Lisa Thomaidis: National coach leading women’s team into bright future

National team coach Lisa Thomaidis shares her early sources of inspiration – the coaches of her youth – and shares her desire to empower girls to build a career through basketball.

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Lisa Thomaidis: National coach leading women’s team into bright future

National team coach Lisa Thomaidis shares her early sources of inspiration – the coaches of her youth – and shares her desire to empower girls to build a career through basketball.

Lisa Thomaidis
How do you build on a coaching career that includes being a four-time Canada West Coach of the Year, two-time CIS Coach of the Year, winner of three Canada West titles and a CIS Championship at the University of Saskatchewan? If you’re Lisa Thomaidis from Dundas, Ont., you coach the women’s national team to back-to-back gold medals and a direct qualification to the Rio Olympics. Thomaidis, who has helped elevate the women's squad to a 6th-place world ranking, has never looked back. It’s always all about going forward.

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