Debbie Huband

Deborah Ellen Huband[1] (born 5 September 1956) is a Canadian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]

Debbie Huband
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1956-09-05) 5 September 1956
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sport
SportBasketball
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Basketball
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place1979 Mexico City

Playing career

As a basketball player at Bishop's University, she set a U Sports single-game scoring record (since broken) with 50 points in a game during the 1981-82 season.[3]

With the Bishop's Gaiters women's basketball' program, she was part of three consecutive QUAA titles (1977-80), complemented by selections to the CIAU All-Canadian team twice, along with recognition as the Bishop's Female Athlete of the Year three times.[4]

Canadian national team

As a member of the Canadian national basketball team, she served as team captain from 1979 to 1986.[4] Debbie Huband was a member of the bronze medal winning teams at the 1979 and 1987 Pan American Games.[5]

Coaching career

As the UBC Thunderbirds women's basketball head coach, Huband captured three national titles (2003-04, '05-06, '07-08), winning the Bronze Baby, and four conference championships (2006-07, '07-08, '11-12, '14-15).[6] On 11 January 2020, Huband captured her 338th regular season coaching win in Canada West Universities Athletic Association play, as the Thunderbirds prevailed over the Trinity Western Spartans by a 100-57 mark.[7] With the win, she eclipsed former University of Victoria head coach Kathy Shields for the all-time wins record in Canada West women's basketball.[8]

Awards and honors
  • 1978 CIS Championship MVP: Deb Huband[9]
  • 1994 inductee - Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame[10]
  • 1995 inductee - Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame[11]
  • 1995 Inductee - Bishop's University Wall of Distinction[12]
  • 2003-04 Canada West Coach of the Year
  • 2003-04 Peter Ennis Award awarded to the U Sports Coach of the Year [13]
  • 2017 inductee - Basketball BC Hall of Fame[14]
  • 2018 Sport BC In Her Footsteps Honouree[15]
  • Top 100 U Sports women's basketball Players of the Century (1920-2020).[16]

References
  1. "Deborah 'Debbie' Ellen Huband". Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Debbie Huband Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. Howard Tsumura (27 January 2017). "Howard Tsumura: Longevity, excellence mark the career of UBC basketball coach Deb Huband". theprovince.com/. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. Marty Rourke (11 March 2020). "Four Gaiters named among U SPORTS Top 100 Women's Basketball Players of the Century". Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  5. "BIOGRAPHY Deborah HUBAND". olympics.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. Stu Walters (27 April 2021). "Honouring a distinguished era as Deb Huband enters retirement". gothunderbirds.ca/. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  7. "Huband makes history as T-Birds top Spartans". gothunderbirds.ca/. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  8. Cleeve Denshaw (15 January 2020). "UBC Thunderbirds' coaches in a class of their own". timescolonist.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  9. "U SPORTS MAJOR AWARD WINNERS". buathleticshistory. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  10. "Debbie Huband - Athlete". basketball.ca/. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  11. "Deborah 'Debbie' Ellen Huband". ottawasporthalloffame.ca/. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  12. "Wall of Distinction: Debbie Huband". gaiters.ca/. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  13. Martin Cleary (7 May 2021). "HIGH ACHIEVERS: Deb Huband retiring after illustrious basketball coaching career with UBC Thunderbirds". ottawasportspages.ca/. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  14. Marcus Yun (17 February 2017). "UBC coach Deb Huband to be inducted into the Basketball BC hall of fame". ubyssey.ca/. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  15. "SPORT BC ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS AT THE 52ND AWARD GALA". viasport.ca. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  16. "U SPORTS unveils Top 100 women's basketball players of the century". saltwire.com. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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