Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is the new coach of Canada’s men’s basketball team.
Canada Basketball announced the hiring Monday, less than two weeks after Nurse guided the Raptors to their first NBA championship.
Gordie Herbert, one of three Canadian head coaches during a successful 12-game Americas qualifying run for this year’s World Cup in China, has been named an associate coach.
The 51-year-old Nurse has international basketball experience as an assistant with Britain at the 2012 London Olympics.
He spent 11 seasons coaching in Europe, mostly in the British Basketball League.