June 28, 2006
CAMPBELL NAMED HEAD COACH OF MUSTANG BASKETBALL AS BOYDELL STEPS DOWN
Craig Boydell, four-time Ontario University Athletics (OUA) coach of the year and the architect of the 1990-91 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championship squad and four OUA championships, stepped down today as Head Coach of the Western Men's Basketball team.
Long-serving assistant coach Bradley Campbell takes the reigns of the Mustangs and will serve as Head Coach for 2006-07 season.
\"Over the past two decades, Craig Boydell has strived to integrate teaching and coaching at Western. His fundamental understanding of the game of basketball provided the foundation of his success, but his ability to connect with student-athletes will be Craig's true legacy,\" says Michael Lysko, Western's Director of Sports and Recreation Services. \"We are extremely pleased that Brad has agreed to lead our program this year and look forward to seeing him put his own stamp on the Western Mustangs.\"
Boydell says, \"More than anything else in my coaching career I hope that I have proven that sport is far more than just a game in a university setting. It is about character development, and instilling values, that should be a central part of a university and life education. If a University is truly a great centre of learning, then that learning must occur well beyond the conventional classroom and sport is one of those areas that play a central role in this more inclusive view of education.\"
\"I am extremely pleased to become the new head coach of the Western Mustangs. As someone who has been a part of this program's history of excellence both as a player and coach, I am both honoured and proud to lead the Mustangs into the future,\" says Campbell.
Boydell, who was named the CIS coach of the year in 1999 after leading Western to the first of four consecutive trips to the CIS National Championships, finishes his 14-year career at Western as the all-time leader in wins by a men's basketball coach with a record of 327-122 (73% winning percentage).
The Fair Lawn, New Jersey native, who holds an honors degree from Rutgers University and his MA and Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts, remains a faculty member of Western's School of Kinesiology and will serve as a special consultant to the Western men's basketball team for the 2006-07 season.
Campbell, who has been with Western as either a player or coach since 1991-92 when he arrived on campus as a heavily sought-after recruit from Nepean High School in Ottawa, served as Acting Head Coach of the Mustangs for the 2004-05 season during Boydell's medical leave of absence.
As a rookie with the Mustangs, Campbell averaged 16 points per game and was named to the OUA West all-rookie team. A severe knee injury five games into his second season limited Campbell to spot duty for the rest of his career that ended in 1995-96.
Upon graduation, Campbell, now 34, earned his teaching certificate and currently teaches at Central High School in London.
(Source: Jeff Renaud, Western Sports Information)
Long-serving assistant coach Bradley Campbell takes the reigns of the Mustangs and will serve as Head Coach for 2006-07 season.
\"Over the past two decades, Craig Boydell has strived to integrate teaching and coaching at Western. His fundamental understanding of the game of basketball provided the foundation of his success, but his ability to connect with student-athletes will be Craig's true legacy,\" says Michael Lysko, Western's Director of Sports and Recreation Services. \"We are extremely pleased that Brad has agreed to lead our program this year and look forward to seeing him put his own stamp on the Western Mustangs.\"
Boydell says, \"More than anything else in my coaching career I hope that I have proven that sport is far more than just a game in a university setting. It is about character development, and instilling values, that should be a central part of a university and life education. If a University is truly a great centre of learning, then that learning must occur well beyond the conventional classroom and sport is one of those areas that play a central role in this more inclusive view of education.\"
\"I am extremely pleased to become the new head coach of the Western Mustangs. As someone who has been a part of this program's history of excellence both as a player and coach, I am both honoured and proud to lead the Mustangs into the future,\" says Campbell.
Boydell, who was named the CIS coach of the year in 1999 after leading Western to the first of four consecutive trips to the CIS National Championships, finishes his 14-year career at Western as the all-time leader in wins by a men's basketball coach with a record of 327-122 (73% winning percentage).
The Fair Lawn, New Jersey native, who holds an honors degree from Rutgers University and his MA and Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts, remains a faculty member of Western's School of Kinesiology and will serve as a special consultant to the Western men's basketball team for the 2006-07 season.
Campbell, who has been with Western as either a player or coach since 1991-92 when he arrived on campus as a heavily sought-after recruit from Nepean High School in Ottawa, served as Acting Head Coach of the Mustangs for the 2004-05 season during Boydell's medical leave of absence.
As a rookie with the Mustangs, Campbell averaged 16 points per game and was named to the OUA West all-rookie team. A severe knee injury five games into his second season limited Campbell to spot duty for the rest of his career that ended in 1995-96.
Upon graduation, Campbell, now 34, earned his teaching certificate and currently teaches at Central High School in London.
(Source: Jeff Renaud, Western Sports Information)
