GNAC Men's Basketball

Coaches Phone & E-Mail Directory

School	Head Coach	Phone	E-Mail
Alaska Anchorage	Rusty Osborne	907-786-1042	CoachOz@uaa.alaska.edu
Alaska Fairbanks	Clem Johnson	907-474-6636	clemon.johnson@alaska.edu
Central Washington	Greg Sparling	509-963-1926	sparling@cwu.edu
Montana State Billings	George Pfeifer	406-657-2371	gpfeifer@msubillings.edu
Northwest Nazarene	Tim Hills	208-467-8400	tphills@nnu.edu
Saint Martin's	Keith Cooper	360-438-4551	kcooper@stmartin.edu
Seattle Pacific	Ryan Looney	206-281-2963	looner@spu.edu
Simon Fraser	James Blake	778-782-3177	jdblake@sfu.ca
Western Oregon	Craig Stanger	503-838-8068	stangec@wou.edu
Western Washington	Brad Jackson	360-650-3024	brad.jackson@wwu.edu

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Simon Fraser Hires James Blake As New Coach

James Blake

James Blake has been named the new head coach of the men's basketball team at Simon Fraser University. Blake is the sixth head coach in the 45-year history of men's basketball at SFU. He replaces Scott Clark, who resigned in May.

"We are extremely pleased to have James Blake join the Simon Fraser University athletics family," said SFU Senior Director of Athletics Dr. David Murphy.

"It's an exciting time for the men's basketball program, and the breadth of James' playing and coaching experience matches perfectly with our department as we transition into NCAA Division II and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference."

Last season Blake was the associate head coach at Columbia College. Prior to that opportunity, Blake spent two seasons as an assistant coach helping California State University, Northridge (NCAA Division I) win two Big West Titles, and earned an NCAA Tournament first round appearance against Memphis in 2009.

Before moving to Northridge, Blake served as the head assistant men's basketball coach at California State Stanislaus.

"I can't wait to get started," said Blake. "I'm extremely excited to have this opportunity. I've talked to the majority of returning players and to the incoming players and I look forward to working with each of them."

Blake hails from Victoria and played collegiately at Brandon (1995-97) and for the University of Victoria (1998-2000). Blake graduated from Victoria with a B.A. degree in History, and later graduated from the Masters Coaching Program at The National Coaching Institution in Victoria.

"Recruiting is my number one priority right now, I will be all over Canada and the U.S. during the July recruiting period, as well as burning the phone lines to chase down players," says Blake.

"I have coached Canadian players in the U.S. and they have all said that if there was an NCAA school in Canada they would have loved the opportunity to stay at home and play NCAA basketball in Canada."