Steve Hanson - (Canada) Simon Fraser University Basketball Playbook

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Steve Hanson - (Canada) Simon Fraser University Basketball Playbook by Farshad Alemi only $10

This is the only NCAA school in Canada and american coaches are starting to get to know steve and admire his work. He is a tremendous coach that is on the rise and really known for his offensive sets.

Long-time coach of perennial power Terry Fox Secondary School, Hanson was named head coach of the program on May 26, 2016. He is the eighth head coach in the history of the men's basketball program at Simon Fraser. Hanson was the lead assistant on the Clan men’s basketball team during the 2015-16 season after leading the Terry Fox Ravens to the 2012 BC High School Boys Basketball 3A provincial championship and led the Ravens to a second place finish at the 2015 4A tournament.

Hanson is a native of Coquitlam with deep roots in the British Columbia basketball community. Terry Fox had a 93–27 win-loss record during Hanson’s four-year tenure as head coach. His Terry Fox teams were known for their toughness on the court, their team-first attitude and their engagement within the community.

Hanson was also an assistant to Canadian coaching legend Rich Chambers, who served with the National Team Program for at Terry Fox for six years.

Hanson received his USA Basketball Gold License in 2019. He was the Head Coach of the Canada Basketball Centre for Performance (CP) program in British Columbia where he worked with BC’s elite players. Previous CP head coaches include Jay Triano, Scott Clark, Rich Goulet and Rich Chambers. Hanson was also an AAU Coach with the 3D Basketball Academy where he led their boys’ academy for three years. He has the equivalent of Level 3 certification from the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP).

Hanson has ties to Simon Fraser University as well. He received his Bachelor of Education from Simon Fraser in 2013. Hanson is married to Mary-Anne and they hey have one son, Adryan, who played for the Clan in 2009-10 before going on to a successful international modeling career.

An excellent communicator and skilled relationship-builder, Hanson also spent six years as a Speed & Strength Specialist with Gridiron Sports Development Inc., working with players in the NFL, CFL and NHL. Hanson doubled the team's win total from four in 2016-17 to 10 wins in 2017-18. Hanson's team made huge strides on the defensive end going from 10th to 4th in scoring defense and only allowing 73.0 points/game. SFU was 2nd in steals at 7.9/game and led the conference in defensive 3-pt FG% (0.321). SFU improved in every offensive category including FG% (0.450) and FT% (0.709) and 2nd in turnover over margin +1.75.

SFU produced GNAC scoring champion Kedar Salam under Hanson, who averaged 20.4 points/game and was selected to the GNAC All-Academic team in 2016-17 and 2017-18. Salam was named USBWA National Player of the Week after he scored 40 points and went 12-for-12 from the free throw line on January 4, 2018 vs. Central Washington. This was a historic win for SFU as it was their first victory over the Wildcats since the 1994-95 season. Hanson will graduate Seniors Kedar Salam (Kinesiology), JJ Pankratz (Mathematics & Kinesiology) and Iziah Sherman-Newsome (Communication) and will return 10 players from the current roster for the 2018-19 campaign.