Cruickshank joins the Blues coaching staff in 2013-14 after one season as the Brock Badgers men's basketball assistant coach. He graduated with a bachelor of arts and played for two seasons for the Badgers, where he was a two-time team captain and the squad's most valuable player in 2010-11. Prior to that, Cruickshank enjoyed three successful seasons at Humber College, where he twice won the OCAA championship title.
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Cruickshank has served as a head coach, guest instructor, trainer and motivational speaker at numerous camps across Eastern Ontario, such as Elite Basketball, Brock University, Niagara College, SD Training, Richmond Hill Silver Knights, Tornades de Longueuil and Eastern Commerce H.S.
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Off the court, he has served as a personal trainer at Brock University and started his own company in 2010, Mike Cruickshank Personal Training, assisting athletes with off-court workouts and conditioning to enhance their basketball game.
