One night. Five championship-caliber coaches. A brain trust of Canadian basketball, in one gym. 

We're bringing together five of the most accomplished men's basketball coaches in the country — four U SPORTS head coaches from Victoria to Windsor, Waterloo to Vancouver, plus the winningest head coach in CEBL history — for an evening built for coaches who want to get better. Whether you run a youth program, coach at the high school or club level, or you're an aspiring bench boss looking to sharpen your craft, this clinic is a rare chance to learn directly from the people leading Canada's top programs. 

Expect real talk on skill development, team culture, offensive and defensive systems, player development, and what it actually takes to build a winning program — followed by the kind of Q&A you don't get anywhere else.

The Lineup 

Murphy Burnatowski 

University of Victoria (Canada West) 

A national champion head coach and one of the fastest-rising names in Canadian basketball. In his debut season (2024–25), Burnatowski led UVic to a perfect 20–0 conference record and the U SPORTS national title — the program's first since 1997 — earning Coach of the Year honours at both the Canada West and national levels. He backed it up in 2025–26 with a Canada West Championship and a U SPORTS national bronze medal. A former Canadian national team player who represented his country at the junior, university and senior levels, Burnatowski also starred in the NCAA (Maine, then Colgate) and played a decade professionally across Europe, Asia and the CEBL before turning to coaching. 

Chris Cheng 

University of Windsor (OUA) 

One of the deepest Canada Basketball résumés in the U SPORTS coaching ranks. Cheng is the head coach of Canada's U16 Men's National Team — guiding them to a silver medal at the 2023 FIBA U16 Americas Championship and returning to lead the program at the FIBA U16 AmeriCup — and has held roles across Canada's men's national high-performance program since 2013, including as an assistant coach at the FIBA U17 World Cup. At the provincial level, his Ontario teams captured back-to-back national titles and he was named a provincial coach of the year. At the university level, Cheng has led the Windsor Lancers to a West Division championship, an OUA Final Four, and a return to the U SPORTS Top 10 — after first building the Nipissing program from the ground up as its inaugural head coach. 

Phil Jalalpoor 

University of British Columbia (Canada West) 

An Olympian turned rising head coach. Named UBC's head coach in 2026, Jalalpoor led the Thunderbirds to a 15–5 conference record and a run to both the Canada West Final and the U SPORTS Final 8. As a player, he was a Canada West All-Star point guard and one of UBC's most decorated graduates before a professional career across Spain, Austria, Iceland, and Germany — and a spot representing Iran at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he matched up against NBA stars like Kevin Durant and Damian Lillard. He most recently spent time on the Toronto Raptors' staff as a guest coach during NBA Summer League. 

Troy Stevenson 

University of Waterloo (OUA) 

A program-builder with a rare blend of university and professional pedigree. As a lead assistant coach with the Niagara River Lions of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), Stevenson has been part of back-to-back league championship teams (2024 and 2025) — pro-level success he brings straight back to his university bench. At Waterloo, he has transformed a long-struggling program into an OUA playoff team, restoring the Warriors to postseason contention. A former Warrior and University of Waterloo Chemical Engineering graduate, he pairs an analytical, systems-first approach with a relentless focus on player and program development. 

Victor Raso 

Niagara River Lions (CEBL) 

The most successful head coach in CEBL history — and a winner everywhere he goes. Raso built the Niagara River Lions into back-to-back CEBL Champions (2024 and 2025) as the league's longest-tenured and winningest bench boss. As Director of Basketball at Ridley College, he has also led the prep program to an Ontario provincial championship (2025) and Ridley's first-ever national prep championship (2026). Before the pro ranks, he won three national titles at Carleton — two as team captain and one as an assistant alongside coaching legend Dave Smart. A relentless competitor and culture-builder, Raso offers a pro coach's perspective on winning at every level. 

Why Attend 

Learn directly from coaches at the top of the Canadian university and professional game 

Insights spanning skill development, systems, culture, and program-building 

Perspectives from across two U SPORTS conferences and the pro ranks 

Live Q&A — bring your questions 

Connect with fellow coaches from the community 

Event Details 

Date:   Wednesday, October 14th 

Time:   7:00 – 9:00 PM 

Cost:   $30 

Seats are limited. Register today and spend an evening learning from five of the best minds in Canadian basketball.