Montreal expansion team names coach/general manager
February 25, 2005 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Montreal Royal News Release
Montreal, Canada. Serena Locker-Coles, owner of the ABA Montreal professional basketball team starting play next season today named Pascal Jobin at Coach/General Manager. Coles, a native of LaSalle, stated, "Pascal is a very knowledgable and experienced young man with an excellent understanding of our goal to provide an exciting brand of professional basketball at affordable prices. We are very confident he'll put together a first class operation - on and off the court."
After being a member of the Quebec provincial team from 1984-1986 and playing one year at Vanier College, Jobin became one of the first French Canadians to receive a full athletic scholarship. In 1986 he was recruited by Utica College in the NCAA Division I, playing for famed coach Larry Costello. He then transferred to the University of Lowell when Utica changed to Division III where he played for three years and helped the team win the Division II Championship in 1988.
After graduating in 1991 with a BA in history, he took his game to the French Pro League trying out for Levalois and Bondy before pursuing his career as a coach. In 1993, he coached teams at the high school level in the Montreal Basketball League taking his Lucien Page school team to the league championship in 1994. Picking up at the same time Coach of the Year, he also managed to send his players to US colleges. Jobin became Head Coach at College Francais for two years winning back to back championships and then coached the Montmorency College women's team in 1998 which went undefeated. He has been a sports and entertainment advisor for the past 10 years and works with local celebrities and over 30 athletes in Canada and the US in contract negotiation, marketing and personal training and has toured France with a pro team. He now lives in Anjou with his wife Paule and son Zerick. Jobin stated, "I really am excited about this opportunity. The ABA is a very good professional league with some great teams and players. We will have to work very hard to be competitive - but we have no doubt that we will be very strong. We'll be announcing our tryout camps and other things very shortly.
For more information, email pascaljobin@hotmail.com, call 514 356 0048 or visit www.abalive.com.
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