Jay Triano

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Howard James "Jay" Triano (born September 21, 1958) is a Canadian basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously served as the associate head coach of the Sacramento Kings, and as the head coach of the NBA's Toronto Raptors and Phoenix Suns. A former Canada national team player who competed in two Olympics, he has also had two stints as head coach of the national team. Triano was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario and raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario, where he attended A. N. Myer Secondary School. He is of Italian descent through his great-grandfather, who landed on Ellis Island, then made his way to Welland, Ontario. His younger brother Jeff was a draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1982 NHL entry draft, after playing OHL hockey for the Toronto Marlboros. Brady Heslip, his nephew and son of his sister Jody, played basketball at Baylor University and as of 2016 played for the Canada national team. As a student at Simon Fraser University, the 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m), 194-pound (88 kg) Triano broke or equalled eleven school men's basketball records, including having the most career points with 2,616. At Simon Fraser, he befriended Canadian athlete and activist Terry Fox. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 1981 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers, but was cut during training camp and never played in the NBA.