronze medalists for Canada Universiade medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade