The son of Indian parents from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, Roy Rana was born in Wolverhampton, England.
18 Facts About Roy Rana
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Roy Rana's family moved to Canada when he was one year old.
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In 2000, Roy Rana took over the head coaching job at Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute and became "one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Canadian history".
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Roy Rana was named the 2003,2004,2006, and 2009 Canadian High School Coach of the Year, and the 2003 Toronto Sun High School Coach of the Year.
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Roy Rana was named head coach of the Ryerson Rams men's basketball team in 2009.
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In March 2017, Roy Rana led the Rams to their first ever national silver medal.
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However, Roy Rana's Rams fell short in the championship game to Calgary.
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Roy Rana was named head coach of the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in 2011.
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Roy Rana guided the World Team to Nike Hoop Summit titles in 2012 and 2013,2015,2018 and is the longest serving and winningest Head Coach in World Team history.
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Roy Rana was a guest coach at the NBA Summer League for the Utah Jazz in 2014 and the San Antonio Spurs in 2015.
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In 2019, Roy Rana was hired as an assistant coach by the Sacramento Kings of the NBA.
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Roy Rana led Canada to a historic first ever World Championship in FIBA competition, at the 2017 U19 Basketball World Cup in Cairo Egypt.
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Roy Rana has led Canada's age group teams to numerous medals in FIBA Americas competition over the past decade.
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Roy Rana was the head coach of Canada's U16 national team in 2009 and 2010, guiding the team to bronze medals at the 2009 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship and the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.
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In 2012, Roy Rana coached the Canadian team to a silver medal at the Nike Global Challenge and the Canada's U18 squad to a bronze medal at the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.
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In 2015, Roy 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.
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Roy 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.
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On January 3,2022, Roy Rana became the head coach of the Egyptian men's national basketball team.