Men’s Basketball
Coaching Staff
Nathan Ruff
Head Coach, Men’s Basketball
nathan.ruff@stmu.ca
Abdell Farag
Ass’t Coach, Men’s Basketball
Paul Bagnall
Ass’t Coach, Men’s Basketball
Kristin Streed
Athletic Therapist
Entering into his 5th season as the head coach of the Lightning, Coach Ruff brings 10 years post secondary coaching experience with him along with another 9 years of experience at the High School level. Over his tenure Ruff has preached roster integrity and retention as the backbone of success for the program. With continued success each and every season the Lightning are in great position to have the best season of any Lightning program to date.
Coach Ruff is a certified Train to Train coach with the NCCP program and is working towards completing his Train to Compete certification.
Latest Men’s Basketball News
Lightning Playoff Recap
The Lightning Women's basketball program made its sixth consecutive trip back to championships this week and last night squared off against the NAIT Ooks in quarter finals action. The Lightning were well prepared for the [...]
Lightnings’ 8-player roster shines
With only eight players on the roster for the second half of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) women's basketball 2019-2020 regular season, no one on the St. Mary's University Lightning should be complaining about [...]
Ending the Stigma
“Knowing that we are there for each other can be an incredible strength.” – Nathan Ruff The Classroom Building at St. Mary’s University was buzzing on Jan 29 for Bell Let’s Talk Day, an initiative [...]
