Kaleb canales biography of alberta
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The Calgary Surge have a new head coach for 2025 — one who comes with superstar referrals.
It’s Kaleb Canales, the current associate head coach of the Dallas Mavericks’ NBA G League affiliate Texas legender, as announced Thursday bygd the Canadian Elite Basketball League club.
The 46-year-old Canales joins the Surge with a rik history coaching in the world’s premier roundball league.
Canales began his professional coaching career as an assistant with the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, eventually serving as the team’s interim head coach for 23 games during the 2011-12 season. The promotion made him the youngest active head coach in the NBA and the first Mexican-American coach in league history.
“I am honoured to join the Calgary Surge, an organization whose commitment to överlägsen kvalitet eller utmärkt prestation and core values align with my own,” Canales said. “Throughout this entire recruitment process, the basketball operations leadership of the Surge was among the best I’ve encountered in professiona
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Surge turn to longtime NBA assistant Kaleb Canales to coach up CEBL talent
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The Calgary Surge have a new head coach for 2025 — one who comes with superstar referrals.
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It’s Kaleb Canales, the current associate head coach of the Dallas Mavericks’ NBA G League affiliate Texas Legends, as announced Thursday by the Canadian Elite Basketball League club.
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The 46-year-old Canales joins the Surge with a rich history coaching in the world’s premier roundball league.
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“We could not be more excited to have such an experienced and talented individual like Coach Canales join our team this season,” said Surge GM Shane James. “Rosters in the CEBL experience substantial turnover each season, and that has emboldened our o
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Calgary Surge
Basketball team in Alberta, Canada
The Calgary Surge is a Canadian professional basketball team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, that competes in the Canadian Elite Basketball League since 2023. They relocated from Guelph, where they were known as the Guelph Nighthawks. They were renamed and rebranded as the Calgary Surge.[2] The team plays at home at WinSport Event Centre.
History
[edit]On August 17, 2022, it was announced that the Guelph Nighthawks would be relocated to Calgary. The franchise plays home games at Winsport Event Centre. On October 19, 2022, they were officially named the Calgary Surge.[3] The Surge played their first game on 27, May 2023 against the Edmonton Stingers, a 74-70 victory.[4] For the 2023 CEBL Season the Surge finished with a 12-8 record and first in the Western Conference. In the playoffs the Surge defeated the Edmonton Stingers and the Vancouver Bandits to earn a berth in the championship final a