User:Fatihakser/Mehmet fatih akser

Fatih Akser, a native of Istanbul, Turkey, is in his second season as an Assistant Coach with the Rams. He is currently enrolled in NCCP Level 4/5 certification training. In addition to his work with the Rams, Akser is also working at the Ryerson University Athlete Services to provide academic guidence and acting as a Mentor to the Varsity athletes. As a player Fatih Akser played 7 years at the professional Division 1 leagues in European countries such as Turkey, Cyprus and France. Akser played at Fenerbahce Ulker Basketball Club from 1993-1995 in Turkey, Eastern Meditarrenean from 1995-1999 in Cyprus as well as in France at SLUC Nancy Basketball Club from 1999-2000 season. He was a part of 3 National Championship teams as a player.

Coach Akser worked with the Team Canada coaching staff this summer. Akser participated in the 2010 Junior Men's World Cup America Qualifiers in Texas, USA with the Canada Junior Men's National team, which won the Bronze medal and also qualified to participate to the U19 Junior World Championship tournament next year. In addition to that, Coach Akser also worked with the Senior Men's National team Coaching staff this past summer and represented Canada at the 2010 Senior Men's World Championship tournament in Turkey. He is currently the head coach for Canada Basketball’s Centre for Performance (CP - Toronto). At the provincial level, Akser was selected as an Asst. Coach to the U17 Provincial Team which won the Silver medal at the Canada Basketball National Championships in Winnipeg this past summer. In previous years he acted as a Head Coach of Basketball Ontario's Elite Development Programs (Niagara Region) U-15 and their Toronto based Performance Enhancement Program (PEP). Coach Akser also conducts "Skill Development Clinics" throughout the province each year as well as at the Basketball Ontario's Elite Development Camps during the summer. Akser served as an Asst. Coach for Centennial College's Men's team in 2005-2006, Head Coach at St.Catharines C.V.I from 2006-2008 and worked as an Asst. Coach for the Brock University Men's Basketball team in 2008-09. After graduating with a degree in Business Administration from Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus (1999), Akser started his coaching career with the Euroleague powerhouse Fenerbahce Ulker,Istanbul (2000). A veteran of the cadet, junior and professional teams of the Fenerbahce Ulker Basketball Club in Turkey, Akser was a part of seven provincial and state championship teams as a coach.

While with Fenerbahce Ulker, Akser served as an assistant coach with the pro team and head coach of the cadet and junior teams. During that time, his cadet and junior teams qualified for four straight state championships, claiming the Cadet championship three times. At the pro level, Akser's squads consistently qualified for the Turkish Basketball League final four and qualified for the Korac Cup and Eurochallenge Cup on two separate occasions.