Meet the Coaches
Taylor Cherris-Wilding
Founder/Head Coach
Coach Taylor is widely regarded as the best shooter and shooting coach on the West Coast. An all star point guard everywhere he's played. 'Coach Tay" has been inlvoled all over the basketball community for the past 20 years as a player, coach, and youth worker. A true gym rat who values hard work, repetition, and passion over anything, no gimmicks, just game reps, Taylor has brought those values to Raincity with the core focus being, every player getting better at basketball.
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Coach Tay played his high school ball at the storied program Terry Fox Secondary learning the game from two of the best coaches in the province, Coach Rich Chambers, and Coach Don VanOs. Taylor was a BC high school all star with numerous awards on the way to a 2nd place finish in the 2000 AAA Championship.
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Coach Tay went on to a College/University career that saw him play in the biggest games in Canada. He led the country in all shooting stats on his way to more awards. After University Taylor turned his focus to the next generation, Coaching all over the lower mainland, working with youth on and off the court as a youth worker, and EA, it has become his true passion. Lets work, lets get better!
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2001-BC U-19 provinical team PG-Silver medal at the Canada Summer games, Tournament all-star
2001-Langara College, Pac West All-Rookie Team
2003-Douglas College, Pac West First Team All Star, CCAA All Canadian, Team MVP
2004-U of Manitoba, U Sports All Star, Team MVP
2007-Brandon University, U Sports National Silver Medal, Team Most Inspirational Award
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Chris Porteous
Head Coach
Coach Chris is a Vancouver basketball legend. A 2-time Provincial Champion, 3-time All-Star, and BC MVP at Kitsilano High School.
Coach Chris went on to Capilano College where he lead the league in scoring as a rookie with 27 PPG, 7 RPG, and 3 APG. He won rookie of the year and lead the league in scoring which was a first time for a rookie. He won a Provincial Champion and was a 1st Team All-Star at Capilano. He holds the record for 3's in a game at Capilano College (10-13).
Chris went on to Red Deer College where he was the team MVP and 1st Team All-Star in the league where he averaged 20 PPG. He was a 2-time invitee to the Nike All-Canada Camp in Toronto where he went on to be a National Training Team Member.
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Chris currently works in the Surrey School Board helping out the youth. He has come on as a RainCity Coach to share his knowledge, skill sets, and positive attitude with RainCity.
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JP Bahena
Head Coach
Coach JP played high school basketball at Vancouver College where he helped lead the team to a Juvenile Provincial Title, and Junior Bronze Medal. During his time at Vancouver College, he learned the game under the tutelage of legendary coaches Brian Lee, Vito Pasquale, and Bob Corbett. JP was also a member of the Basketball BC Vancouver Regional Team throughout his high school career.
He went on to play 3 years of post secondary basketball at Langara College where he was the team captain in 2003 and 2004 and Most Inspirational Player in 2004. It was during his time at Langara College where Coach JP met Coach Taylor. They were teammates together at Langara in 2002.
Coach JP has been involved with the Filipino Basketball community for over 25 years. He began playing in Filipino youth leagues at the age of 9 and has a wealth of experience playing in both local and national Filipino tournaments.
