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Gilpin served for 14 seasons as the Head Coach of the Gaiters’ Women’s
Basketball team and has a career record of 184-214. He transformed the
team into perennial league championship contenders, with appearances in
six of the last nine QUBL finals, and ten postseason appearances in the
past 11 years. In 2004, he led the Gaiters to the QUBL Championship,
their first in 13 years, and a fifth-place finish at the CIS National
Championship, the Gaiters’ highest finish since winning the title in
1984.
Gilpin is a five-time QUBL Coach of the Year, with wins in 1994-95 and
1997-98 followed by three consecutive nods from 2003 to 2005. He has
coached an All-Canadian in five of the past seven years, and coached
three QUBL Players of the Year in four years (Laure Pitfield, 2007;
Anouk Boulanger, 2006; Emilie Crofton, 2005).
Gilpin, a native of Sudbury, Ont., is a graduate of Laurentian
University, where he captained their 1990-91 team to the OUAA East
Championship and was named an OUAA East All-Star. He was an assistant
coach with the Laurentian men’s team in 1991-92 as the team won a second
straight conference championship. Gilpin came to Bishop’s in 1992-93 as
an assistant for the men’s basketball team. He was named Interim Head
Coach of the Women’s Basketball team in 1993-94, was named Head Coach in
1994-95. He has also served as the Assistant Coach of the Ontario Junior
Men’s Team in 1996, and as an Assistant Coach with the Quebec Women’s
Team at the 2005 Francophone Games. Gilpin also serves as the Intramural Sports Coordinator at Bishop's. Gilpin, his wife Jennifer and their three children reside in Lennoxville.
Rod Gilpin (2nd season)
Year
School
Position
Record
1991-92
Laurentian
Asst. Coach (M)
OUAA East Champs/ T-7th CIAU
1992-93
Bishop’s
Asst. Coach (M)
1993-94
Bishop’s
Interim Head Coach (W)
n/a, 0-12 (4th)
1994-95*
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
4-14, 2-10
(4th)
1995-96
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
4-19, 0-12
(4th)
1996-97
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
8-20, 5-15
(4th)
1997-98*
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
15-18, 10-10
(2nd)
QUBL Semifinalist
1998-99
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
14-14, 10-10
(3rd)
QUBL Semifinalist
1999-00
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
18-14, 10-10
(3rd)
QUBL Finalist
2000-01
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
12-17, 8-12
(3rd)
QUBL Finalist
2001-02
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
8-19, 3-12
(4th)
2002-03*
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
19-13, 9-6
(2nd)
QUBL Finalist
2003-04*
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
21-9, 12-4
(1st)
QUBL Champions/ 5th CIS
2004-05*
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
17-12, 11-5
(2nd)
QUBL Semifinalist
2005-06
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
17-13, 13-3
(2nd)
QUBL Finalist
2006-07
Bishop’s
17-14, 8-8
(2nd)
QUBL Finalist
2007-08
Bishop’s
Head Coach (W)
10-18, 6-10
(4th)
QUBL Semifinalist
2008-09
Bishop’s
Head Coach (M)
9-21, 5-11 (t-4th) (Note: QUBL expanded to five
teams in 2003-04.) Assistant Coaches Bryan Forsythe is entering his third season as the Gaiters' top assistant, after a career as a high school coach in New Brunswick during which he won over 900 games. He is tough, demanding and fits into the Gaiters' philosophy of getting the players to overachieve. The Forsythe family has a unique relationship to Gaiter basketball, as Brian’s two sons both graduated from Bishop’s and left their mark on the basketball program. Jamie Forsythe was a captain of the team in 1995 while Chris Forsythe was a student assistant coach on the Gaiters' 1998 National Championship team. |
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