Roy Rana (born December 8, 1968) is a Canadian professional

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coach who is the head coach for the

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of the B.League and head coach of the Egyptian men's national basketball team. Rana 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 of the

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(now Toronto Metropolitan University) men's basketball team where he helped guide the

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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.

Early years

The son of Indian parents from

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and

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, Rana was born in

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, England. His family moved to Canada when he was one year old. Rana grew up in

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Coaching career

Eastern Commerce

In 2000, Rana took over the head coaching job at

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and became "one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Canadian history". 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 ''

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'' High School Coach of the Year.

Ryerson University

Rana was named head coach of the

men's basketball team in 2009. He took a sabbatical in 2015–16, before returning to the job for the 2016–17 season. In March 2017, Rana led the Rams to their first ever national silver medal. In the 2017–18 season, his team defeated the seven-consecutive National champion

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in the

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Final 8 semi-final, which was called the "greatest upset in U Sports basketball history". However, Rana's Rams fell short in the championship game to Calgary.

Nike Hoop Summit

Rana was named head coach of the World Select Team at the

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in 2011. 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 made it to the NBA, among the alumni are

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and

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NBA

Rana was a guest coach at the NBA Summer League for the

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in 2014 and the

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in 2015. In 2019, Rana was hired as an assistant coach by the

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of the NBA.

National team career

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

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and the

2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship The 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (German: FIBA U17-Weltmeisterschaft 2010) was the inaugural edition of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national te ...

. In 2012, Rana coached the Canadian team to a silver medal at the

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and the Canada's U18 squad to a bronze medal at the

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. 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. As of 2021 it's Canada's only gold medal in an international Basketball competition. In 2016, he coached Canada's U18 national team to a silver medal at the

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. 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. 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

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. In June 15, 2021, he was named assistant coach for Germany men's basketball team for the FIBA Olympic qualifier, working under head coach Henrik Rödl. On July 5, Germany beat Brazil to qualify for the Olympics, Rana stayed on Germany's coaching staff to serve as assistant coach during the Olympic Games. On January 3, 2022, Rana became the head coach of the Egyptian men's national basketball team.

References

External links

Ryerson University bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rana, Roy 1968 births Living people Basketball people from Ontario Canadian men's basketball coaches Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent English emigrants to Canada Sacramento Kings assistant coaches Sportspeople from Toronto Sportspeople from Wolverhampton U Sports coaches