Basketball - THOMAIDIS Lisa

Date of Birth: 23 Jul 1971

Gender: Female

Function : Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events Entered

Discipline	Event	Rank
Basketball	Women CAN Canada	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #07 SRB Serbia 72 CAN Canada 68	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #17 CAN Canada 74 KOR Republic of Korea 53	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #29 CAN Canada 66 ESP Spain 76	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

She was a three-time All-Star while playing for the McMaster Marauders in the Ontario University Athletics [OUA] competition in Canada, and won the OUA Coaches Award of Excellence. She also played basketball in Greece's first division. (huskies.usask.ca, 11 Apr 2020; theglobeandmail.com, 20 Mar 2013)

She led the University of Saskatchewan to the U Sports national championship in the 2015/16 and 2019/20 seasons. (thestarphoenix.com, 11 Apr 2020; huskies.usask.ca, 11 Apr 2020)

She coached the University of Saskatchewan to seven Canada West titles from 2005 to 2020. (huskies.usask.ca, 11 Apr 2020)

She was head coach of the Canada team that won gold at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada, and the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Canada. (coach.ca, 13 Nov 2015)

She coached the Canada women's team to silver at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Mexico. (huskies.usask.ca, 11 Apr 2020)

In 2020 she won the Colb McEwon Trophy as coach of the year across all sports at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. It was the fifth time she had won the award. (thestarphoenix.com, 11 Apr 2020)

She was named Canada West Coach of the Year on five occasions from 2004 to 2016. (huskies.usask.ca, 11 Apr 2020)

She won the 2015 Jack Donohue Coach of the Year award, which is presented annually by the Coaching Association of Canada. (coach.ca, 13 Nov 2015)

In October 2006 she was inducted into the McMaster University Hall of Fame in Canada. (huskies.usask.ca, 11 Apr 2020)

Appointment:

Other role:

She is head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. She was appointed to the role in 1998.

Previous role:

She was an assistant coach with the Canada women's team between 2001 and 2012 before becoming head coach. She was also coach of the Saskatchewan provincial team from 1998 to 2001.

General Interest

General
COACHING PHILOSOPHY
Her attitude to coaching is to be honest with herself and to try to embrace her strengths. "From a leadership perspective, I think you can always be reading about what the great leaders are like, or what great coaches are like, but you can't be something that you're not. You really have to lean on the strengths that you bring and highlight those as opposed to trying to change or be something that you're not. I think when you're not genuine, people can see right through you or when you're trying to coach or act in a certain way just because you think it might be for the better, I think it ends up backfiring on you." (basketball.ca, 08 Mar 2020)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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