Howard has a long and auspicious basketball career both on and off the court. Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee as Player / Builder. A member of Canada’s National Basketball Team for eleven years, during which time the team were F.I.S.U. World Champions (1983) and placed 4th in Los Angeles Olympic Games. Howard is one of only two B.C. male basketball players to become a two-time Olympian (Moscow-boycott and Los Angeles in 1984). As a college basketball player, Howard was a 2 year letterman at Oklahoma State, and was the nation’s third leading scorer (29.2 ppg) in the NCAA College Division, Conference MVP, two time All Conference and Hall of Fame inductee at Principia College.

Howard’s M.SC in Athletic Administration from The University of Oregon helped to prepare him for a diverse and exciting administrative career including accomplishments such as The Athletic Coordinator at The University of Victoria. During his seven year tenure under Athletic Director, Ken Shields, The University of Victoria won seven (7) consecutive mens’ and six (6) consecutive women’s CIAU National Basketball Championships, and produced sixteen (16) Olympic medals and sixty four (64) Olympians.

Howard is also the founder of the annual Puerto Vallarta International Sports Classic with more than 2,000 participants (approx.) in multiple sports annually, and Co-Chair of The Puerto Vallarta Convention Centre project. He is also the Chair of The Canada One Athletic Foundation (Founders of TELUS Basketball Classic, Kitsfest, co-donor / steward of the Kits Beach Basketball Courts, Kits Beach Tennis Courts and Kits Beach palm upgrades). In addition to these projects Howard is also a Founding Partner of True North Global Networks. Howard, David Munro and bd Global Sports (Lexington, Kentucky) are Founding Partners of The highly-successful Vancouver NCAA Showcase and Victoria NCAA Invitational.

Howard is a Vancouver native having graduated from Point Grey High School (Vancouver City Champions at that time) and still has the distinction of being the BC High Schools’ all-time leading scorer (career average). He is a BC Basketball Male Player of the Year and member of The Province newspaper’s 50 year “Dream Team”. In 2005, he became the inaugural inductee into the Point Grey High School Hall of Fame, in 2007 he was inducted into the BC Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2012 was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame and in 2019 he was inducted into The Canadian National Basketball Hall of Fame in the both the athlete and builder categories.

Howard now divides his time between hometown Vancouver and Mexico, where he played professionally and was named to his Guadalajara franchises’ all-time team.

In November, 2010, Howard was appointed Executive Vice President, Canada Basketball. He co-founded the Canadian National Basketball Teams Alumni Association and continues to help lead it to present day. www.nbtaa.com

Howard was honored by The Puerto Vallarta City Council as a ‘Distinguished Citizen  (Article link).

‘On December 01, 2012 at The Canadian Embassy in Mexico City, His Excellency, David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, presented Howard with The Governor General of Canada’s Medallion in recognition of Howard’s contributions to Mexico-Canada relations over the past several decades’. (Read Embassy Media Release)

Howard was recently named to the Province Newspaper’s 75th Anniversary BC Boys Tournament Top 25 All-Time Players.