By Canadian Press

Former Ryerson head coach Roy Rana accepts job with NBA’s Kings

Jun 3, 2019 | 11:20 AM

TORONTO — Roy Rana is leaving his position as head coach of the Ryerson Rams men’s basketball team to join the Sacramento Kings coaching staff.

The Rams confirmed in a release Monday that Rana accepted the role of chief of staff-assistant coach with the NBA club. He will join a coaching staff led by former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton, who took over for the fired Dave Joerger in April.

Rana, 50, joined the Rams in 2009. In a decade with the U Sports team, he led the team to six appearances at the national championship tournament, including back-to-back runner-up finishes in 2017 and 2018.

The England-born, Toronto-raised Rana has extensive experience with Canada’s national program and coached a team led by R.J. Barrett to gold at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, the first world title for the nation at any level.

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“We are thrilled for coach Rana,” Ryerson said in the release. “His appointment to the Kings organization is not only a reflection of his hard work and success at Ryerson, but is also a testament to the quality athletic programming at our university.”

The Kings finished ninth in the Western Conference standings in 2018-19, nine games out of a playoff spot.

The Canadian Press