Mike Gibala is in his fifth year as an assistant coach with the Lancer women's basketball program.
Coach Gibala joined the staff after an impressive playing career both professionally in Europe and at the collegiate level with Northern Michigan University.
His playing career in Europe included stops in Spain (Galicia), Greece (KAOD), Switzerland (Monthey) and Portugal (Aveiro). In college, Mike was a standout 6'8 centre for NMU where he was a first team GLIAC selection and still ranks 8th in school history in scoring with 1,418 points.
With the Lancers, Mike works extensively with the post players on skill development and rebounding.
Mike is a native of Windsor, Ontario where he lives with his wife Natalie.