Tamara Tathan joined the Varsity Blues coaching staff as a full-time assistant in June, 2017. The two-time Olympian played with the Canadian senior women's national basketball team from 2007-16. Her national career encompasses two Olympic Games, attending both the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, two Pan American Games, six FIBA Americas championships and two FIBA world championships. Most notably, she helped team Canada to a gold medal from the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games, where the Red and White defeated the United States, 81-73, to claim the first ever Pan Am gold medal in basketball, men or women.
Prior to her time with the senior women's national team, Tatham's basketball career blossomed at the University of Massachusetts (2004-2007). Named team captain in her final two seasons, she became just the 11th player in program history to surpass 1,000 career points.
Tatham earned a bachelor's degree in sports management and interned with the UMass athletics department. After graduation, Tatham traveled overseas playing with various international clubs from 2008-2017 including Lappenranta Catz (Finland), Halle Lions (Germany), Piestanske Cajky (Slovakia), Townsville Fire (Australia), and Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia).
