Long-time Laurentian Voyageurs basketball coach reflects on his years in Sudbury, first as a player and then as head coach, as moves to a new role as assistant coach of the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League
The basketball is different, the players a little older. The weather is most definitely different. Even the English language is spoken with a distinctly different accent.
The 49-year-old Ottawa native starred with the Laurentian Voyageurs men’s basketball team in the 1990s before eventually making his way to the national team. He suited up for Team Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. “Sudbury is such a great place to raise a family; my girls absolutely loved it,” Swords stated late last week, attending a basketball tournament with his daughters, Syla and Savannah, in Virginia. “It gave us a great environment to grow as a family.”
Back in town earlier this month, Swords paid a visit to his soon-to-be-old stomping grounds, the Ben Avery Gym at Laurentian University. He said he was struck by feelings of nostalgia for his time in the Nickel City.
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