{{short description|Canadian basketball coach (born 1968)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Roy Rana | image = | number = | position = Head coach | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | league = | team = Jordan national team | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|12|8}} | birth_place = Wolverhampton, England | nationality = Canadian | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | career_start = | career_end = | career_position = | career_number = | coach_start = | coach_end = | years1 = | team1 = | cyears1 = 2009–2019 | cteam1 = Ryerson Rams | cyears2 = {{nbay|2019|start}}–{{nbay|2021|end}} | cteam2 = Sacramento Kings (assistant) | cyears3 = 2022–2025 | cteam3 = Kyoto Hannaryz | cyears4 = 2022–2023 | cteam4 = Egypt | cyears5 = 2025–present | cteam5 = Jordan
| highlights = * Canadian High School Coach of the Year (2003, 2004, 2006) * High School Coach of the Year in Canada Award (2009) * OUA Wilson Cup Champion (2016, 2017) | medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalSport|Head coach for {{bk|CAN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-19 World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2017 Egypt|U19 team}} {{MedalCompetition| FIBA Americas U18 Championship}} {{MedalSilver| 2016 Chile | U18 team}} {{MedalSilver| 2014 United States | U18 team}} {{MedalBronze| 2012 Brazil | U18 team}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA World U17 Cup}} {{MedalBronze| 2010 Hamburg | U17 team}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Americas U16 Championship}} {{MedalBronze| 2009 Mendoza | U16 team}} }} '''Roy Rana''' (born December 8, 1968) is a Canadian professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Jordanian national team. 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 the Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) men's basketball team where he helped guide the Ryerson 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 six National Championship appearances in his nine seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/kings/roster/roy-rana|title=Roy Rana Profile|website=Sacramento Kings|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref>
== Early years == The son of Indian parents from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, Rana was born in Wolverhampton, England. His family moved to Canada when he was one year old.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://india.nba.com/news/nba-experts/roy-rana-connected-to-the-homeland/|title=Roy Rana: Connected To The Homeland|date=2017-06-03|work=NBA India|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref> Rana grew up in Toronto.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/roy-rana-canada-basketball-coach-1.4247186|title=Meet the first Indo-Canadian head coach of the national men's basketball team|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref>
== Coaching career ==
=== Eastern Commerce === In 2000, 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".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/ryerson-coach-stays-grounded-despite-soaring-career/article575669/|title=Ryerson coach stays grounded, despite soaring career|date=2011-04-08|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref> 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 2003 ''Toronto Sun'' High School Coach of the Year.
=== Ryerson University === Rana was named head coach of the Ryerson Rams men's basketball team in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 August 2009 |title=Roy Rana to coach Ryerson Rams |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/amateur/2009/08/14/roy_rana_to_coach_ryerson_rams.html |access-date=2017-09-09 |newspaper=The Toronto Star}}</ref> He took a sabbatical in 2015–16,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rana to take sabbatical; Tatham to serve as coach |url=http://www.ryersonrams.ca/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22300&ATCLID=210273006 |access-date=2017-09-09 |work=Ryerson Rams}}</ref> before returning to the job for the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 November 2016 |title=Coach Rana returns |url=http://ryersonian.ca/coach-rana-returns/ |access-date=2017-09-09 |website=Ryersonian}}</ref> In March 2017, Rana led the Rams to their first ever national silver medal.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rams claim first national silver medal |url=http://www.ryersonrams.ca/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=109834&SPID=13629&DB_OEM_ID=22300&ATCLID=211518019 |access-date=2018-05-30 |work=Ryerson Rams}}</ref> In the 2017–18 season, his team defeated the seven-consecutive National champion Carleton Ravens in the U Sports Final 8 semi-final, which was called the "greatest upset in U Sports basketball history".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rams flip script, upset Ravens in national semi |url=http://www.ryersonrams.ca/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=109834&SPID=13629&DB_OEM_ID=22300&ATCLID=211705314 |access-date=2018-05-30 |work=Ryerson Rams}}</ref> However, Rana's Rams fell short in the championship game to Calgary.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Title hopes fall to time as Rams repeat silver in Final 8 against Dinos |url=http://www.ryersonrams.ca/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=109834&SPID=13629&DB_OEM_ID=22300&ATCLID=211705455 |access-date=2018-05-30 |work=Ryerson Rams}}</ref>
=== Nike Hoop Summit === Rana was named head coach of the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |title=World Team Announced For Nike Hoop Summit |url=https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/03/world-team-announced.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703053712/https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/03/world-team-announced.aspx |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |access-date=2017-09-09 |work=USA Basketball}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Rana guides World Team to win at Nike Hoop Summit |url=http://www.ryersonrams.ca/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=109834&SPID=13629&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211711928&DB_OEM_ID=22300 |access-date=2018-05-30 |work=Ryerson Rams}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/kings/roster/roy-rana|title=Roy Rana Profile|website=Sacramento Kings|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> among the alumni are Nikola Jokić, Joel Embiid, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and RJ Barrett.
