John Dore (Basketball)
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John Dore has been head coach of the Concordia Stingers
Basketball
team since the 1989-1990 season. He has taken the Concordia Stingers
to the national championship tournament 10 times, and won the national crown in 1990, and placed second in 1995 and 2005.
John Dore was named CIAU Coach of the Year and received the The Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy as CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport
) Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year, in 1991.
In 1995, he was named University Coach of the Year, by the Foundation for Quebec University Athletics.
In the 2006-2007 season, John Dore coached the Concordia Stingers
Basketball
team to a third straight first-place finish in the Quebec
conference with a 15-1 record and a No. 2-ranking in Canada
.
John was Assistant Coach of Canada's Junior Men’s National Team, in 1998, and led several national teams, including Canadian entries at World University Games (Universiade) and the Maccabiah Games
(with Glen Grunwald
, former general manager of the Toronto Raptors
). He has also been president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches of Canada and an international committee member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, U.S.A.
Concordia Stingers
The Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and more specifically, in the Quebec Student Sports Federation and the Quebec University Football League...
Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team since the 1989-1990 season. He has taken the Concordia Stingers
Concordia Stingers
The Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and more specifically, in the Quebec Student Sports Federation and the Quebec University Football League...
to the national championship tournament 10 times, and won the national crown in 1990, and placed second in 1995 and 2005.
John Dore was named CIAU Coach of the Year and received the The Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy as CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
) Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year, in 1991.
In 1995, he was named University Coach of the Year, by the Foundation for Quebec University Athletics.
In the 2006-2007 season, John Dore coached the Concordia Stingers
Concordia Stingers
The Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and more specifically, in the Quebec Student Sports Federation and the Quebec University Football League...
Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team to a third straight first-place finish in the Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
conference with a 15-1 record and a No. 2-ranking in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
John was Assistant Coach of Canada's Junior Men’s National Team, in 1998, and led several national teams, including Canadian entries at World University Games (Universiade) and the Maccabiah Games
Maccabiah Games
The Maccabiah is an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics held in Israel every four years under the auspices of the Maccabi Federation, affiliated with the Maccabi World Union. The Maccabiah Games is the third largest international sports competition in the world...
(with Glen Grunwald
Glen Grunwald
Glen Grunwald is currently the senior vice president for basketball operations of the New York Knicks of the NBA. He is best known as the former general manager of the Toronto Raptors, a role he filled from March 1998 until April 2004....
, former general manager of the Toronto Raptors
Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion...
). He has also been president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches of Canada and an international committee member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, U.S.A.
External links
- Concordia University Media Relations, John Dore
- Concordia University Stingers, John Dore, Men's Basketball Coach
- Maccabi Canada 18th Maccabiah Games, July, 2009]
- Canadian Students Jump Through Hoops For Mideast Peace Israel Canections, 11 June 2007
- Basketball’s march madness sweeps through the cis, ccaa and ncaa
- Stingers men look for basketball championship Concordia's Thursday Report
- Stingers advance to Semis: Beersheva Ben Raby's Blog from Israel