Sudbury Five announce first head coach

The Sudbury Five have announced the first head coach in franchise history.

Logan Stutz, a former NCAA Division II player, will be also assuming the role of the team's general manager.

The 30-year-old Stutzpreviously played for the Windsor Express and Niagara River Lions of the National Basketball League of Canada, following stints in Germany with theBG Topstar Leitershofen/Stadtbergenand ETBWohnbauBaskets of the ProA, the WBC Welsof the Austrian Basketball League and the LF Basketof theBasketliganin Sweden

Stutzsaid he was planning on building the team around "high quality guys."

"One thing I can promise and I can give certainty on, I will give the same qualities as a coach that I gave as player: my heart, my drive, my passion," Stutzsaid.

The Five begin their inaugural season later this year. The league is set to release its schedule in the coming weeks.