Jamil Abiad Explained
Jamil Abiad |
Position: | Head coach |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
League: | Úrvalsdeild kvenna |
Team: | Valur |
Birth Date: | 4 July 1990 |
Nationality: | Canadian |
High School: | Colonel By (Ottawa, Ontario) |
College: | Bishop's (2010–2015) |
Career Start: | 2015 |
Career End: | 2018 |
Coach Start: | 2020 |
Years1: | 2016 |
Team1: | Hoops Club |
Years2: | 2016–2017 |
Team2: | Wellington[1] |
Years3: | 2018 |
Team3: | Tadamon Zouk |
Cyears1: | 2021–2024 |
Cteam1: | Ottawa Blackjacks (assistant) |
Cyears2: | 2022–present |
Cteam2: | Valur mens (assistant) |
Cyears3: | 2024–present |
Cteam3: | Valur womens (Head Coach) |
Highlights: | As player:
As assistant coach:
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Jamil Abiad (born 4 July 1990) is a Canadian basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Valur women's team and Lead assistant for its men's team. He played college basketball for Bishop's.
Playing career
College career
From 2010 til 2015, Abiad played for at Bishop's University.[2] [3] During his senior year, the Bishop's won the RSEQ Men's University Basketball Championship.[4] [5] During his studies at Bishop's University, Abiad competed for U Sports Nationals, where his team ranked 6th and he also received the Garth Smith Award in 2015.[6]
Professional career
Abiad joined Hoops Club in 2016 where he appeared in 12 league games.[7] [8] From 2016 to 2017, he joined Canadian Basketball League. He later played briefly for Tadamon Zouk in 2018[7] before retiring.[9]
Coaching career
He started his basketball coaching career with Ottawa Blackjacks for seasons 2021 and 2022.
Since 2022, Abiad has been appointed by Valur basketball club as head coach of the U18 and U21 team and lead assistant coach of the senior team.[10] [11] For the season, Valur won the Icelandic Cup[12] and finished with the best regular season record in the Úrvalsdeild karla[13] before losing to Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[14]
In 2016, he founded a media production company named, Next Level Media.[15] In 2018, Abiad founded NL Fitness, which is a basketball training academy. In 2019, he established a basketball organization in the Ottawa area named, Team Believe.[16] He is also the brand Ambassador for Under Armour Canada.[17] In 2021, he was featured in a 15 minutes short documentary, The Journey.
On 24 September 2023, he won the Icelandic Super Cup after Valur defeated Tindastóll 80–72.[18]
In May 2024, Abiad was hired as the head coach of Valur women's team.[19] [20]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Wellington Basketball Club Names Jackson Head Coach . 2023-09-24 . Guelph Youth Basketball Association . en.
- Web site: Evan Childerhose . 21 June 2020 . Jamil Abiad - NL Fitness: Helping Others To Score Their Basketball Dreams . 15 March 2023 . FACES Magazine . en-US.
- Web site: Noel John Alberto . 8 June 2022 . Jamil Abiad: Life As a Basketball Trainer and Growing Basketball in Canada . 15 March 2023 . . en-us.
- Web site: Rukus crowd roars as Gaiters claims 2015 RSEQ Men's University Basketball Championship. 16 June 2023 . rseq.ca.
- Web site: 6 March 2015 . Raucous crowd roars as Gaiters claim 2015 RSEQ men's basketball championship . 16 June 2023 . Bishop's University Athletics . en.
- Web site: Basketballers take home athlete of the year honours at Bishop's year-end banquet . 15 March 2023 . Bishop's University Athletics . 8 April 2015 . en.
- Web site: Jamil Abiad Player Profile, Tadamon Zouk - RealGM . realgm.com . 1 July 2023.
- Web site: How Jamil Abiad Is Helping Canada's Next Basketball Stars Be Their Best Selves . 15 March 2023 . Complex . en.
- Web site: The BlackJacks - Ottawa's Professional Basketball Team Playing In The CEBL . 15 March 2023 . www.theblackjacks.ca . en.
- Web site: Kevin Bourne. 3 November 2022 . Jamil Abiad takes on new coaching role in Iceland . 15 March 2023 . SHIFTER Magazine . en-US.
- Web site: 8 July 2020 . Jamil Abiad, Professional Basketball Trainer, Continues to Provide Premiere Training to Athletes From Canada and Abroad . 15 March 2023 . Unique News Online.
- News: Valur bikarmeistari karla í körfuknattleik . 1 July 2023 . Valur.is . 14 January 2023 . Icelandic.
- News: Valur deildarmeistari Subway deildar karla . 1 July 2023 . Valur.is . 1 April 2023 . Icelandic.
- News: Aron Elvar Finnsson . Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson . Tindastóll Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta skipti . 1 July 2023 . . 18 May 2023 . Icelandic.
- Web site: 1 October 2020 . Jamil Abiad: Life As a Basketball Trainer and Growing Basketball in Canada . 15 March 2023 . . en-us.
- Web site: NBA boycott resonates on Ottawa's local basketball courts . 15 March 2023 . ottawacitizen . en-CA.
- Web site: 21 July 2020 . Canadian International Basketball Trainer Dedicated To Bettering Youth . 15 March 2023 . Player Side of Sport by SPMA.
- News: Arnar Skúli Atlason . Leik lokið: Tindastóll - Valur 72-80 - Valsmenn meistarar meistaranna eftir sigur á Króknum . 24 September 2023 . . 24 September 2023 . Icelandic.
- News: Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson . Jamil mun stýra Val í Subway-deild kvenna á næstu leiktíð . 22 May 2024 . . 21 May 2024 . Icelandic.
- News: Gunnar Egill Daníelsson . Fólk veit ekki hvað var í gangi innan frá . 4 July 2024 . . 4 July 2024 . Icelandic.