The insight and basketball expertise from Peter ‘Doc’ Ryan has been guiding basketball student-athletes at STFX University for over three decades. The two-time STFX graduate enjoyed a playing career with both the X-Men and UQTR, as well as a stint with Canada’s men’s national team. After moving into the coaching ranks, first as head coach with the Dalhousie Tiger men’s team, Ryan returned to his alma mater in 1988 to take the helm of the X-Women basketball program, which he led for 17 seasons until 2006. The White and Blue won an AUAA crown in 1998, and he was named conference coach of the year in 2000.
Ryan, who grew up in Brooklyn, New York and Montreal, has been an associate coach with the X-Men basketball program since 2008, providing key technical and video analysis, along with mentorship of X-Men student-athletes. His loyalty to STFX basketball has been exceptional, not only in years served, but as evidenced by his recent Canada Basketball recognition highlighting Black Canadian players and coaches, involving a financial component he directed towards STFX student-athlete scholarships for BIPOC athletes. Doc also provided his coaching talents to Canada’s men’s national program for 12 seasons as part of his almost 50-year commitment to the sport of basketball.
