Former Ryerson head coach Roy Rana accepts job with NBA’s Kings
TORONTO — Roy Rana is leaving his position as head coach of the Ryerson Rams men’s basketball team to join the Sacramento Kings coaching staff.
The Rams confirmed in a release Monday that Rana accepted the role of chief of staff-assistant coach with the NBA club. He will join a coaching staff led by former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton, who took over for the fired Dave Joerger in April.
Rana, 50, joined the Rams in 2009. In a decade with the U Sports team, he led the team to six appearances at the national championship tournament, including back-to-back runner-up finishes in 2017 and 2018.
The England-born, Toronto-raised Rana has extensive experience with Canada’s national program and coached a team led by R.J. Barrett to gold at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, the first world title for the nation at any level.