David Coulthard (basketball)

David Coulthard is a Canadian former basketball player. He is one of only two Canadian university ("CIAU") basketball players to be a five-time All-Canadian.^[1][2][3] He also was awarded the CIAU MVP award twice, the first to accomplish that feat.^[4][5][6] He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1982 NBA Draft.^[7][8][9]

Coulthard played for York University for five seasons from 1977 to 1982.^[1][10] Coulthard was named an All-Canadian in each of these five seasons, once as a Second Team All-Canadian (1978) and four times as a First Team All-Canadian (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982).^[1][2][3] Only one other athlete in Canadian university basketball history, John Carson, was a five-time All Canadian, with Carson being the only five-time First Team All-Canadian.^[1][2][3] Besides Coulthard and Carson, only four other athletes were four-time First Team All-Canadians: Karl Tilleman, Byron Tokarchuk, John Stiefelmeyer and Philip Scrubb.^[1][2][3]

Coulthard also received the Mike Moser trophy as the CIAU's Most Outstanding Player twice (1979, 1981), the first athlete to accomplish this feat.^[5][6][10] For context, only seven other athletes have since achieved this feat: Karl Tilleman (1982, 1983), Patrick Jebbison (1988, 1989), J.D. Jackson (1991, 1992), Eric Hinrichsen (1997, 1999), Osvaldo Jeanty (2006, 2007), Philip Scrubb (2012, 2013, 2014) and Kadre Gray (2018, 2019).^[5][6]

Coulthard was named a CIAU tournament all-star twice (1978, 1980).^[10][11][12] He was named the OUA East Conference MVP twice (1981, 1982), an OUA East First Team All-star five times (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982) and MVP of the OUA tournament (1978).^[10] Coulthard was also named York's male athlete of the year twice (1980, 1982).^[4][10][13]

Under Coulthard's leadership, the York Lions also performed well. They obtained a third-place finish in the CIAU tournament twice (1978, 1979), another CIAU top 8 placement (1982) and were OUA Conference champions four times.^[10][13]

Coulthard was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 10th round of the 1982 NBA Draft as the 214th overall pick.^[7][14][15]

Coulthard was inducted into the York University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.^[13]

Coulthard's father is Bill Coulthard, who competed in the 1952 Olympics, is credited for pioneering the modern one-handed jump shot in Ontario (as compared to the two-handed shot which was standard at the time) and has been inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame.^[4][16][17] Coulthard's brother, Chris, played for what was then Waterloo Lutheran and Coulthard's other brother, Bruce, played briefly in Buffalo, NY, then for Windsor University and later with the Canadian national team.^[4][17]

Coulthard's wife, Terri Carson Coulthard, played basketball for McMaster University.^[4][10][17] Their sons Will and Owen played basketball for Wilfrid Laurier University.^[4][10][18]

Coulthard's nephew, Brett Coulthard (Chris's son) also played for Wilfrid Laurier and Coulthard's niece, Sarah Coulthard (Bruce's daughter) played for Western University.^[4][10][17]