Tom Oliveri took over the reins of the men’s basketball program for the 2010-11 season after previous head coach Bob Bain retired following an illustrious 37-year career with the Lions. Oliveri was named the full-time permanent replacement for the team in February 2011.
Prior to taking over as head coach of the program, Oliveri spent 13 years as an assistant with the team and one season as the head coach while Bain was on sabbatical.
In addition to his work with the Lions, Oliveri is currently the head coach (Ontario Central Region) for Canada Basketball’s Centre for Performance (CP). He is also the head coach of basketball development for the York South Silver Knights basketball club and is a certified teacher with the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
A former York University student at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, Oliveri holds a master’s degree in kinesiology and coaching. Before coming to work with the Lions, he coached and taught for eight years at Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School, where his teams won seven TDCAA championships, an OFSAA bronze medal and two end-of-season top 10 national rankings.
As a head coach of the U17 Ontario men’s provincial team, Oliveri led Ontario to back-to-back gold medals at the Canadian Juvenile National Championship in 2002 and 2003. A certified master course conductor / master learning facilitator and Level 4/5 certified, he holds the formal designation of a Chartered Professional Coach (ChPC).
