@cmu_blazers Athletics Director Russell Willms announced today that Scott Martin has been named the new head coach of the men’s basketball program.
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Success has followed Martin through twenty-seven years of coaching at the elite high school level at Winnipeg’s Sisler High School where the recently retired teacher co-ordinated the Pre-Employment Program while teaching high school Business since 1991.
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“These are exciting times for basketball at CMU,” stated Willms. “Scott is a leader whose mindset, drive and experience with the game is not just about coaching a team, but about building a program and engaging with players, recruits and the community. Of course our aim every season is to have our team win a NIAC championship and to develop our overall competitiveness in cross-conference Canadian competitions, but we intend to do this while growing and developing basketball in Manitoba and working with local high schools and club programs to see talented players stay in Manitoba and earn university degrees and college certifications at home. I look forward to seeing Scott’s impact as he begins his journey here.”
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Read the full story at athletics.cmu.ca.
Congratulations to Taylor Blue, fifth-year forward for the @bubobcats men’s futsal team, who is our male athlete of the week!
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Blue stepped up big this past weekend, filling in for injuries and scoring two goals in the Bobcats 6-4 semifinal win over USB Les Rouges to move on to Sunday’s championship, where they held off the CMU Blazers 2-0 to win this year’s title. •
“Taylor had his best weekend as a Bobcat, which is saying a lot because he has been outstanding for us the past five years,” said Bobcats coach Jesse Roziere.. “In the semi-final he helped set the pace of the game and added two goals in our win. In the final he played big minutes as were missing some key players from our line-up and Taylor really rose to the occasion.”
