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Head Coach - Steve Baur
4th Year
Acadia University  2001

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Baur first joined the Axemen program in 2005 as an Assistant Coach, then served as the Interim Coach for half of the 2007 season when Acadia won a CIS Silver Medal.  Since taking the reins of the program in late July 2008, Baur has been busy assembling his program piece by piece, establishing himself as a strong recruiter in the CIS.  In his three seasons with the Axemen, Baur has led the team to three AUS playoff appearances and one trip to the CIS Final 8 last year.  In that same time span Acadia has won two CIS Rookie Team awards, 4 AUS All Rookie Team awards, two AUS All-Stars, and one Ken Shields nominee.  This past summer Owen Klassen was named to the Canadian Student National team to participate at the FISU Games and Pan Am Games. Prior to taking over as the Head Coach at Acadia, Baur spent three seasons as an Assistant Coach at Acadia, including serving as the interim Head Coach during their 2008 CIS Silver Medal season.  Prior to Acadia Baur was an Assistant Coach at Brandon University after making the jump to CIS from Provincial and High School positions.
Assistant Coach - Kevin Duffie
4th Year
Acadia University 2009
tl_files/sites/mensbasketball/images/kevin_duffie.jpgKevin Duffie is in his fourth season as an assistant coach at Acadia.  Duffie joined the Acadia staff one year after winning a Silver Medal with the Axemen in 2008.  Duffie has been instrumental in helping Acadia achieve three straight AUS playoff appearances and earn a berth to the Final 8 last season.  Duffie also has spent his summers coaching provincial basketball, winning a Silver Medal with Team Nova Scotia this past summer, and coaching Team New Brunswick two summers prior to that.
Assistant Coach - Kevin Veinot
7th Year
Acadia University 1990
tl_files/sites/mensbasketball/images/kevin_venoit.jpgVeinot begins his seventh season as an assistant coach at Acadia University.  In his first six years with the Axemen, Veinot has helped the Axemen make three Final 8 appearances, an AUS title, and 6 AUS playoff appearances.  Veinot is reputed as a great forward coach, having worked with CIS record holder, Leonel Saintil, AUS Defensive Player of the Year, Achuil Lual, AUS All-Star, Alex Traikov, and now National Team member, Owen Klassen.

Assistant Coach - Nick Jordan
2nd Year
University of Saskatchewan 1991
tl_files/sites/mensbasketball/images/nick_jordan.jpgNick Jordan, who moved to Nova Scotia in 2009,  previously served as an Assistant Coach with the University of Saskatchewan Women’s program, was named to the staff last summer.  Jordan made three CIS Final 8 appearances serving as an assistant with the Huskies, along with one Canada West Championship.  Jordan led the Nova Scotia U17 team to a Silver Medal at the National Championships this past summer.