| Kyoto Hannaryz | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | B.League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1968-12-08)December 8, 1968 (age 56) Wolverhampton, England |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2009–2019 | Ryerson University |
| 2019–2022 | Sacramento Kings (assistant) |
| 2022–present | Kyoto Hannaryz |
| 2022–2023 | Egypt |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Roy Rana (born December 8, 1968) is a Canadian professionalbasketball coach who is the head coach for theKyoto Hannaryz of theB.League. 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 theRyerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) men's basketball team where he helped guide theRyerson Rams 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.[1]
The son of Indian parents fromPunjab andUttar Pradesh, Rana was born inWolverhampton, England. His family moved to Canada when he was one year old.[2] Rana grew up inToronto.[3]
In 2000, Rana took over the head coaching job atEastern Commerce Collegiate Institute and became "one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Canadian history".[4] 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 2003Toronto Sun High School Coach of the Year.
Rana was named head coach of theRyerson Rams men's basketball team in 2009.[5] He took a sabbatical in 2015–16,[6] before returning to the job for the 2016–17 season.[7] In March 2017, Rana led the Rams to their first ever national silver medal.[8] In the 2017–18 season, his team defeated the seven-consecutive National championCarleton Ravens in theU Sports Final 8 semi-final, which was called the "greatest upset in U Sports basketball history".[9] However, Rana's Rams fell short in the championship game to Calgary.[10]
Rana was named head coach of the World Select Team at theNike Hoop Summit in 2011.[11][12] 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,[13] among the alumni areNikola Jokić,Joel Embiid,Shai Gilgeous-Alexander andRJ Barrett.
Rana was a guest coach at theNBA Summer League for theUtah Jazz in 2014[14] and theSan Antonio Spurs in 2015.[15] In 2019, Rana was hired as an assistant coach by theSacramento Kings of the NBA.[16]
Serving as assistant coach, Rana was a member of the staff of theCanadian 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 ofCanada's U16 national team in 2009 and 2010, guiding the team to bronze medals at the 2009FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship and the2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.
In 2012, Rana coached the Canadian team to a silver medal at theNike Global Challenge and theCanada's U18 squad to a bronze medal at theFIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. Under his tutelage, Canada also won silver at the2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. In 2015, Rana led Team Canada to a fifth-place finish at the2015 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 the2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.
Rana became the first coach to guide Canada to a gold medal at a basketball World Championship, whenCanada's U19 squad won the title at the2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Egypt.[17]
In August 2017, he was named interim head coach of the Canadian men's basketball team for the2017 FIBA AmeriCup and the qualifiers for the2019 FIBA World Cup.[18]
On June 15, 2021, he was named assistant coach for Germany men's basketball team for the FIBA Olympic qualifier, working under head coachHenrik 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.[19]
On January 3, 2022, Rana became the head coach of theEgyptian men's national basketball team.[20] His contract expired in August 2023.[21]
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
