The Kanata Youth Basketball Association (KYBA) is committed to providing avenues to expose, develop, and refine players' fundamental skills and help these individuals reach their full potential. To continue meeting and improving upon these goals the KYBA has appointed Coach Dave DeAveiro as Technical Director of KYBA. DeAveiro was appointed head coach of the McGill University men's basketball team in May, 2010 after a stellar playing and coaching career with the Ottawa Gee-Gees. Coach Dave will be leading the following outcomes:
Technical skill development:
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Provide technical training through a coaches’ clinic to the Ottawa Next Level teams at the outset of the season (September)
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Plan and implement the Next Level Basketball Academy
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Provide a players’ clinic in December for KYBA house league players
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Make available a trainer who will schedule for the fall and early winter to attend practice sessions.
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Provide a coaches’ clinic for the Chris Paulin Tournament
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Develop curriculum for 3x3 and other programs as required by KYBA
Leadership and promotion of club:
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Communicate philosophy, and provide clear expectations to achieve goals outlined for both the Ottawa Next Level competitive program, and the house league Cavalier Selects house league program;
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Remain accessible to the KYBA coaches as a mentor throughout the season;
Coach Dave DeAveiro Bio
Currently in his 16th season as a university head coach his seventh year at McGill the 52-year-old native of Toronto enters the 2017 Final Eight championship with a career coaching record of 351-221 in 572 games overall (.614).
During his coaching reign, he has guided Ottawa and McGill to a combined seven appearances at the Final Eight championship tournament, including McGill's first four showings on a national stage since 1978.
"Coach D" has won seven conference coach-of-the-year awards, including three in the OUA East (2006, 2007, 2010) and four in the RSEQ (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017).
In 235 games over his seven seasons with McGill, his team enters the 2017 Final Eight tourney with a 141-94 record overall (.600), including a 133-65 mark in 198 games (.672) against U SPORTS opponents and a stellar 81-31 record (.723) in 112 regular season contests.
With the Gee-Gees, he was the team's all-time leader in coaching wins, posting an impressive 210-127 record overall (.623), including a 132-66 mark in regular-season play (.667). He guided Ottawa to three appearances at the Final Eight tourney.
He has also had an extensive coaching history as an assistant coach with numerous Canadian national teams, including the men's senior, development and junior levels.
In June, 2015, DeAveiro led the Canadian national under-16 team to a FIBA Americas U-16 championship in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. In 2013, he guided Canada to bronze-medal finish at the same event, held in Maldonado, Uruguay. In 2012, he led Canada to a fifth-place finish at the FIBA under-17 world championship in Lithuania.
He previously had a coaching stint at the Nike NBA Americas team camp in September, 2012.
Among DeAveiro's stints as an assistant coach was with Jay Triano's staff on the national hoops squad at the 2011 PanAm Games in Mexico, a 2003 pre-Olympic tourney in China, the 2007 FISU Summer Games in Bangkok (where Canada won bronze), the 2008 FIBA Americas under-18 championship in Formosa, Argentina and the 2009 FIBA world junior championship in New Zealand.
A graduate of both the University of Ottawa (BSoc '89) and Brock University (BEd '92), DeAveiro spent 19 years with the Gee-Gees, including five seasons as a player (1984 to 1989), five as an assistant coach (1990 to 1995) and nine as head coach (2001 to 2010). In his final year with the Gee-Gees, he guided Ottawa to an 18-4 second-place finish in the OUA East, only two wins shy of the OUA champion Carleton Ravens.
DeAveiro also had an assistant coaching stint at Humber College, where the Hawks captured a CCAA national title in 2001. He returned to the Gee-Gees as head coach in 2001-02, after they had missed the playoffs for two straight years and subsequently guided them to nine straight post-season appearances, including trips to the CIS championship tourney in 2005, 2007 and 2009.
During his CIS playing career, the 6-foot-1 point-guard, scored 1,010 career points with the Gee-Gees.
In 2006 he founded the Ottawa Next Level Basketball Academy, an elite basketball club, where young male and female student-athletes could build on their basketball fundamentals through the instruction and training of quality coaches in a fun basketball environment.
Coach DeAveiro has also previously served as the technical director of the Kanata Youth Basketball Association (KYBA). For seven years, he was the camp director for KYBA and Goulbourn Basketball Association basketball summer camps. He provides Coaches Clinics and skills development sessions to local basketball associations and has been invited to over 30 school assemblies to deliver presentations to the student body.
In establishing the DeAveiro Hoop Skills summer camp, his aim was to provide age-appropriate training programs that encourage skill development through positive reinforcement and inspire players of all ages to reach their maximum potential.
