Roy Rana (basketball)

Roy Rana (born December 8, 1968 in Wolverhampton, England) is a Canadian basketball coach who has been serving as Head Coach of the Ryerson University men’s basketball team since 2009.

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, Rana grew up in Toronto.

In 2000, Rana took over the head coaching job at Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute and "would become one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Canadian history", according to theglobeandmail.com. During his nine-year tenure at Eastern Commerce, Rana guided the Saints to five provincial high school championships and a combined 14 regional and citywide 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 percent at Eastern Commerce.

He was named 2003, 2004, 2006 Canadian High School Coach of the Year, the 2003 Toronto Sun High School Coach of the Year and was presented with the 2009 High School Coach of the Year in Canada Award.

Rana was named head coach of Ryerson University men’s basketball team in 2009. He took a sabbatical in 2015-16, before returning to the job for the 2016-17 season.

He served as head coach of the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Rana was a guest coach for the Utah Jazz at the 2014 and for the San Antonio Spurs at the 2015 NBA Summer League.

Serving as assistant coach, Rana was a member of the staff of the Canadian men’s national team in 2009.

He was the head coach of Canada’s U16 national team in 2009 and 2010, guiding the team to bronze medals at the 2009 under-16 FIBA Americas Championship and the under-17 2010 World Championship.

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