Chris King named ACAC Coach of the Year - North Division
On Wednesday February 28th at SAIT in Calgary, Chris King was announced as the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference 2017-2018 Women's Basketball Coach of the Year for the North Division. This prestigious award was presented to King at the 2017-18 ACAC Women's Basketball Championships Banquet.
Coach King is in his tenth season as head coach of the women's basketball team at Lakeland College. In the 2017-2018 season, under King's leadership, the team improved on its 2016– 2017 12 and 12 record and posted a 16 and 8 regular season record. 10 of the student athletes on this season's team have less than two years of post-secondary experience and improved significantly over the year.
This is the third time in the last decade that Coach King has been selected by his peers for the Coach of the Year award. "Coach King has worked hard to build a successful women's basketball program for a better part of a decade at Lakeland and it is great to see his efforts acknowledged by his peers and rewarded by the Conference" commented Lakeland Athletic Director Alan Rogan.