Michele Belanger
Head Coach

Michele Belanger, now in her 31st season as Varsity Blues Head Coach, is a veteran of national and international competition as both a player and coach.  Belanger has coached for Canada at all levels of international competition.  She was the Head Coach of the Junior National Team for several years  and the 1997 Student Games Team that won five of six games at the FISU Games in Sicily. 

Fluent in French and English, Belanger was an interpreter at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.  In the summer of 1986, she gave a series of coaching clinics in Africa at the invitation of the Department of External Affairs.

She was OUA Coach of the Year in

'80-'81,'81-'82,'93-'94,'96-'97,'99-'00 & '07-'08.

Jim Henderson
Assistant Coach

Jim is entering his 14'th season with the Blues program.  He has 30 years of experience as a high school basketball coach, winning 15 high school league championships.  As Head Coach of the Humber College Women's Basketball Team for 9 years, Jim received 4 OCAA Coach of the Year awards, 2 CCAA Coaching Excellence awards, as well as 3 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze OCAA medals. In 2006 he was inducted into the Humber Hall of Fame. Jim coached the Ontario Provincial Juvenile team to an Eastern Canadian Championship and as Coach of OBA Club Teams, he has won 4 OBA gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze medals. 

Christine Cho

Assistant Coach

After 5 years as a Varsity Blues player, a team Captain and OUA East first team All Star, Christine has joined the coaching staff this season.After graduating Cho played in Europe and is now starting her first year of Naturopathic Medicine.

Tara Kinnear

Assistant Coach

Tara joined the Blues as a player for her final year of eligibility last season after playing 4 years at St FX and has now joined the Blues staff as she continues to work on her Masters in Nutritional Sciences at UofT.