Over the past few decades StFX Coach Steve Konchalski has led the X-Men basketball program to the top of Canadian university basketball, capturing eight Atlantic conference titles along with back-to-back National championships in 2000 and 2001.  The CIS Coach of the Year in 2001, Steve previously led the X-Men to the school’s first National title in 1993.   Over his 34 year career, Canada’s Coach K has accumulated 727 wins and led the team to 33 consecutive appearances in the Atlantic Conference Playoffs. As a player, this native of Elmhurst, NY (Archbishop Molloy HS) also led Acadia University to a National title in 1965 as he was chosen tournament MVP. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Acadia and an LL.B. from Dalhousie Law School.   Internationally, Steve served for 16 years as Assistant Coach of Canada’s National Team (including three Olympic Games) and was Head Coach of Team Canada for four years. He has been inducted into the Acadia Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame, the StFX Sports Hall of Fame and the Nova Scotia sports Hall of Fame. In 1999 he was honored as the inaugural recipient of the Frank Baldwin Memorial Award for dedication to basketball in Nova Scotia.   Steve coached the Nova Scotia Junior Men’s team for three summers, including the 2001 Canada Games squad. He has authored a book entitled Silver to Gold in which he chronicles the back-to-back National Championships that spanned his 25th year at StFX.   This past year Steve was named to Canada Basketball’s Counsel of Excellence, serving as an advisor to the National Team program, along with Toronto Raptor Coach Jay Triano and Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns.   He and his wife, Charlene, have three children, Chris (27), a masters student at UNBC; Julianne (25), a BEd grad of Ottawa U; and Maria (21), in her 4th year at StFX.