Scott Edwards Three-Time Canada West Coach of the Year Hosted by Anthony Beyrouti

On this episode of Interviews with Anthony Beyrouti, we had the chance to sit down with three-time Canada West Coach of the Year, Scott Edwards.   Edwards, the current Head Coach of the University of Alberta Pandas has, had an impressive fifteen-year coaching career which has led him to one CIS Silver Medal (2007), one CIS Bronze Medal (2009) and six Canada West Bronze Medals (2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016).   After a season and a half as the Interim head coach, Scott Edwards officially became the Pandas basketball head coach on February 15, 2008, replacing 15-year coach and former Pandas All-Star Trix Baker.   Edwards grew up on Vancouver Island in Duncan, B.C., where he played competitive basketball during his high school days.    In 1993 Edwards moved to Edmonton, where he completed a Bachelors degree in Education at the U of A in 1997, though he chose not to try out for Coach Don Horwood’s Golden Bears hoop program while completing his studies.    Upon graduation Edwards became a teacher with Edmonton Public Schools at Britannia Junior High, teaching Social Studies and coaching both boys and girls basketball.    He became assistant coach for the ACAC Concordia University College Thunder in the fall of 1999 and assumed head coaching duties the following year.    Over the seven-year existence of the Concordia Thunder women’s basketball program under Edwards, the team improved it’s conference record each year, finally winning the ACAC title in spring 2005 and taking the ultimate prize, a CCAA national championship title with a thrilling 86-63 victory over College of the Fraser Valley at SAIT in Calgary on March 19, 2005.   For his efforts Scott was named 2004-05 ACAC Coach of the Year and two of his team members were selected as All-Canadians.   Scott has coached various teams and shared his knowledge at many coaching clinics and in other coaching positions; Assistant Coach – Basketball Alberta Juvenile Provincial Team (2004 & 2005), Head Coach – Basketball Alberta Juvenile Provincial Team (2006 & 2007), Basketball Alberta Regional Training Centre (2005-06).   His Alberta Juvenile squad took silver at the 2004 national championship in Regina, and his team garnered silver at the 2005 Canada Games held at the University of Regina.   In his first year he guided the Pandas to the CIS national final and within five points of their first national title since 1998-1999, winning a silver medal and the CIS Coach of the Year Award in the process.   Bio courtesy of: https://www.ualberta.ca/athletics/tea...