=== NBA === Rana was a guest coach at the NBA Summer League for the Utah Jazz in 2014<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rana joins Utah Jazz for NBA Summer League |url=http://www.ryersonrams.ca/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209573413 |access-date=2017-09-09 |work=Ryerson Rams}}</ref> and the San Antonio Spurs in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rana guest coach with Spurs in NBA Summer League |url=http://www.ryersonrams.ca/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22300&ATCLID=210218716 |access-date=2017-09-09 |work=Ryerson Rams}}</ref> In 2019, Rana was hired as an assistant coach by the Sacramento Kings of the NBA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report: Sacramento Kings add Indo-Canadian coach Roy Rana to Luke Walton's coaching staff |url=https://in.nba.com/news/report-sacramento-kings-roy-rana-indo-canadian-coach-luke-walton-coaching-staff/vqhizkvakgkj1lu9zysy8fnwy |access-date=2019-06-01 |website=NBA.com India}}</ref>
=== Kyoto Hannaryz === From 2022 to 2025, Rana served as head coach of the Kyoto Hannaryz in Japan's B.League. In the 2024–25 season, he coached the team to 33 wins and 27 losses, Kyoto's best record since the 2016-17 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-14 |title=Kyoto move on from Roy Rana, successor already found |url=https://basketnews.com/news-224542-roy-rana-parts-ways-with-kyoto-replacement-already-decided.html |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Basketnews.com |language=en}}</ref>
== National team career == Serving as assistant coach, Rana was a member of the staff of the Canadian 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 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.
In 2012, 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. Under his tutelage, Canada also won silver at the 2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. In 2015, 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. 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 the 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.
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.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Doug |date=9 July 2017 |title=Canada beats Italy at under-19s to win first world gold in basketball at any level |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/2017/07/09/canada-beats-italy-at-under-19s-to-win-first-world-gold-in-basketball-at-any-level.html |access-date=2017-09-09 |newspaper=The Toronto Star}}</ref>
In August 2017, he was named interim head coach of the Canadian men's basketball team for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup and the qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 August 2017 |title=Roy Rana named Team Canada head coach for upcoming FIBA Americup |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/2017/08/09/roy-rana-named-team-canada-head-coach-for-upcoming-fiba-americup.html |access-date=2017-09-09 |newspaper=The Toronto Star}}</ref>
On June 15, 2021, he was named assistant coach for Germany men's basketball team for the FIBA Olympic qualifier, working under head coach Henrik 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Über Trier nach Tokio |url=http://www.basketball-bund.de/news/teams/a-herren/ueber-trier-tokio-1117567 |access-date=2021-07-12 |website=Deutscher Basketball-Bund}}</ref>
On January 3, 2022, Rana became the head coach of the Egyptian men's national basketball team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Canada's Roy Rana to guide Egyptian men's basketball team |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/roy-rana-egypt-basketball-1.6302885 |access-date=January 5, 2022 |work=CBC Sports|date=January 3, 2022}}</ref> His contract expired in August 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03 |title=Championnat arabe de basket-ball L'Egypte gâche les rêves de la Libye et remporte le titre |url=https://www.dzairsport.net/championnat-arabe-de-basket-ball-legypte-gache-les-reves-de-la-libye-et-remporte-le-titre/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Dzair Sport |language=ar}}</ref> In June 2025, he was appointed as head coach of Jordan's men's national team and as director of basketball operations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-02 |title=Roy Rana as Sr. Director of Basketball Operations & National Team Head Coach |url=https://www.jbf.jo/ar/show-news/1367/Roy-Rana-as-Sr.-Director-of-Basketball-Operations-&-National-Team-Head-Coach |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Jordan Basketball Federation}}</ref>
==See also== *List of foreign NBA coaches
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.ryersonrams.ca/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=204950586 Ryerson University bio]
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