Indo-Canadian coach Roy Rana joins Sacramento Kings coaching staff


The Sacramento Kings' roots with the international Indian community continue to get deeper.

Roy Rana, the Canadian who is probably the highest-profile Indian-origin basketball coach in the world, has just been hired as one of the assistant coaches by the Kings. Rana will populate a bench of coaches led by Sacramento's newly-hired head coach, Luke Walton, who coached the Los Angeles Lakers last season.

Rana, 50, has coached the Ryerson University men's basketball team (Toronto) since 2009, guiding the Rams to six appearances at the U SPORTS national championship tournament. He also serves as the head coach of Canada's U18 and U19 national men teams. In 2017, he helped Canada to a gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup.

Rana was born in Wolverhampton in England, to parents from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, before moving to Canada when he was just a year old.

The Kings have made more connections with the global Indian population than any other NBA team. Their owner, Vivek Ranadive, is the only Indian-born owner in the league. In 2015, they played the Canadian Sim Bhullar, making him the first player of Indian-origin to play NBA minutes. This year, the Kings will become the first NBA team to play a preseason game in India, facing the Indiana Pacers in October in Mumbai. Rana will now likely make this trip along with Walton and the rest of this exciting, young squad.

According to Sam Amick, the Kings also added Bob Beyer (formerly OKC) and Jesse Mermuys (Lakers) to their coaching staff.

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