Sean McCarron

Team: Basketball Yukon

Year Received: 2019

Bio: Sean has been a passionate coach for the past 27 years. He started coaching Grade 7 players when he was in grade 12 and has been coaching ever since. Beyond coaching during the regular season, he encourages players to work on fitness and skill and creates opportunities for extra work, stays in touch and keeps them motivated. Sean coaches at the Sr. Girls and Boys level of high school and the U18 major games level.

It should be noted that several players Sean has coached or been involved with are moving on to play basketball at the post-secondary level.  It goes without saying his experience and training make his technical coaching ability exceptional. But his true strength is his ability to make the whole team greater than the sum of the parts. His energy and level of engagement with athletes is incredible, he knows how to inspire players to push themselves. He creates a team environment where the players all fit together as one and collectively perform past their individual abilities. What’s really inspiring is to hear Sean excited to say he has coached his players into a new offensive or defensive system, say they are going to try it in the next game and then watch the players on the floor really put it into action and be excited about it.