U of S women’s basketball coach headed to Olympics
It was a Canada Day to remember for the national women’s basketball team, but there are bound to be plenty more big moments later this month as they head to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The national team qualified in Ankara, Turkey in the last possible birth on the last possible day, which just happened to be Canada Day.
Lisa Thomaidis, women's basketball coach for the University of Saskatchewan, has been the assistant coach for the Canadian national team since 2001, along with head coach Allison McNeil and assistant coach Mike McNeill.
She joined the coaching staff a year after the team’s last Olympic appearance, so this summer will be her first experience with the games.