Pasha Bains is the Founder of the DRIVE Basketball Academy       

  (www.drivebasketball.com) and DRIVE Fitness (www.drivefitness.ca).

  Pasha has many years of experience as an athlete and coach in      

  basketball and overall physical fitness and athletics.

  In High School, he led the Richmond Colts to an undefeated              

  season and the 1998 Provincial Championship winning AAA Provincial MVP. He is the All-time leading scorer in AAA B.C. tournament history with 317 points in 12 games and holds seven different AAA Tournament records.  In 1998 he was named the Canadian High School Player of the Year and Sport B.C.'s High School Athlete of the Year.

    Pasha went on to play two seasons for NCAA Clemson University in the ACC Conference with Duke, North Carolina, Maryland and others. Overcoming a serious elbow injury, Pasha became a starter for the Tigers at the beginning of his Sophomore season.  He had notable games vs Georgia Tech, Virginia and George Washington. Off the court, he was the recipient of the ACC Arthur Ashe Award for community service & academic excellence and represented Mens Basketball on the ACC Leadership Council. Pasha was all Academic ACC both seasons at Clemson.

    After two seasons at Clemson, Pasha won the 2004 Canadian University Player of the year at Simon Fraser. At Simon Fraser, Pasha was a two-time Canadian leading scorer and holds the SFU record for career scoring average at 24.1 ppg.  Pasha was a two-time 1st Team All-Canada West selection at SFU and recipient of Sport BC's University Athlete award.  Pasha graduated from Simon Fraser with honors in Psychology and English.

    Overcoming a serious ankle injury, Pasha went on to pursue a Graduate program and finished his University career at UBC where he helped Captain the Thunderbirds to their first perfect Regular Season and the Pacific Divison title. He finished 1st in Canada West Scoring at 22.1 ppg and was named 1st Team All-Canada West. Pasha holds several UBC Single Season Records.

    Pasha has spent five summers playing for the Canadian National program, most recently in 2005 where he represented Canada at the World University Games in Izmir, Turkey. He has played at Jr.World Championship tournaments in Brazil, Dominican Republic and World University Championships in Korea and Turkey.

  Pasha has a Master’s degree in Human Kinetics from UBC. His research focus is on coaching science, sports psychology & achievement goal theory in the coaching of athletes and adults. He also has research experience in health psychology and exercise adherence.  Pasha has been a teaching assistant at UBC for courses in human behavior, sports psychology & human performance.

    His passion is running DRIVE Basketball Camps.  He began in the summer of 2002 and has experience running camps at Clemson University and Simon Fraser University. He was also the head coach at UBC's elite summer camp in 2004. Pasha is an active coach with the prestigious Five-Star Basketball Camp in Pittsburgh. He was also coach of the Fleetwood Dragons Sr.Girls in 2007.  Pasha has coached the DRIVE U17 selects the past two club seasons and a trip to Las Vegas. Several athletes Pasha has worked with his DRIVE Academy have moved on to University including Brett Leversage (UBC), Kyle Grewal (UCFV), Bol Kong (Douglas College), Harleen Sidhu (University of Nebraska), Cathy Berar (UBC), Elle Kerfoot (Seattle University) Gurjote Jhaj (UFV) and others.

  Pasha was recently named one of the "Top 10 Richmondites" in the Richmond News 25th Anniversary edition. In 2006, Pasha was awarded the Richmond Review Don Fenell Award of Distinction for his contribution to the community and athletics. In 2008, Pasha was tabbed as the "Best Player of the 90s" in the Vancouver Sun's AAA BC Tournament Special along with being named among the Vancouver Sun's "100 South Asians making a difference in BC" list. 

    Pasha has been a guest speaker at several schools and community events in the past decade. He was involved in the 2003 Youth Forum against Violence at the East Richmond Community Center and has spoke at several Terry Fox run's including Walter Lee Elementary in Richmond. He was recently involved in the Heath Elementary Reading program day and worked closely with Hoops 4 Hope an organization that sends used athletic sneakers and equipment to Africa. Pasha was a keynote speaker at the SATA Teachers event in Surrey in 2008 and spoke at McNeil Athletic Banquet. Recently in August 2008, Pasha was the guest speaker at the annual Sikh Youth Camp held in Vancouver, BC.

    Pasha was recently honored in the Richmond Review's Best of Richmond 2009 Vote.  He was winner in "Best Richmond Athlete of All-Time" & "Best Coach".  Pasha was also honored in the Richmond Review's Best of Richmond 2008 Vote. Pasha was named #2 Local Hero behind Rick Hansen, #2 Best Coach behind his high-school coach Bill Disbrow and his 1998 Richmond High Basketball team was #1 Best Richmond Team of All-Time.

    Pasha is the Head Coach of the DRIVE Basketball Academy along with offering personal and group training services to members.
 

    Pasha is born and raised in Richmond, B.C. and attended William Cook Elementary.