Lisa Thomaidis
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Personal information | |
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Born | Dundas, Ontario, Canada | 23 July 1972
Nationality | Canadian |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Career history | |
1996–1998 | Apollon Ptolemaidas |
Lisa Thomaidis is a Canadian basketball coach who is the head coach of the Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball program, winning the Bronze Baby National Championship Trophy in 2016 and 2020. She was also the head coach for the Canada women's national basketball team from 2014 to September, 2021.[1][2]
Early life and education[]
Thomaidis went to McMaster University to study kinesiology and joined the university's women's basketball team. After moving to Greece and play for Apollon Ptolemaidas, an injury ended her basketball career and led her to coaching.[3]
Career[]
Starting in 1998, Thomaidis began coaching women's basketball at the University of Saskatchewan. Throughout her career as coach for the Saskatchewan Huskies, she led the team to multiple Canada West titles, with their first championship win in 2006.[4] Outside the University of Saskatchewan, Thomaidis was an assistant coach for Canada women's national basketball team from 2002 to 2013, which included a quarter final performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]
Head coach[]
In 2013, she replaced Allison McNeill as head coach and her team won silver at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women.[6] Following her promotion, Thomaidis led Canada's women's basketball team to a fifth-place finish at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women and a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.[7] Recently, Thomaidis's team came in seventh at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.[8]
Awards and honours[]
During her university basketball coaching career, Thomaidis has been named coach of the year multiple times by Canadian Interuniversity Sport and Canada West.[5] In 2006, Thomaidis was inducted into the McMaster Athletics Hall of Fame.[9] Thomaidis was also named best coach of 2015 at the Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards[10] and the Saskatchewan Sports Awards.[11]
- Canada West Coach of the Year - 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2016
- Colb McEwon Trophy: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2020[12] (Saskatchewan Huskies Athletics Coach of the Year) - Lisa Thomaidis
- 2008-09 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Coach of the Year
- 2010-11 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Coach of the Year
- 2016 CAAWS Women of Influence Award [13]
Personal life[]
Her father Christos was born at Mesochori, Florina (regional unit).[14]
References[]
- ^ "CB Announces Lisa Thomaidis as SWNT Head Coach". Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014.
- ^ "Canada Basketball, women's coach Lisa Thomaidis part ways after Olympic disappointment". CBC News. September 28, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Bianchi, Celine (May 6, 2016). "In (Coach) Thomaidis' Corner". Edmonton Woman. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Lisa Thomaidis learns game from the coaching perspective". Sask Sport. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ a b Ewing, Lori (March 20, 2013). "Canada Basketball names Lisa Thomaidis coach of senior women's team". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Meet the female coaches heading up the Women's basketball at Rio 2016…". Female Coaching Network. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Doug (August 10, 2015). "Lisa Thomaidis credits Canadian system for being only female coach at FIBA Olympic qualifier". The Toronto Star. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Zary, Darren (August 15, 2017). "Double dribble: Thomaidis pushes through another busy b-ball summer doing double coaching duty". Saskatoon Star Phoenix. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "McMaster Athletics Hallof Fame". marauders.ca. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Archives Lisa Thomaidis named 2015 Jack Donohue "Coach of the Year"". Coach.ca. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Sports Awards". Sask Sport. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Harrison, Kozun named Huskie Athletics top athletes". huskies.usask.ca/news. April 1, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "After a banner year for women and sport, the 2016 Most Influential Women List showcases the impact being made by Canadian women". presto-en.usports.ca. March 8, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "Το... ελληνικό "μυαλό" του Καναδά!" (in Greek). Sports DNA. September 22, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- Living people
- Canadian women's basketball coaches
- 1972 births
- Canadian people of Greek descent
- Olympic coaches