By Troy Gillard

Heading to Kelowna

Pottinger leaving RDC Kings Basketball

Mar 29, 2019 | 1:55 PM

It’s the end of an era for RDC Kings Basketball.

After a successful eight year run, Clayton Pottinger is leaving the Kings to become the head coach of the UBC Okanagan Heat men’s basketball team in Kelowna.

“I have a great position here at Red Deer College – one I wouldn’t leave for just any opportunity. But Kelowna is a city near and dear to us,” Pottinger said in a media release. “We love it so much. We got married there and we still have friends and family in the area; so when this opportunity came up, we jumped on it. My whole family is excited about it.”

Pottinger’s time as RDC Kings head coach sees him finish with a 137-41 record, two ACAC conference titles, and three national championship berths which included a national silver medal in 2014, the same year he was named the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association coach of the year.

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Pottinger, also a kinesiology instructor, officially begins his new head coaching duties on May 15.

A graduate of the University of Alberta, captained the 1993-94 Golden Bears team that won Alberta’s first men’s basketball national championship.

He served as an assistant coach with the UofA, assistant coach and director of player development for the Edmonton Chill professional basketball club,statistical analyst of Canada Basketball’s Cadet National Team, head coach of King’s University and Douglas College, and guided Team Alberta to its best finish at the Canada Games in 2017 with a silver medal.