The Department of Athletics at Ryerson University is proud to announce that Carly Clarke has been named Head Coach of the Rams women’s basketball team.

Clarke spent the last three seasons in the head coaching position at UPEI. The Halifax, N.S. native and Level III NCCP certified coach has garnered both national and international accolades working with Canada Basketball as well as various provincial sport organizations.

Clarke is the current Head Coach of the Canadian Cadet Women’s National Team and she guided the squad to a bronze medal finish at the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship. This earned the Canadians a berth at the upcoming FIBA U17 World Championship, which will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands from August 17-26.

Clarke served as an apprentice coach with Canada Basketball’s National Elite Development Academy (NEDA) in Hamilton in 2008-09 before becoming the Head Coach of the National Female Centre for Performance in Charlottetown, P.E.I. She was appointed Head Coach of the Nova Scotia training centre from 2007 to 2008 and led the Nova Scotia 15U girls provincial team to fourth place at the 2008 national championship.

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