Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Simon Fraser women’s basketball head coach Bruce Langford has been selected to the Basketball BC Hall-of-Fame.

"Bruce has had a long and distinguished career at SFU," Associate Vice President for Students Tim Rahilly said. "He's done an outstanding job recruiting while always being competitive and focusing on the student-athlete experience."

Langford (Port Coquitlam, BC) is currently in his 11th season as the head coach of the Clan, leading SFU through nine years in Canadian Interuniversity Sport before spending the last two in the GNAC.

His career record at SFU is an astonishing 276-60. During his nine years in the CIS, Langford’s teams won five Canadian national championships. He is a two-time recipient of the CIS Coach of the Year Award.

In addition to his many achievements coaching University basketball, he also has an impressive resume at the high school and provincial level.

At Hatzig Secondary School, Langford won a Provincial AA Championship in 1994 before he led Heritage Park Secondary to back-to-back AAA Provincial Championships in 2000 and 2001.

He also coached the Basketball BC women’s under-19 team to gold medals at the Canada Summer Games in 1997 and 2001.

Langford, who has won the BBBC Coach of the Year Award twice, will be inducted during ceremonies April 21 at the Langley Events Centre.