Mike Hansen

Bio

Mike Hansen (BA ‘96, BEd ‘99, MEd ‘09) brings over 30 years of coaching experience to the Broncos, with a career spanning youth, high school, collegiate and professional basketball.

Hansen has coached extensively at both the college and high school levels in Alberta. Most recently, he served as head coach of the University of Lethbridge’s men’s basketball program from 2013 to 2019. During his six seasons with the Pronghorns, Hansen guided the program back to national relevance, compiling a 71-50 Canada West record and an overall mark of 113-95 — the second-most wins in program history. The Pronghorns reached the playoffs in five of six seasons, highlighted by a trip to the Canada West Final Four in 2018, their first appearance since 2001.

Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge, Hansen spent five seasons in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) with Lethbridge College and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). Hansen led his teams to five consecutive playoff appearances, earning ACAC bronze medals in 2009 and 2012, and a silver medal at the 2011 ACAC Championship. In 2011, Hansen guided Lethbridge College to a Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) silver medal. Following the season, he was named ACAC Coach of the Year and received the Sportsman of the Year Award from the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame. He joined NAIT the following season, leading the Ooks to an ACAC bronze medal before stepping down due to family relocation.

In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Hansen has spent 12 years as a high school coach, winning four south league titles, five south zone championships and attending the provincial championships seven times, including when he led the Chinook High School Senior Girls team to its first 4A Zone championship and a fourth place finish at provincials. He has also been involved in Alberta's provincial program, serving as an assistant coach and winning a bronze medal at the 2001 Canada Games.

Hansen also has a long history of coaching club basketball, often coaching several teams in the same season. As covid restrictions were lifted Hansen took the U17 Girls DIME Team to Las Vegas, winning the prestigious 2021 Big Foot Hoops Las Vegas Live tournament and finishing 3rd in the Las Vegas Classic. The team would see all 8 players go on to play post-secondary including local players Hattie Ogden (BYU), Abby Graves (UofL), Courtney McKee (UofL), Amy May (Georgian College) and Hansen's daughters, Ally and Grace (TRU).

Mike has four children (Grace, David, Ally & Jane) and his wife Anne (Trenholm) attended Olds High School, winning a 3A Provincial Basketball Championship in 1991under coach Tom Christensen, before going on to Mount Royal where she was a CCAA All-Canadian.