Basketball BC Hall of Fame Coach Rich Chambers

On the next installment of Interviews with Anthony Beyrouti, we had the distinct privilege of sitting down with one of the greatest coaches in Basketball BC history, Rich Chambers.   Chambers, a Port Moody native, coached the Centennial Cenaturs Sr. Boys for 17 seasons before moving on to coach both the girls and boys programs at Terry Fox on and off for the past 20+ years.  Chambers has also taken his coaching talents to the University level coaching briefly with the UBC Men's & Women's programs, SFU Men's program, and the University of Victoria Women's program where he served as Head Coach from 2011-2012.   Chambers has also been a fixture in the Jr. Women's National team program with Canada Basketball coaching various squads at the FISU Games and other international competitions.  Chambers has won many coaching awards including the Tom Tagami Award (2008), B.C. High School Coach of the Year (2003, 1985) and Gary Scott Award for coaching excellence (1998).   Chambers, who has been teaching in B.C. since 1973, also served as B.C.'s Technical Reference for Basketball B.C./Canada Basketball and the Head Coach of the Centre of Performance for Canada Basketball. He is a graduate of SFU with a BA in education, majoring in history and geography.