Dianna Ros was appointed a full-time associate coach with the McGill Martlets basketball program in August, 2021.
The appointment marked a return to her alma mater for a two-time all-star who helped lead the Martlets to five consecutive conference championships.
Ros, 29, is a fluently bilingual native of St. Laurent, Que., who graduated from McGill in 2014 with a science degree in physical therapy. She then completed a master's degree in the same field, which led to a physiotherapist position at several Montreal-area clinics.
Her coaching career began in 2017 as an assistant with the Basketball Québec under-15 program and since then, spent four years as an assistant at Vanier College. Most recently, she was appointed bench boss of the Québec U-15 squad.
Ros played five seasons at McGill, from 2011 to 2016, where the Martlets won the league championship every year, the team's first conference titles since 1996. She served as a co-captain in her last two seasons and guided the Martlets to a silver medal finish at Nationals in her fourth year.
In 2013, she played with the Canadian national development team at the FISU Summer Games in Kazan, Russia, in addition to a stint with the Quebec provincial team at the worldwide Francophone Games in Nice, France..
During her freshman campaign, Ros earned RSEQ and CIS all-rookie honours, in addition to being named as the Quebec conference rookie of the year. She also merited second-team all-star status in each of her final two seasons. In 69 career regular season contests with the Martlets, the 5-foot-7 point-guard tallied a school record 235 assists in addition to 81 steals.
During her time at McGill, Ros was a multiple bursary recipient from the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence, including awards for recruitment, athletic excellence and perseverance for overcoming adversity. In her final season as a player, Ros was the co-recipient of the McGill Martlets Leadership Award, presented to the player who best exemplifies the characteristics and qualities of being a member of the team. After graduating, she gave back to the program by initiating a financial assistance award for a needy player.
Ros began playing organized basketball at the high school level with Ecole Secondaire de Saint-Laurent, where the Express won a civil league championship in her final year. She then played for the Québec U-17 provincial team under (McGill) head coach
Ryan Thorne. At the CEGEP level, Ros starred for College Montmorency, where she helped lead the Nomades to a perfect 25-0 season in 2010-11, en route to a Canadian Collegiate Athletics Association national championship under head coach
Guillaume Giroux.
