It's a first and it's happening right here, in the Golden Horseshoe.
Chantal Vallee has been named the general manager and head coach of the Hamilton Honey Badgers, a team in the new Canadian Elite Basketball League, becoming the first woman to hold those roles simultaneously for a men's professional basketball team.
The Montreal native led the University of Windsor women’s basketball team to five straight national championship titles.
The Honey Badgers are one of the league’s six teams including the Niagara River Lions, Edmonton Stingers, Fraser Valley Bandits, Guelph Nighthawks and Saskatchewan Rattlers.
The inaugural season begins in May 2019.