John Campbell joined the Varsity Blues men's basketball program for the 2013-14 season after 11 years as the Dalhousie Tigers bench boss. During that time, he guided the Tigers to two AUS championship titles (2008-09, 2010-11) and earned Atlantic University Sport (AUS) coach of the year honours in 2010-11.
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Internationally, Campbell has served as an assistant coach for Team Canada at the last four of the last five FISU Summer Universiades. He helped Canada to a silver medal in Shenzhen, China in 2011, a fourth-place finish in Kazan, Russia in 2013, a seventh-place finish in Gwangju, Korea in 2015 and a sixth-place finish in Naples, Italy in 2019. He was also an assistant with the British Basketball under-20 team that placed sixth at the 2012 European championships.
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Prior to Dalhousie, Campbell was the head coach of the Laurentian Lady Vees women’s basketball team, where he captured two Ontario University Athletics (OUA) titles, a Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) bronze medal and was named the OUA East coach of the year three times (1999, 2001, 2002). He also worked as an assistant coach with both the University of Victoria (1996) and Laurentian University (1994) men’s basketball teams.
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Campbell is a graduate of the physical education program at Laurentian University, where he was a two-time provincial all-star during a successful playing career.
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John Campbell Coaching Record at U of T
*as of April 2022 - updated following each season.
| Year |
League |
Exhibition |
Playoffs |
Total |
| 2021-22 |
5-10 |
3-3 |
0-0 |
8-13 |
| 2020-21 |
No Season - COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019-20 |
5-17 |
3-4 |
0-0 |
8-21 |
| 2018-19 |
7-16 |
2-4 |
0-0 |
9-20 |
| 2017-18 |
13-10 |
4-5 |
0-1 |
17-16 |
| 2016-17 |
11-8 |
6-6 |
1-1 |
18-15 |
| 2015-16 |
5-14 |
4-5 |
0-1 |
9-20 |
| 2014-15 |
6-13 |
3-5 |
0-1 |
9-19 |
| 2013-14 |
4-18 |
5-3 |
0-0 |
9-21 |
| TOTAL: |
56-106 |
30-35 |
1-4 |
87-145 |
