Image: Chilliwack Basketball Association / Chilliwack Basketball Association says it is excited to welcome longtime university basketball coach and Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Coach Pam Danis to Chilliwack.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Chilliwack Basketball Association

Chilliwack Basketball Association welcomes Hall of Fame coach to its ranks

Oct 31, 2024 | 11:53 AM

CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Basketball Association says it is excited to welcome longtime university basketball coach and Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Coach Pam Danis to Chilliwack.

In a social media statement, Chilliwack Basketball Association says Coach Danis recently moved to Chilliwack and is excited to work with Chilliwack players to help grow the culture of girls basketball in the community.

“Coach Danis will be a guest coach coming up for Skills Sessions, Camps and a mentor coach to our young coaches,” the association said.

Danis led the Winnipeg Wesmen to three CIS (now U-Sports) championships during her playing days and spent 12 years (2000-12) as head coach at Manitoba.

She was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in the team category. At Manitoba, Danis was a faculty member in the Faculty of Kinesiology. For three of those years, she served as the president of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

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While at the helm in Manitoba, Danis created a “Running with the Bison” outreach platform for indigenous youth at the Skownan First Nation. For her outreach efforts, Danis was presented with the University of Manitoba’s community service award in 2008. Danis’ leadership was recognized again in 2017 with a ‘Leading Women, Building Communities’ award from the Ontario provincial government.

Danis completed her Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Winnipeg and has taught in both the public and independent school systems.

She will be entrusted with working with Chilliwack Basketball’s Grade 6 girls team, along with offering a high school girls session Wednesday evenings for all Chilliwack girls players in Grades 8-12.

“As an educator and mother, Danis is passionate advocate for women in sport. She continually embraces opportunities to grow, develop, and engage not only herself, but those around her,” Chilliwack Basketball Association said. “Welcome to Chilliwack, Coach Danis! Excited to have you be part of the basketball community and help us grow the game of basketball in Chilliwack!”