Manitoba Bisons basketball coach Kirby Schepp was honoured Thursday for his role with Canada’s silver medal-winning Commonwealth Games team.
The team, which also included Winnipeg’s Justus Alleyn, was named Summer Team of the Year at the 41st Canadian Sports Awards in Ottawa.
“We put together a young group of guys, sort of a developmental team that was all Canadian university players,” said Schepp. “It was a very, very young group, and we put them together very quickly over in Australia and had a fantastic experience at the Commonwealth Games.”
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Schepp, who begins his tenth season at the helm of the University of Manitoba’s men’s basketball program this October, has previously coached Canadian national teams at a variety of levels, including last year’s FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup champions. He said the success of amateur basketball players across the country is a net positive for the sport.
“It shows the depth of talent in the sport in our country. A lot of coverage and a lot of attention goes to guys who have been drafted number-one overall, or our stock of NBA players that is gradually increasing, but I think what we’re seeing is that our depth of basketball players at all levels is increasing.”
The Canadian Sport Awards is Canada’s premiere event for honouring sport recognition and achievement in Canada.
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