Tom Bishop

Tom Bishop is a former Canadian basketball player, CIAU All-Canadian, member of the Canada men's national basketball team and coach.

University Bishop was a four-year starter at the University of Calgary (1972-1976). He played a season with Mount Royal College before transferring to Calgary. Bishop was the first Calgary men's basketball player in history to be named an All-Canadian or Canada West Player of the Year. This included being named to the men's national team that qualified for the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

This 1980 Canadian men's team was positioned to perform well in these Olympics given that Canada competed for the bronze medal in the Olympic games preceding and following these 1980 Olympics (1976, 1984) and this time in Canadian basketball has been described as "arguably the Canadian national team's greatest era" and "Canada's golden age of basketball".

Despite the 1980 boycott, Bishop competed in many international tournaments for Team Canada, including FIBA World Championships and Pan American games. This year, he was named Canada West co-coach of the year, along with University of Victoria's Ken Shields. Notable players Bishop coached this season include Karl Tilleman and John Rhodin.

Bishop has also coached successfully at the high school level in Calgary at various schools.

Personal life Bishop graduated from the University of Calgary with a degree in Physical Education. He is a native Calgarian.