Bio

A proven leader in athletics at both the university and national sport level, Stapleton has over than 30 years of experience in university sports, serving as an administrator, coach, and competing as a student-athlete. 

Stapleton has been Western University's Director of Sport and Recreation since 2017, and she was also elected to the board of U SPORTS, the national governing body for University Sport in Canada in mid-2019.
 
From 2015-2017, Stapleton was the Director of Athletics at the University of Calgary, leading all elements of strategic planning and program development, as well as the day-to-day operations of the Dinos program. Prior to this, she served as Associate Director – Athletics at the University of Waterloo.
 
Prior to moving into an administrative role, Stapleton had a successful run as coach of the University of Regina's women's basketball program from 1993-2002, winning three conference coach of the year awards, CIAU Coach of the Year in 1996 and 3M Canadian High Performance Coach of the Year in 2001. She also guided the team to three consecutive conference championships from 1999-2001 and five straight appearances in the CIS Final Eight, winning a national championship in 2001.
 
Stapleton also served Canada Basketball in various capacities from 1998 to 2009, including as a national team head coach and as National Development Coach.
 
Stapleton earned an Honours in Human Movement degree from Laurentian University in 1991, and is a certified NCCP Level 4 Coach and Master Coach facilitator.