McGill University Athletics

(updated April 22, 2020)

David DeAveiro (pronounced deh-VEERO) was appointed head coach of the McGill University men's basketball team in May, 2010 after a stellar playing and coaching career with the Ottawa Gee-Gees.

The 2019-20 campaign was his 19th season as a university head coach and his 10th year at McGill. He owns a combined career coaching record of 409-264 in 673 games overall (.608) with Ottawa and McGill. The 56-year-old native of Toronto has guided Ottawa and McGill to a combined eight appearances at the Final Eight championship tournament, including McGill's first five showings on a national stage since 1978.

"Coach D" has won nine coach-of-the-year awards in his 19 previous seasons, including three in the OUA East (2006, 2007, 2010) and six in the RSEQ conference (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).

During his previous 10 years at McGill, DeAveiro posted a 199-137 record in 336 games overall (.592), including a 186-90 mark (.674) against U SPORTS opponents and a stellar 116-44 record (.725) in regular season play.

With the Gee-Gees, he was the team's all-time leader in coaching wins, posting an impressive  210-127 record overall (.623), including a 132-66 mark in league play (.667). He guided Ottawa to three appearances at the Final Eight tourney.

He has also had an extensive coaching history as an assistant coach with numerous Canadian national teams, including the men's senior, development and junior levels.

In the summer of 2018, he was an assistant on the Canadian squad -- composed of university seniors – that won silver at the Commonwealth Games in Australia. In June 2019, he was also on staff with the national development team that split a two-game series with China at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto.  
 
DeAveiro spent six summers as head coach of the Canadian cadet program, which finished fifth at the 2016 FIBA U-17 world championships in Spain, second at the 2015 FIBA Americas U-16 championship in Argentina, sixth at the 2014 FIBA U-17 world championship in Dubai, third at the 2013 FIBA Americas U-16 tourney in Uruguay and fifth at the 2012 FIBA U-17 world championship in Lithuania.

He also served as an assistant coach with the national hoops squad at the 2011 PanAm Games in Mexico, the 2009 FIBA world junior championship in New Zealand, the 2008 FIBA Americas under-18 championship in Argentina, the 2007 FISU Summer Games in Bangkok and a 2003 pre-Olympic tourney in China.

He also had a coaching stint at the Nike NBA Americas team camp in September, 2012. 

A graduate of both the University of Ottawa (BSoc '89) and Brock University (BEd '92), DeAveiro spent 19 years with the Gee-Gees, including five seasons as a player (1984 to 1989), five as an assistant coach (1990 to 1995) and nine as head coach (2001 to 2010). In his final year with the Gee-Gees, he guided Ottawa to an 18-4 second-place finish in the OUA East, only two wins shy of the OUA champion Carleton Ravens.

Before becoming a head coach, DeAveiro also had an assistant coaching stint at Humber College, where the Hawks captured a CCAA national title in 2001. He returned to the Gee-Gees as head coach in 2001-02, after they had missed the playoffs for two straight years and subsequently guided them to nine straight post-season appearances, including trips to the CIS championship tourney in 2005, 2007 and 2009.

During his CIS playing career, the 6-foot-1 point-guard, scored 1,010 career points with the Gee-Gees.

In 2006 he founded the Ottawa Next Level Basketball Academy, an elite basketball club, where young male and female student-athletes could build on their basketball fundamentals through the instruction and training of quality coaches in a fun basketball environment.

Coach DeAveiro has also served as the technical director of the Kanata Youth Basketball Association (KYBA).  For seven years, he was the camp director for KYBA and Goulbourn Basketball Association basketball summer camps.  He provides Coaches Clinics and skills development sessions to local basketball associations and has been invited to over 30 school assemblies to deliver presentations to the student body.

In establishing the DeAveiro Hoop Skills summer camp, his aim was to provide age-appropriate training programs that encourage skill development through positive reinforcement and inspire players of all ages to reach their maximum potential.

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McGILL BASKETBALL HEAD COACHES (1901-present)

 

SEASONS          NAME                      CHAMPIONSHIPS

1901-18           (UNAVAILABLE)           Wilson Cup champions (09-10, 11-12, 13-14, 14-15)

1918-21           Art Walsh

1921-22           George Fox                 Wilson Cup champions (1921-22)

1922-45           F.M. Van Wagner         Wilson Cup champions (22-23, 30-31, 31-32, 32-33, 33-34, 38-39)

1945-46           L. Davies

1946-47           Art Shama

1947-49           Howie Ryan

1949-51           Moe Abramowitz

1951-58           Joe Anderson

1958-65           Ron Sharpe

1965-71           Tom Mooney

1971-74           Sam Wimsner             QUAA champions (1971-72)

1974-83           Butch Staples             QUAA champions (1976-77, 1978-79)

1983-84           Eddie Pomykala          QUAA champions (1983-84)

1984-91           Ken Schildroth            QUAA champions (1984-85 & 1985-86)

1991-92           Nevio Marzinotto

1992-00           Ken Schildroth

2000-04           Nevio Marzinotto

2004-10           Craig Norman

2010-20           Dave DeAveiro            RSEQ champs ('13,'14,'16,'17,'18); U SPORTS Tourney (5th, 7th, 7th, 4th, 4th)
 

McGILL BASKETBALL HEAD COACHING RECORDS (1901-present)

(UPDATED:  April 22, 2020)