University of Windsor Men's Basketball

Chris Cheng is the head coach of the Lancer men's basketball team, and just the sixth coach in Windsor's program history.    In his first season with the blue and gold in 2019-20, Coach Cheng brought the Lancers back into the playoffs with a third place finish in the OUA west division. This past 2021-2022 season, the Lancers returned to the playoffs but losing in the first round. The team saw some keys victories defeating 3 Top 10 teams.  Prior to joining the Lancers, Cheng served as the first-ever head coach of mens basketball at Nipissing University in North Bay. At Nipissing, he built the mens basketball program from the ground up and led them into their inaugural appearance in U SPORTS in the 2014-15 season. His Nipissing team entered the OUA in the tough east division and their continued improvement saw them qualify for the OUA playoffs in only their third season in existence in 2016-17, where they defeated Queens in the first round.   Before his time at Nipissing, Cheng served as an assistant coach at York University. During Chengs five seasons at York as an assistant and a recruiter for the program, the Lions reached the OUA post-season in each of those years. He also previously served as an assistant coach at Humber College. During Chengs time at Humber, they earned two provincial championships (05, 06) and two Final Four appearances at the national championships.  Beyond his duties with their mens varsity team, Cheng also developed and served as the Head Coach for the Humber College junior varsity mens basketball team.    In addition to his experience coaching in U SPORTS and the OUA, Cheng has an extensive resume with both the Canadian national and Ontario provincial programs. He previously served as head coach of Ontario Basketballs U17 boys provincial team from 2010-2012. Chengs teams captured back-to-back national championships in 2011 and 2012, and he was named the 2011 Ontario Basketball Mens Elite coach of the year. Chris is also a Centre of Performance coach with the Ontario Basketball Association. Cheng later went onto to become the Manager of Youth Player Development for Canada Basketball from 2012 - 2015. From 2015-2017, Cheng was an Associate Coach with the Cadet Men's National Team winning silver at the 2016 U16 FIBA America's. From 2018-2019, Cheng was an assistant coach with the Junior National team. His last World Championship appearance was in 2019 U19 FIBA World Cup held in Greece. Cheng is a graduate from York University where he earned a Sociology Degree and an Education Degree. He is also a graduate of Humber College where he completed both his Early Childhood Education and Recreation and Leisure Services diploma. He was awarded the provincial Jill Logon Teaching Award, the Sport Alliance Award and was the recipient of the Humber College Board of Governors Award during his time there. Cheng is also currently completing his Masters of Kinesiology in Sport Management at the University of Windsor.