McGill University Men's Basketball

DeAveiro (pronounced deh-VEERO) was appointed head coach of the McGill University men's basketball team in May, 2010 after a stellar playing and coaching career in the CIS with the Ottawa Gee-Gees. Currently in his 15th season as a CIS head coach -- his sixth year at McGill -- the 51-year-old native of Toronto enters the 2016 CIS championships with a career coaching record of 328-210 in 538 games overall (.610). During his coaching reign, he has guided Ottawa and McGill to a combined six appearances at the CIS Final Eight championship tournament, including McGill's first three showings on a national stage since 1978. "Coach D" has won six conference coach-of-the-year awards, including three in the OUA East (2006, 2007, 2010) and three in the RSEQ (2014, 2015, 2016). In 201 games over his six seasons with McGill, his team enters the 2016 CIS tourney with a 118-83 record overall (.587), including a 112-58 mark (.659) against CIS opponents and a stellar 68-28 record (.708)  in regular season play. 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 CIS Final 8 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 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. +season still underway (CIS championship not included) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- McGILL BASKETBALL HEAD COACHES (1901-present)   SEASONS          NAME                      CHAMPIONSHIPS 1901-18           (UNAVAILABLE)           Wilson Cup champions (09-10, 11-12, 13-14, 14-15) 1918-21           Art Walsh 1921-22           George Fox                 Wilson Cup champions (1921-22) 1922-45           F.M. Van Wagner         Wilson Cup champions (22-23, 30-31, 31-32, 32-33, 33-34, 38-39) 1945-46           L. Davies 1946-47           Art Shama 1947-49           Howie Ryan 1949-51           Moe Abramowitz 1951-58           Joe Anderson 1958-65           Ron Sharpe 1965-71           Tom Mooney 1971-74           Sam Wimsner             QUAA champions (1976-77) 1974-83           Butch Staples             QUAA champions (1978-79) 1983-84           Eddie Pomykala          QUAA champions (1983-84) 1984-91           Ken Schildroth            QUAA champions (1984-85 & 1985-86) 1991-92           Nevio Marzinotto 1992-00           Ken Schildroth 2000-04           Nevio Marzinotto 2004-10           Craig Norman 2010-               Dave DeAveiro            RSEQ champions: (2013, 2014); CIS Tourney: (5th& 7th)   McGILL BASKETBALL HEAD COACHING RECORDS (1901-present)   (UPDATED:  Mar. 13, 2016) (updated on March 13/16) David DeAveiro (pronounced deh-VEERO) was appointed head coach of the McGill University men's basketball team in May, 2010 after a stellar playing and coaching career in the CIS with the Ottawa Gee-Gees. Currently in his 15th season as a CIS head coach -- his sixth year at McGill -- the 51-year-old native of Toronto enters the 2016 CIS championships with a career coaching record of 328-210 in 538 games overall (.610). During his coaching reign, he has guided Ottawa and McGill to a combined six appearances at the CIS Final Eight championship tournament, including McGill's first three showings on a national stage since 1978. "Coach D" has won six conference coach-of-the-year awards, including three in the OUA East (2006, 2007, 2010) and three in the RSEQ (2014, 2015, 2016). In 201 games over his six seasons with McGill, his team enters the 2016 CIS tourney with a 118-83 record overall (.587), including a 112-58 mark (.659) against CIS opponents and a stellar 68-28 record (.708)  in regular season play. 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 CIS Final 8 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. David DeAveiro's Coaching Record (updated: Aug. 2/15)