TORONTO — Jay Triano’s long term as head coach of Canada’s men’s basketball team has come to an end. The 60-year-old confirmed Sunday night that he’d withdrawn his name from the ongoing coaching search for “personal reasons.”The Canadian team is without a coach ahead of the 2019 FIBA World Cup that begins Aug. 31 in China. The World Cup is the main qualifier for the 2020 Toyko Olympics. He left the program in 2005 but returned as head coach in 2012, and served as head coach through last summer, guiding Canada through one of the World Cup qualifying windows before joining the Charlotte Hornets as an assistant coach. Both Rana and Herbert coached Canada in World Cup qualifying, Rana coaching in four of the windows and Herbert in one.

Source: National Post March 25, 2019 02:17 UTC